Pray for Peace

This Sunday, January 9, Southern Sudan will hold a referendum in which it is expected to vote for secession. The entire country is holding its breath as it waits – not only to see if the South will vote to secede but also to see if the North will respect the election results.

This is a time of great hope. Refugees are returning home to vote; plans are being formulated for building a country and developing an infrastructure.

But this is also a time of great fear. Tensions are high along the border with the North, and international observers are watching closely in an attempt to avoid another civil war. In the North, there’s talk of enforcing stricter Sharia law if the South leaves, which means that non-Muslims living in the North fear for their safety and freedom. Refugees returning to the South are living in schools, crowding in with other families, living in camps. There aren’t enough schools for them, and health care is hard to come by.

Because of this dearth of infrastructure, Hospitals of Hope is working with Covenant Presbyterian Church and the Healing Kadi Foundation in Omaha, Nebraska to construct a Clinic in a Can hospital – a small hospital built out of 3 shipping containers – to ship to Kajo Keji in Southern Sudan. The Healing Kadi Foundation eventually plans to construct a larger hospital, but that will take too long. In the meantime, this pre-built hospital, which will ship to Sudan this Spring, will provide much-needed medical care to the more than 450,000 refugees living in Kajo Keji.

Please pray for peace in Sudan and for the successful development of a new nation. You can keep apprised of developments there on the Satellite Sentinel site or on the BBC. If you want to volunteer to help construct this hospital or are looking for other ways to get involved, contact the Hospitals of Hope office at 316.262.0964 or at info@hospitalsofhope.org.