Blogs
Picture of the Day - Bukavu, Congo
Posted on May 29, 2011
Due to war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a great number of women have fallen victim to rape. Aware of the need for these women to be healed, ALARM planned a five day conference to help bring relief and healing to the victims of rape in the South Kivu Province. At the conference, many ...
Abyei, Sudan Violence
Posted on May 26, 2011
The birth of a nation, like human birth, is an event of both duress and joy. The Republic of Sudan, the newest nation on earth, has been birthed out of decades of trouble—almost continual war with the north for almost 50 years and tribal violence for hundreds of years. Millions were left dead or displaced. Our ...
Watermark In Congo
Posted on May 26, 2011
Watermark Church in Dallas, TX recently returned home from Bukavu, Congo. The team partnered with the ALARM-Congo staff to train 45 local lawyers and judges in servant leadership, conflict resolution, and how Christian lawyers should respond to corruption in their country.
To read a first-hand account of the Watermark ...
Revenge In Libya
Posted on May 11, 2011
Troubling stories are emerging out of Libya--stories of revenge and vigilante justice. Three weeks ago, a traveler outside of Benghazi discovered a body, bound hands and feet, shot twice in the head. He had disappeared from the market earlier that day. Ten days later, shepherds discovered a body with a single bullet wound to the head. Masked ...
Cyimbili Coffee Plantation
Posted on May 06, 2011
Dear Friends:
I am on my way to Sudan and wanted to write a brief update on the Cyimbili Coffee Plantation in Rwanda.
The rehabilitation work is going on well. About 19,000 old trees have been rehabilitated and out of 33,000 new plants, about 25,000 are coming up very well. We are ...
