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Caring for Orphans

VIDEO: For the past three years AFRECS has worked closely with Bishop John Gattek and the Diocese of Bentiu to support orphans and unaccompanied children at a camp near Juba. One hundred and fifty boys and girls, each having lost at least one parent in the civil war, are now part of a school where they can find healing and hope. AFRECS’ support provides a tangible ministry to the children through education, a steady diet, and clothing. Click here to learn more.

SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN – DISPATCHES

 

E-Blasts

  • Who Buys Groceries Where There Is No Cash?
    In E-Blasts, News
    March 16, 2026
    From the latest World Food Program report: Sudan’s overall hunger outlook remains dire. More than 21 million people face acute or worse food insecurity, the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) finds. […]
  • Beds, Water, and Relocation to Cairo
    In E-Blasts, News
    March 16, 2026
    Robert Hayward of Christian Aid and Dr. Eeva John, Vice Chancellor of the Episcopal University, sport T-shirts as participants in the August 2025 Primate’s Health Walk in Juba. […]
  • Our Newest Board Member
    In E-Blasts, News
    March 16, 2026
    Joseph Tucker joined the AFRECS Board last summer. He has worked on Sudan, South Sudan, and the region for over 15 years. […]
  • To the Nuba Mountains
    In E-Blasts, News
    March 16, 2026
    Juba’s busy international airport is also the place to catch your Cessna 2088, a one-prop 10-seater chartered from Mission Air Fellowship. Archbishop Justin Badi Arama came to see us off on Thursday, February 5th. […]
  • Director’s Update – March 2026
    In E-Blasts, News
    March 16, 2026
    In early 2024 the US termed Sudan the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. It has gotten worse since then. Now the UN says Sudan is the largest humanitarian crisis ever recorded. […]
  • Death of a Bishop Evangelist
    In E-Blasts, News
    March 16, 2026
    Nathaniel Garang Anyeith Jak-Dit, retired Bishop of Bor, died February 24th in Nairobi, Kenya. […]
  • AFRECS Releases 2024 Annual Report
    In E-Blasts
    March 16, 2026
    Learn more about AFRECS in […]
  • Sudanese (Not) Sleepless in Seattle
    In E-Blasts, News
    January 13, 2026
    “Seattle” may evoke for older Americans a yacht harbor and a 1993 movie directed by the late Rob Reiner, starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. For a strong contingent of Sudanese Christians resettled in the Diocese of Olympia, however, Seattle has become home. […]
  • Sudanese Without Internet Tune Radios to Amsterdam
    In E-Blasts, News
    January 13, 2026
    The Sudanese diaspora, scattered across Africa and the Middle East, Europe, North America, and Australia, depends on the radio for news of fighting, food scarcity, disease in refugee camps, or atrocities in their homeland. […]
  • Back to (Theological) School in South Sudan
    In E-Blasts, News
    January 13, 2026
    Graham Buttanshaw, a former missionary teacher in Uganda, used the month of November to go back to school in South Sudan. […]

Newsletters

  • Sudan Connections, Volume 13, No. 1, Summer 2019
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 12, No. 1, Spring 2018
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 11, No. 1, Fall 2016
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 10, No. 1, Fall 2015
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 9, No. 1, Fall 2014
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 8, No. 1, Winter 2013
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 7, No. 1, Summer 2012
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 6, No. 3, Summer 2011
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 6, No. 2, Spring 2011
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 6, No. 1, Winter 2011
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 5, No. 2, Fall 2010
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 5, No. 1, Spring 2010
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 4, No. 3, Fall 2009
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 4, No. 2, Spring 2009
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 4, No. 1, Winter 2009
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 3, No. 2, Summer 2008
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 3, No.1, Spring 2008
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 2, No. 4, Fall 2007
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 2 No. 3, Summer 2007
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 2 No. 2, Winter 2007
  • Sudan Connections, Volume 1 No. 2, Winter 2006