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Sudan Programs and Projects

Disaster Assistance

ACT (Action by Churches Together International) is a global alliance of churches and related agencies responding to the emergency in Darfur brought on by a conflict that has seen more than a million people displaced and 30,000 killed over the last 17 months. Presbyterian Disaster Assistance is a member of ACT and by August 2004 had provided $212,000 towards the relief efforts.

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Education

Giffen Bible School, Malakal, prepares students as pastors and evangelists to meet the needs of congregations in rural, as well as urban, areas.

Nile Theological College, Khartoum, offers four-year degrees and three-year diplomas in Theological Studies.

 
             
 
 

Evangelism

Bible Translation Projects Among Reached People Groups
The translation of the New Testament into Murle has been completed but the entire Old Testament remains to be translated. Many of the Murle have fled Southern Sudan to refugee camps in Kenya, and this refugee camp is the current location of the translation effort.

Bible Translation Projects Among Unreached People Groups
Bible Translators are working diligently to provide the first Scriptures for the Shulluk people in Sudan.

 
             
 
 

Health

Akobo Health Program
In 1992 the Presbyterian Church of Sudan (PCOS) moved its headquarters to Akobo and hoped to rebuild a clinic there as a referral center for a large primary health care project. In ACROSS introduced a community health program in the Akobo district. The activities included training in community-based health care and supply management. There is an ongoing program of training for health workers for the outstations.

 
             
 
 

Self-Development

In 2005 the PC(USA) Self-Development of People program made a grant to this project:

Young Orphans Group, Khartoum ($3,750)
A group of 13 Sudanese youth who lost their parents during the ongoing civil war in Southern Sudan came together to form a sewing cooperative. They will purchase sewing machines and materials and produce garments to sell to help pay for their education and provide a means of income.

 
             
             
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