Cameroon, Central African Republic
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Please keep in
prayer children and families affected by fighting in the Central African
Republic (CAR). Pray for the more than 19,000 refugees who have fled CAR and
crossed into neighboring Cameroon to escape the violence. The total number of
people seeking refuge in Cameroon is now over 35,000. http://tinyurl.com/k6zuuv5
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Pray for refugee
children who’ve been traumatized by violent acts they’ve experienced. Please
pray for God’s comforting presence in the lives of these little ones.
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Pray for new
refugee arrivals who are living in dreadful conditions in Cameroon. Pray God
will provide them with the material resources they need to obtain safe shelter
and other basic necessities. The influx of refugees has caused food, fuel, and
rent prices to rise, affecting local residents and refugees alike.
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Give God thanks
for the generosity of host communities in Cameroon that have shared their
resources.
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Please pray for
peace in CAR so that its displaced children, young people, and adults may
return to their homes.
Kenya
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Give thanks to
God for an innovative initiative that uses recycled one liter soda bottles
filled with water to make solar lamps for use in low income neighborhoods in
Kenya. The plastic bottles are filled with water and a small amount of bleach
to keep the water clean, then inserted through a small hole in the roof of the
house. When sunlight hits the bottle, the water reflects it down into the
home. http://tinyurl.com/kkubnw4
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Thanks be to God
for this energy-saving initiative that allows poor families to redirect the
resources they would have used to buy kerosene, candles, or electricity for
other necessities. And give thanks to God that the use of these solar bottle
lights reduces accidents caused by kerosene or candles.
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Praise God children
in community schools are benefiting from these solar bottle lights in their
classrooms. Many schools couldn’t afford electricity to keep lights on all the
time, especially during the rainy season.
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Give God thanks
for the students from Britain’s Durham University who have sponsored this
initiative in Kibera’s slums. And thanks be to God for those in the nonprofit
organization COVIT (Connecting Voices of Inspiration for a Better Tomorrow) who
are spearheading this initiative throughout Kenya.
Syria, Lebanon, Jordan
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Please continue
to lift in prayer children targeted by both government and rebel forces in
Syria’s civil war. More than 11,000 children have died since the conflict began
three years ago. http://tinyurl.com/m2da77f
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Pray for children
who are forcibly recruited to fight on the frontlines. Pray for those who are
arbitrarily detained, sexually assaulted, raped, physically abused,
intimidated, and/or humiliated in order to force a confession from them or
pressure relatives to surrender.
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Please keep in
prayer children who have witnessed torture, death, abuse…who have witnessed
unspeakable violence and suffer invisible scars from the trauma. Pray children
who’ve been traumatized by this violence will be able to access the resources
needed to help them cope and overcome the trauma.
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Pray for
traumatized children who speak about death constantly…who experience great fear
of death during their waking and sleeping hours. Pray for children who have
been so traumatized by the violence that they have lost the ability to speak,
or are unable to eat or to sleep.
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Pray for the 3
million children who have been displaced within Syria and the 1.2 million who
have fled to Lebanon and Jordan. Please pray for the safety of the 1 million
children who live in battlegrounds between Syrian government forces and rebel
groups. Pray for an end to violence against Syrian children. Pray for peace,
reconciliation, and healing in this war-torn country.
United States
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Please keep in
prayer the female students who were sexually assaulted at their high school
allegedly by an 18-year-old male at the school. Give thanks to God the girls
came forward about the assaults and that school administrators took their
claims seriously. Pray for healing for the 18-year-old male who has been
charged with criminal sexual conduct, false imprisonment, and soliciting a
child. http://tinyurl.com/mzjbfup
Faces of Children
- Please continue to pray that more churches and individuals will join with the ministry of Faces of Children in spreading awareness about children in crisis and inviting more people to pray for children at risk.
