Persecution Project Foundation

ACTIVE COMPASSION FOR THE PERSECUTED IN EAST AFRICA BY ENGAGING GOD'S PEOPLE TO INTERCEDE ON BEHALF OF THE PERSECUTED, SUPPORTING INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS, CONDUCTING SAFE WATER PROJECTS, CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING HOSPITALS, DELIVERING MEDICINE, HYGIENIC AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, SPONSORING HOLISTIC, VOCATIONAL AND CHRISTIAN EVANGELISM, PASTORAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, TRAUMA TRAINING WORKSHOPS, EQUIPPING THE CHURCH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SUFFERING, WINNING THE LOST TO CHRIST.

RELIEF AND SHELTER:IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC SURVIVAL NEED FOR MEDICINES AND CLEAN WATER, THE WAR IN NUBA HAS FORCIBLY DISPLACED MUCH OF THE POPULATION OF TWO MILLION PEOPLE, CAUSING THE NEED FOR BASIC RELIEF AND SHELTER. WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR DONORS, PPF HAS RESPONDED IN A VARIETY OF PRACTICAL WAYS INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING: REFUGEE KITS, (A.K.A. ACTION PACKS OR LIFE PACKS); CLOTHING, BP-5 COMPACT EMERGENCY FOOD; TARPS; MOSQUITO NETS; AND BLANKETS. BY WORKING THROUGH THE LOCAL CHURCH, PPF IS ABLE TO FELLOWSHIP WITH BELIEVERS UNDER PERSECUTION AS THEY MINISTER TO THEIR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY. IN 2021, PPF FOCUSED ITS RELIEF AND SHELTER MINISTRY ON THE FOUR WAR-AFFECTED COUNTIES: UMDOREIN, EASTERN KADUGLI, TOBO, AND HEIBAN. REFUGEE KITS (A.K.A. ACTION PACKS): PPF DISTRIBUTED LIFESAVING REFUGEE KITS (NON-FOOD ITEMS) TO APPROXIMATELY 13,919 HOUSEHOLDS. THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD IS 7.SHELTER ITEMS (TARPS): 7,612 NUBA FAMILIES (HOUSEHOLDS) INTERNALLY DISPLACED BY THE WAR WERE PROVIDED WITH 4-METER X 6-METER TARPS.BP-5 COMPACT EMERGENCY FOOD: NUBA IDP FAMILIES RECEIVED 22,222 BOXES OF COMPACT EMERGENCY FOOD TO ASSIST THEM AS THEY REBUILD THEIR LIVES INSIDE NUBA.BLANKETS: 220 FAMILIES RECEIVED A NEW BLANKET TO PROTECT THEM FROM COLD NIGHTS.

TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS (T&L):WORKING IN THE WAR-TORN NUBA MOUNTAINS REQUIRES THE USE OF A VARIETY OF LOGISTICAL TOOLS TO SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY DELIVER SUPPLIES FOR OUR VARIOUS PROGRAM ACTIVITIES. DURING THE RAINY SEASON, "ROADS" IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS BECOME IMPASSABLE BY EVEN THE HEAVIEST OF TRUCKS, SO QUAD BIKES AND MOTORBIKES ARE OFTEN EMPLOYED TO DELIVER MEDICINES AND OTHER EMERGENCY RELIEF SUPPLIES TO REMOTE CLINICS AND VILLAGES.IN AREAS WHERE INSECURITY EXISTS, THE SAFEST AVAILABLE MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IS FLIGHTS. THE USE OF CARGO PLANES MINIMIZES THE RISK OF INJURY TO OUR DRIVERS AND WORKERS BY AVOIDING ROADS THAT ARE PATROLLED BY BANDITS OR SOLDIERS. IN 2021, PPF CONDUCTED 28 EMERGENCY RELIEF FLIGHTS FACILITATING THE DELIVERY OF NEARLY 200 METRIC TONS OF RELIEF TO THE NUBA MOUNTAINS. THE FLIGHTS BROUGHT IN MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES, BOREHOLE SPARE PARTS, HOSPITAL BUILDING MATERIALS, VEHICLE SPARE PARTS, HYGIENE KITS, FUEL, RELIEF PACKS, MOTORBIKES FOR PASTORS, BP-5 EMERGENCY FOOD, TARPS, BLANKETS, BIBLES, AUDIO BIBLES AND BIBLE RADIOS.UNIMOG TRANSPORT TRUCKS CONTINUE TO BE USED TO FACILITATE DISTRIBUTONS OF VITAL RELIEF SUPPLIES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EVEN DURING THE RAINY SEASON. WITH ACCESS TO THE NUBA REGION YEAR-ROUND, PPF NOW HAS THE ABILITY TO BETTER COORDINATE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES IN A TIMELY FASHION AND WHEN THE NUBA PEOPLE NEED IT MOST.

ADVOCACY AND GENERAL:PPF IS A COMMUNITY DEDICATED TO EXPOSING INSTANCES OF CHRISTIAN PERSECUITON (EPHESIANS 5:11), ENGAGING FELLOW BELIEVERS TO INTERCEDE ON BEHALF OF THE PERSECUTED (ISAIAH 58:6-12), AND BRINGING ENCOURAGEMENT, CONSOLATION, AND HOPE TO OUR PERSECUTED BRETHREN (2 CORINTHIANS 1). WE ENCOURAGE OUR DONORS TO INTERCEDE ON BEHALF OF THE PERSECUTED AND POOR AND INSPIRE THEM TO "GET ACTIVE" BY JOINING PPF IN AN AREA WHERE IT SERVES THE PEOPLE OF SUDAN. OUR SUPPORTERS PARTNER WITH US BY "STARTING WHERE THEY ARE, USING WHAT THEY HAVE, AND DOING WHAT THEY CAN." WHETHER ORGANIZING "WALKS FOR WATER", ESTABLISHING PRAYER GROUPS, OR PRESENTING PPF'S WORK BEFORE CIVIC GROUPS AND CHURCH CONGREGATIONS, MANY OF OUR SUPPORTERS BECOME ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN ADVOCATING FOR THE NEEDS OF THE SUDANESE PEOPLE.WITHOUT OUR MANY DONORS, THESE OUTREACHES TO THE NUBA PEOPLE COULD NOT CONTINUE. PPF THANKS OUR MANY PARTNERS FOR THEIR UNTIRING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE PERSECUTED PEOPLE OF SUDAN. YOU DO THIS THROUGH YOUR PRAYERS AND FINANCIAL GIFTS, BUT YOU ALSO DO THIS BY BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR THE SUDANESE PEOPLE. MANY OF OUR SUPPORTERS HAVE INVITED A PPF SPEAKER TO THEIR CHURCH OR CIVIC ORGANIZATION. OTHERS HAVE HOSTED TABLES FULL OF PPF LITERATURE. MANY HAVE FORWARDED PPF EMAIL UPDATES TO THEIR FRIENDS OR POSTED THEM TO THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. SOME HAVE EVEN DEVELOPED THEIR OWN PAGES ON OUR PEER-TO-PEER FUNDRAISING PLATFORM OR HAVE GONE DOOR-TO-DOOR TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE SITUATION IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO GET ACTIVE ON BEHALF OF THE PERSECUTED, PPF THANKS YOU FOR DOING SO.IF YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN USE YOUR COMMUNITY TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT (888)201-5245.

DISCIPLESHIP & EVANGELISM:AT PPF, WE BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH; AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD, WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY, SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE, WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED, AND WAS BURIED. HE DESCENDED INTO HELL; THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD. HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, THE FATHER ALMIGHTY; FROM THENCE HE SHALL COME TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY, AND LIFE EVERLASTING.WE BELIEVE THAT MANKIND HAS BEEN SEPARATED FROM GOD BY SIN, AND OUR ONLY HOPE OF SALVATION COMES FROM THE ATONING SACRIFICE OF GOD'S SON, JESUS CHRIST, WHO SAID, "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME." (JOHN 14:6) "FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED." (JOHN 3:17) "FOR WHOEVER CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD SHALL BE SAVED." (ROMANS 10:13)THE FOUNDATION OF ALL PPF MINISTRIES OF ACTIVE COMPASSION IS THE WORK OF THE GREAT COMMISSION. BY SERVING AS A RESOURCE AND FELLOWSHIPPING WITH OUR PERSECUTED FAMILY, THE GOSPEL IS ADVANCED. THE PRIMARY IMPACT OF DISCIPLESHIP AND EVANGELISM MINISTRY IN THE NUBA IS ACHIEVED BY PROVIDING SCRIPTURES, SCRIPTURE RESOURCES, CONFERENCES AND TRAINING EVENTS. PPF HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL AREAS WHERE HELP IS NEEDED AND EFFECTIVE.DISTRIBUTION OF BIBLES, AUDIO BIBLES, DIGITAL LIBRARIES AND PROJECTORS PROVIDE NECESSARY TOOLS TO SUPPORT DISCIPLESHIP AND EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY. PPF DISTRIBUTES PRINTED BIBLES IN SIX LANGUAGES, INCLUDING ARABIC, ENGLISH, OTURO, KRONGO, NIYERE (KWALIB) AND MORO. 18,400 PRINTED BIBLES WERE DISTRIBUTED, AS WERE 6,500 AUDIO BIBLES, WHICH ARE IN ENGLISH AND SUDANESE ARABIC.PASTORAL CONFERENCES AND WORKSHPS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PREACHING, TRAINING, FELLOWSHIP, PRAYER AND PLANNING OF OTHER MINISTRY. IN 2021, MORE THAN 640 EVANGELISTS, PASTORS, AND MINISTRY LEADERS FROM FOUR COUNTIES ATTENDED CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS SPONSORED BY PERSECUTION PROJECT. ANOTHER 178 PASTORS, EVANGELISTS AND CHURCH LEADERS RECEIVED TRAUMA HEALING TRAINING TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES.ASSISTANCE FOR PASTORS AND EVANGELISTS--PPF DELIVERED TEN MOTORBIKES TO ASSIST THE MINISTRY OF PASTORS AND EVANGELISTS. GOSPEL RADIOS--IN 2021, PPF DISTRIBUTED 2,700 BIBLE RADIOS TO NUBA FAMILIES. THESE RADIOS ARE FITTED WITH A MICRO SD SLOT, AND 2,700 MICRO SD CARDS PRE-LOADED WITH ARABIC AND ENGLISH BIBLES WERE HANDED OUT WITH THE RADIOS.EVANGELISM BACKPACKS--SEVEB EVANGELISM BACKPACKS WERE GIVEN TO NUBA PASTORS FOR REMOTE GOSPEL OUTREACH. EACH 17.5-POUND BACKPACK PROVIDED A PASTOR WITH A PROJECTOR, SPEAKERS, SOLAR PANELS AND EVANGELISTIC VIDEO CONTENT (LIKE THE JESUS FILM).MEDICAL SERVICES:CURRENTLY THE SPLM-N SECRETARIAT OF HEALTH ADMINISTRATES MEDICAL PROGRAMS IN APPROXIMATELY 75% OF THE STATE OF SOUTHERN KORDOFAN IN SUDAN. IN 2021, 266 REMOTE MEDICAL FACILITIES, INCLUDING SEVEN RURAL HOSPITALS (WESTERN JEBEL, DOE-MOM-GDEL REFERRAL HOSPITAL, TIMA, KUMO, GED LUWERE, TUJORE AND GIGAIBA REFERRAL HOSPITAL, LED BY DR. AHMED ZAKARIAH) RECEIVED MEDICINES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM PERSECUTION PROJECT FOUNDATION.MEDICINES & SUPPLIES:AFTER WAR RETURNED TO THE NUBA IN 2011, ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL SURVIVAL NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY PPF WAS THE NEED FOR MEDICINE. WE DELIVERED OUR FIRST MAJOR CONSIGNMENT OF MEDICINE TO THE NUBA REGION IN 2012. WE HAVE CONTINUED PROVIDING THIS VITAL NECESSITY IN THE YEARS SINCE. IN 2021, PPF PROVIDED THE NUBA MEDICAL CONSORTIUM (OVERSEEN BY THE LOCAL SECRETARIAT OF HEALTH) WITH ITS LARGEST CONTRIBUTION-OVER 43.6 METRIC TONS OF MEDICINE DELIVERED TO SOUTHERN KORDOFAN.THESE MEDICINES SERVED BETWEEN 1.2 AND 2.2 MILLION RESIDENTS FROM 14 COUNTIES.THIS MEDICAL CONSIGNMENT INCLUDED MEDICINES FOR RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES, ANTI-MALARIAS, ANTIBIOTICS, ANTI-FUNGALS, ANALGESICS, SYRINGES, MULTIVITAMINS, BANDAGES, AND OTHER MEDICAL SUPPLIES.HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION:PPF DIRECTLY SPONSORS THE ADMINISTRATION OF TWO HOSPITALS: TUJORE HOSPITAL IN DELLAMI COUNTY AND GIGAIBA REFERRAL HOSPITAL. PPF PROVIDES MEDICINES, FUEL, AND FUNDS FOR STAFF SALARIES, CONSTRUCTION, ETC. TUJORE AND GIGAIBA EACH TREAT AN AVERAGE OF 1,000 PATIENTS PER MONTH-EVEN MORE DURING THE ANNUAL RAINY SEASON. LACK OF SUFFICIENT MEDICAL SERVICES IN NEIGHBORING SOUTH SUDAN HAS PROMPTED HUNDREDS OF SOUTH SUDANESE TO TRAVEL NORTH EACH MONTH TO GIGAIBA TO RECEIVE TREATMENT AT THE HOSPITAL. IN ADDITION, PPF PROVIDES MEDICINES AND SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT TO DR TOM CATENA AT MOM, BUT MOM IS SUPPORTED PRIMARILY BY THE DIOCESE OF EL OBEID.GIGAIBA HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION & VOLUNTEER MEDICAL TEAMS:PPF HAS BEEN SPONSORING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A VOLUNTEER MEDICAL UNIT AT GIGAIBA HOSPITAL TOWARD THE GOAL OF FACILITATING SHORT AND LONG TERM MEDICAL AND COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS. COMPLETING CONSTRUCTION OF THE MATERNITY WARD AND CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION ON VOLUNTEER ACCOMMODATIONS HAS HAD PRIORITY IN 2021. IN ADDITION TO BASIC CONSTRUCTION, PPF SPONSORED THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION FOR VSAT (SATELLITE INTERNET) THAT WE HAD EARLIER INSTALLED TO FACILITATE COMMUNICATION.GIGAIBA HOSPITAL SPIRITUAL DISCIPLESHIP:IN 2021, WORKING IN TANDEM WITH THE LOCAL CHURCH, PPF CONTINUED A DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM TO PROVIDE SPIRITUAL SERVICES TO THE HOSPITAL STAFF AND PATIENTS. ONCE PER WEEK, A TEAM OF TWO PASTORS VISITS THE HOSPITAL TO PROVIDE SPIRITUAL COUNSELING AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT TO DR AHMED AND THE PATIENTS AND STAFF AT GIGAIBA HOSPITAL.DIGNITY KITS FOR WOMEN:PPF PROVIDED 5,513 YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS WITH DIGNITY KITS (WOMEN'S HYGIENE KITS). THIS PROGRAM HAS A MEDICAL, EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC AND SPIRITUAL IMPACT AS IT IS IMPLEMENTED THROUGH CHURCH AND SCHOOLS AS A PLATFORM FOR WOMEN'S MINISTRY. THERE HAS BEEN AN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE RESPONSE BY THE NUBA COMMUNITY TO THIS OUTREACH. PPF HAS IMPLEMENTED THIS SAME PROGRAM ON A SMALLER SCALE IN LOHUTUK. WHEREVER THESE KITS ARE DISTRIBUTED, THE WOMEN RECEIVING THEM ENCOURAGE US TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MORE TO WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE NUBA AREA.JEBEL LOPIT TRAINING CENTER:BUILDING COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING GREAT COMMISSION WORK AT THE JEBEL LOPIT TRAINING CENTER (JLTC) LOHUTUK, IMATONG STATE, RSS.SINCE 2004 IN THE MOUNTAINS OF LOPIT, PPF HAS SERVED ALONGSIDE THE AFICA INLAND CHURCH (AIC) TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT GOSPEL-RELATED MINISTRY. OUR INVESTMENT IN LOHUTUK AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS HAS INCLUDED RELIEF AND MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, SPONSORSHIP OF PASTOR TRAINING, AND A VARIETY OF DISCIPLESHIP PROJECTS.THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE JEBEL LOPIT TRAINING CENTER HAS STRENGTHENED PPF'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND BECOME A STRATEGIC PLATFORM FOR MINISTRY IN THE REGION. ACTIVITIES AT THE JLTC HAVE RANGED FROM HOSTING TRAUMA HEALING WORKSHOPS, ROAD AND AIRSTRIP MAINTENANCE, FACILITATING PEACE AND RECONCILIATION CONFERENCES BETWEEN LOCAL VILLAGES, DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS, HOSTING OF PARTNER OUTREACHES AND BIBLE STUDIES, PREACHING, MINISTRY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, PROVIDING WELDING SERVICES FOR LOCAL GRINDING MILLS, AND THE TRAINING AND SENDING OF LOCAL EVANGELISTIC TEAMS INTO REMOTE AREAS FOR "BACKPACK EVANGELISM".SAFE WATER WELLS--NUBA BOREHOLD REPAIRSDUE TO THE CONFLICT IN THE NUBA AREA, NGO'S IN THE REGION WERE EXPELLEDIN 2011. AS A RESULT, THE NUBA PEOPLE HAVE VIRTUALLY NO ACCESS TO THE SPARE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR BROKEN BOREHOLES WITHIN THEIR COUNTIES. IN 2013, PPF LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN TO REPAIR NUBA BOREHOLES, WHICH WOULD EXPAND ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER.OUR INITIAL GOAL FOR 2013 WAS 15 REPAIRS. BEFORE YEAR'S END, WE HAD REPAIRED 95 BOREHOLES! IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, PPF REPAIRED ANOTHER 105 (2014), 82 (2015), 100 (2016), 116 (2017), 132 (2018), 61 (2019) AND 95 (2020).IN 2021, PPF REPAIRED AN ADDITIONAL 85 BOREHOLES.913 SAFE WATER BOREHOLES HAVE BEEN REPAIRED BY PPF BY THE END OF 2021.PPF HAS CONDUCTED REPAIRS IN THE SEVEN NUBA COUNTIES WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE WAR-AFFECTED POPULATION OF MORE THAN TWO MILLION LIVE.AV AVERAGE OF 1,000 PERSONS BENEFIT FROM EACH SAFE WATER WELL. THEREFORE, PPF HAS HELPED PROVIDE ACCESS TO SAFE WATER TO APPROXIMATELY 913,000 NUBA PEOPLE, WHICH REPRESENTS SLIGHTLY LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF THE TOTAL POPULATION LIVING THERE.PPF UTILIZES A "PEER-TO-PEER" SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.