Programs Update
Nigeria Classrooms completed. New Christmas program at Nigeria IDP camp thanks to Nigeria orphans. Christmas events in the Middle East will be difficult this year.
Entries by Claire Marlowe
Chairman’s Report for November 17, 2023
ISRAEL VS. HAMAS: Children of our partners serve in the IDF / 17 Christians killed and many injured when church hit by bomb / Hamas terror and Israel response endanger Christmas programs / Nigeria update on new orphanage building and graduating students
WATCH: New Orphanage Classroom CompletedWATCH:
Thanks to the supporters of the Religious Freedom Coalition the new school building at our Nigerian orphanage is complete! Take a look at the work that was done over the last several months to transform the temporary structure into a building fit for the students to learn.
Chairman’s Report for October 13, 2023
Christmas for Refugees will help victims of Jihad in Mangu, Nigeria / Christmas for Refugees will relieve the despair of IDP children / More Christmas programs in Lebanon and Syria, fewer in Iraq / EVERYTHING YOU READ IN SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN CENSORED
Christmas programs in the Middle East and Nigeria
Tens of thousands of Christian refugees can’t go home to Syria. Entire Christian towns no longer exist. The need for the Christmas for Refugees program is declining in Iraq, but the need is ever growing in Nigeria. We will be adding Christmas events in IDP camps this year!
Chairman’s Report for September 22, 2023
Personal mission report from Nigeria…Progress at the orphanage / Celebration of the deliverance of the children from certain death in 2021 / Personal visit to site of attacks in Mangu and delivery of aid to IDP / Personal visit to seriously wounded Christians awaiting surgeries in hospital.
Nigeria Orphanage: Personal Observations
In 2018 when I visited the orphanage at Miango, waste from the girls hostel building was draining from a pipe to an open pit. The children were receiving two meals a day consisting of gruel. Five years later, so much has changed for the better.
WATCH: The Orphan’s Diary: Reenactment of Orphanage Attack
On August 2, 2021 our Christian orphanage in Miango Nigeria was destroyed by Fulani Herdsmen. Two years later, the children reflect on that fateful day and how far they have come through the supporters of the Religious Freedom Coalition.
Chairman’s Report for August 25, 2023
New classroom building at Nigeria orphanage almost complete. / First big crop from our farm – Irish potatoes are harvested. / Costs up for adult diapers for special needs elderly Christians in Bethlehem. / ALERT – Matching gift fund will help Christmas and Diaper programs.
Matching Gift Fund Supports Diapers This Year
The Leadership Circle is a group of RFC supporters who have come together to create a matching gift fund. For many years the matching gift fund was only available for the Christmas program. The Matching Gift Fund has been changed for 2023.