Reaching the Unreached: Going to the Mankidias
The Mankidia tribals in eastern India are a nomadic group of poverty stricken people. These tribals are without hope and without God in the world. Now, thanks to the efforts of Orissa Follow-Up that has begun to change. OFU’s efforts are first targeted at the Mankidia children as they are the most vulnerable. They are poor in every sense, suffering from malnutrition, lack of education, disease, unsanitary living conditions and social isolation. OFU opened a literacy center for the children, providing them with warm clothes and feeding them three meals a week. This has opened the hearts of their parents to the Gospel. Two Mankidia men have come to the Lord and are receiving training in the Scriptures. They will become the first Mankidia missionaries to their own tribe. Will you help OFU reach the Mankidias! $10 provides a set of clothes for one child. $70 will provide a bicycle for a Mankidia missionary. Let’s help reach this unreached tribe for God!
Help the Mankidias: $10-$70
The suffering in the Middle East continues unabated. Thousands have left Iraq and are fleeing into Jordan. Many families who have sought refuge there have no warm clothing, blankets, heaters or even food. The approaching winter can be deadly without the basic necessities. They need help now before the snow comes and the temperatures plunge. A kerosene heater costs $55. Warm blankets for a family of four cost $75. Food parcels that will last 3 weeks cost $50. Items purchased will be distributed to Christian refugees in Jordan and Erbil, Iraq. Your help can make a difference. 
Haiti lies only 700 miles off our shores. Yet our neighbor to the South is light years away in terms of need. 50% of Haitians earn less than $1 a day. Over 67% do not have regular jobs. Half of the children under 5 are malnourished and over 7% of children die at birth. 50% of children are not able to attend school and 60% of those who do will leave before the 6th grade. The country is racked with voodoo’s dark superstitions and demon possession. Into this chaos steps Dr. Cebien Alexis and the Army of Christ. Since the 1970’s they have planted 202 churches in Haiti and another 29 in the Dominican Republic. They have started schools, a children’s home, a medical clinic and a training center for pastors and community leaders as well as a Bible Training University. HBI recently provided funds to build a school for the children shown here. School books and supplies are needed. Will you help the students?
Because of your help we have grown from just a couple of churches in Haiti in the 1970’s to now having 202 churches in Haiti, 29 in the Dominican Republic, and one each in the Turks and Caicos Islands, Chili, Brazil, and Florida. This makes us very happy and we know your hearts are encouraged, as well as you see the results of your giving. The most recent gift we received through Hope Builders support enabled us to construct a school in the interior village of Robinette. The children shown here will soon have a solid building to study in. 
The streets of Kurdistan’s largest city are lined with children begging for money, for food, for anything to ease their suffering. Displaced families are everywhere; in tents and churches and unfinished buildings.
Bandewya is a Christian village, population 800. Many people from Mosul ran away to this village for protection from ISIS. We arrived with two trucks filled with basic necessities. We were able to distribute mattresses, warm covers for winter, food parcels, and heaters. Soon, the snows will come, threatening the lives of those who are not equipped to survive.
The families were very thankful and appreciative; no one has ever tried to reach them before. They understood the risks we took to get there. They told us they can hear bombs exploding and the crack of rifle fire from the valley below and said they will have to flee to Erbil soon, because ISIS is getting closer.
