The case of Asia Bibi, the Christian woman from Pakistan placed on death row for blasphemy, shocked the world. For almost a decade she endured solitary confinement. The struggle to prove her innocence and regain her freedom united people in a movement of prayer and solidarity. Besides Asia Bibi, there are more than 1,500 victims...
When the ACN delegation met Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil – who oversaw the care of Christian families who were driven from their homes by ISIS (Daesh) – he told the delegation members the good news: “Some 8,000 families have returned to the Nineveh Plains… There is much still to do, but Aid to the...
Ten-year-old Jeries Habib and his brother, Elia, eight, from Maloula, the hilltop Christian town in Syria, have good reason to smile as a fresh programme of ACN aid gets underway across the country. Thanks to you, ACN has just approved 40 new projects. The aid – including food, shelter, medicine, repair of churches and support for...
NIGERIA Supporting widows and orphans of men killed by Boko Haram terrorists Aid to the Church in Need is providing vital assistance for Nigerian widows and orphans who lost loved ones in violence perpetrated by Islamist militants Boko Haram. On an ACN fact-finding and project-assessment trip to north-east Nigeria in March, Church sources reported that...
7.3 million people are suffering from hunger, including 1 million children According to a report released by the United Nations, South Sudan is experiencing ethnic cleansing, largely being carried out by government forces. The report described the country as a nation on the brink of genocide. The situation has worsened and the country is...
