Missions Box: Good News from Nonprofits Worldwide

Water Scarcity Heading for Crisis in Uzbekistan

September 13, 2019September 12, 2019 /Leave a comment

The spotlight of the global water crisis is currently shining on the countries of Central Asia, particularly in Uzbekistan.

TASHKENT – The spotlight of the global water crisis is currently shining on the countries of Central Asia, particularly Uzbekistan. In “Water: A Time Bomb in Central Asia,” Aqua Doc emphasized that, “Agricultural water use in Central Asian countries is of vital importance, especially for...

Survivors in the Bahamas Need Our Help Immediately – Vernon Brewer | LifeZette

September 12, 2019September 12, 2019 /Leave a comment

Vernon Brewe, founder of World Help, discusses the destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, and the immediate desperate help needed immediately. “Bodies are floating all through the water in Marsh Harbour.” These are the words in an urgent text message...

New Gospel for Asia Special Report Cites Consequences of Illiteracy

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 /Leave a comment

Gospel for Asia released a new special report entitled “Literacy: One of the Great Miracle Cures.” Included is a list of consequences of illiteracy...

WILLS POINT, TX – Gospel for Asia has released a new special report entitled “Literacy: One of the Great Miracle Cures.” Subtitled, “Resolving the Limitations Illiteracy Places on the Human Spirit,” noted author Karen Mains explains that illiteracy is a multi-faceted . . . problem...

Teen Challenge Center near Bucharest – Romania Offer Help for People With Addictions

September 10, 2019September 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

Teen Challenge center is a residential with a holistic approach towards the physical, emotional & spiritual dimensions of young people.

Teen Challenge is an organization that operates a support program for people with an addiction to drugs. The first center for boys in Romania was inaugurated in 2007 near Bucharest, in Gradistea. According to statistics it is estimated that there are over 100,000 drug users...

The Dragon at the End of the Silk Road

September 10, 2019September 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

China has been disrupting the global economy. The dragon dancing in the streets is symbolic of the one at the eastern end of the Silk Road.

BEIJING – Barely six months ago, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIFR) identified its current Countries of Particular Concern (CPC). Sixteen of the CPC were ranked as Tier One, those of the most significant concern. Of those, committee member Gary Bauer said,“If we...

Refuge Ranch: Hope for Victims of Domestic Minor Sexual Trafficking

September 9, 2019September 9, 2019 /Leave a comment

The Refuge Ranch is the largest, long-term rehabilitation facility for child survivors of sex trafficking in the United States.

AUSTIN, TX – In January 2018, we introduced our readers to The Refuge Ranch, which was being constructed in Bastrop County, Texas. The purpose of The Refuge was, and is, to “provide long-term, holistic care in a pastoral and peaceful setting for girls, through age...

Welsh Council Defies Secularists’ Attempt to Sideline Prayers

September 9, 2019September 10, 2019 /Leave a comment

Welsh councillors in the UK have defended their freedom to conduct prayers before meetings in the face of opposition from those labelling it ‘discriminatory’. Councillor Paul Penlington called on Denbighshire Council in North Wales in the UK, to conduct prayers away from the council chamber,...

30 Tons of Emergency Relief from Samaritan’s Purse Arrives in the Bahamas

September 9, 2019September 11, 2019 /Leave a comment

Samaritan’s Purse is airlifting the Emergency Field Hospital to the Bahamas today, at the request of the World Health Organization and the government of the Bahamas.

BAHAMAS — Samaritan’s Purse made its first airlift of the Emergency Field Hospital to the Bahamas on September 5, at the request of the World Health Organization and the government of the Bahamas. Multiple flights will follow. A team of 16 staff members, including doctors...

Indian State of Odisha Introduces Plan to Reduce Debt Bondage

September 6, 2019 /Leave a comment

Odisha has one of the highest migration rates in the country. Approximately 500,000 relocate every year, primarily due to escape drought and to find jobs.

BHUBANESWAR – With 46 million residents, Odisha is the 11th most populous state in India. The eighth-largest Indian state by area, Odisha has a density of more than 760 people per square mile. Odisha also has one of the highest migration rates in the country....

Child Labor in South Asia: Heartbreaking Insights

September 6, 2019September 5, 2019 /Leave a comment

According to UNICEF, 152 million children worldwide are enslaved by child labor. The International Labor Organization put the number at 168 million.

WILLS POINT, TX – Did you know that India is home to the largest population of children in the world? That’s right. With 448 million children under the age of 18, India alone has 103 million more children more than China. Nearly 25% more.The 2011...

Labor & Child Labor Statistics for Afghans: Millions Cannot Make a Dollar a Day

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 /Leave a comment

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs released data that 1.9 million Afghan children are engaged in child labor today across the country.

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – On August 27, Afghanistan’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs released data indicating that “1.9 million Afghan children are engaged in labor work across the country.” The ministry said the child labor problem is unlikely to improve until the country is free...

Samaritan’s Purse Airlift Arrives With Relief in Bahamas

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 /Leave a comment

BAHAMAS — Samaritan’s Purse is airlifting the Emergency Field Hospital to the Bahamas today, September 5, 2019, at the request of the World Health Organization and the government of the Bahamas. A team of 16 staff members, including doctors and nurses, will be on the...

Woman Becomes a Christian & Her Inlaws Become Outlaws

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 /Leave a comment

The Christian persecution is a spiritual battle that will never be won or lost in the content of constitutions or the context of courtrooms.

KAMPALA, UGANDA – Last September, her world was turned upside down when her husband passed away. The 54-year-old mother of eight children was now a widow with a family to support. Searching for hope, she placed her faith in Jesus Christ when the pastor of...

ECWA Says Leah Sharibu Still Alive

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 /Leave a comment

The Nigerian government has released a statement that Leah Sharibu is alive and that officials are still negating for her release.

ABUJA, NIGERIA – On August 1, Missions Box News published an article entitled “65 Dead in Boko Haram Attack at Funeral.” In that article, we reported that Leah Sharibu, a Christian teenager who had been abducted in early 2018 along with more than 100 Chibok...

Missions Box

Think Outside the Missions Box

Child Labor Today: Not Gone, But Forgotten

The Aftermath of Acute Gender Imbalance Is 100 Million Missing Women

Dying of Thirst: the Global Clean Water Crisis

What is Leprosy & How Do We Overcome It?

Solutions to Poverty Line Problems of the Poor & Impoverished

21st Century Slavery & Human Trafficking: Stories, Statistics and Solutions

Fighting Malaria – a Chilling Disease