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Bibles for 'Children of Chernobyl'
A girl reads a Children's Bible in the library at a rehabilitation center for children affected by the Chernobyl disaster, in Belarus. Photo: Bible Society of the Republic of Belarus.More than 23 years after the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the people of nearby Belarus continue to suffer from the exposure to intense radiation and its…
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New Translation for Tanzania
The team of translators working on the Datooga-language Bible is trying to harmonize the different dialects involved in the project for the Bible Society of Tanzania.“I saw another angel. This one was flying across the sky and had the eternal good news to announce to the people of every race, tribe, language and nation on earth.” - Revelation 14:6, GNTTanzania’s…
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Spring/Summer 2009 – Please Pray
I look to the mountains; where will my help come from? My help will come from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121.1, 2 (GNT)ChinaThank God for the successful expansion of the Amity Printing Press facility in Nanjing in 2008. Pray that its increased capacity to print Bibles can match the demand for Scriptures in the expanding church…
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Battling HIV/AIDS in Africa
Home-Based Care workers visit an HIV/AIDS patient in a poor area of Nairobi, Kenya. African Evangelistic Enterprise, supported by the Bible Society in Australia (New South Wales), is running an HIV/AIDS Awareness Project and a Home-Based Care Project in areas like this one. Photo by Martin Johnson.In his strategy report on how best to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Mark Forshaw…
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New Hope for the Blind in Burkina Faso
Rev. Tarnagda (who is visually impaired) proudly displays the New Testament in Mooré Braille in the yard of the Boulsa Center for the Blind, Burkina Faso. Photo by Boubakar Ouedraogo.The ceremony took place on March 24 at the headquarters of the Bible Society of Burkina Faso (BSBF) in Ouagadougou. Many representatives from Churches and from societies and government organisations set…
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The Challenge of the Great Commission
Photo by Andrew HoodRiding through the rural countryside of Burundi, you cannot help but be impressed by the vastness of the African landscape. One easily could get lost traveling the cratered roads that twist along the lakes, mountains and forests. Despite the fact that Burundi is one of the most densely populated countries in sub-Saharan Africa, you can travel for…
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