Tag: Africa

Jɛgɛ Ɲuman: A True Fish Story

February 22, 2016

This article was originally published on the Alliance website. A fish farm is creating new waves of opportunity for a riverside village. It was a generous fall harvest—a bumper crop of fish. Villagers were gathered on the shores of the Niger River recently to purchase tilapia the Jɛgɛ Ɲuman (“good fish”) fish farm was selling. […]

Hands of Honor: Where Everyone Learns Your Name

February 8, 2016

This article was originally published on the Alliance website. According to the International Labour Organization, sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s highest incidence of child labor (59 million—more than 21 percent of the region’s children). In West Africa hard manual labor is part of daily life. Most city families hire a domestic worker, often a young girl […]

CAMA Backing Flood Relief in Boma, Central Africa

February 1, 2016

Today’s post is adapted from an emergency relief proposal by Dr. Kenzo, President of the Evangelical Community of the Alliance in Congo (CEAC). Boma is a port city of over 500,000 inhabitants in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). It lies on the north bank of the Congo River, upstream from Muanda, where the water meets […]

A Testimony from Hands of Honor

June 1, 2015

In West Africa, hard manual labor is a part of daily life. Few homes have running water or electricity. Food is cooked over a fire and clothes are washed by hand. Most people hire a domestic worker, often a young girl from a remote village. These girls come from families who live in extreme poverty and […]