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Presbyterian Disaster Assistance and others mourn sudden loss of colleague

Posted November 18th, 2022

Friends and colleagues of a Presbyterian Disaster Assistance employee who died this month are celebrating his life with kind words and remembrances. PDA was notified last week of the sudden death of Sheku Sillah, its Regional Project Manager for Africa and Asia, who passed away after experiencing chest pains.

How your One Great Hour of Sharing gifts are used

Posted April 6th, 2022

As the One Great Hour of Sharing campaign for 2022 enters its home stretch, the special offering’s beneficiary ministries presented a webinar Tuesday highlighting one of its partners in Africa.

The crisis in Ukraine is front and center, but others also deserve our attention and compassion

Posted March 29th, 2022

The Presbyterian Hunger Program’s Valéry Nodem, a former human rights lawyer in his native Cameroon, is sounding the alarm over possible outbreaks of famine in places like northern Nigeria and elsewhere.

Agents of change in Nigeria

Posted March 29th, 2022

Although Nigeria ranks among Africa’s richest nations, Ohel Swade would never know it.