Trauma Counselling & Resettlement

Organization
I Live Again Uganda (SIM)

Leaders
Benson Ocen & Tricia deBoer

Restoring identity in Christ through trauma counseling, discipleship, and resettling victims of war. Two major areas of trauma are Ugandans affected by civil war and Sudanese and South Sudanese refugees in resettlement camps on the border. Forgiveness and reconciliation are central to this program. Counselling takes place with individuals, community, and by training pastors and other leaders.

Prayer Points

• Strength to meet increasing need of people seeking safety in Uganda
• Favour from the government to use their Christ-centered approach more widely
• God to bring down a troubling increase of exploitation of young women

ReUnited Venezuelan Migrant Recovery

Organization
Fundación Doulos (Latin America Mission)

Leaders
Daniel Bravo

Integrating at-risk migrant families, adolescents, and children displaced from Venezuela into the social, education and work life of host communities in Columbia. They partner with and train up local churches to commit to their communities and overcome xenophobic sentiments. Young people are discipled in the Lord and built up to overcome risks of violence. Integration programs include church leader training, sports & arts activities, community festivals, educational support, and skills training.

Prayer Points

• Children facing insecurity and isolation to encounter Jesus through the love from the Church
• Provision of a place to hold camps for young people
• Increase of gang violence in regions and funds to counteract with income generating and peace-building programs

Systems & Supporters for Refugees

Organization
International Association For Refugees Canada

Leaders
Laura Dobrowolski & Rob Perry

IAFR’s mandate is to equip and engage the church to support the protection and integration of forcibly displaced peoples. Many churches want to engage in healthy ways with refugee ministries but lack the vision or knowledge to engage well. They engage the church locally and globally to collaborate in kingdom models of response to integrate the displaced as contributing members of healthy community.

Prayer Points

• God to equip and guide IAFR into the spaces where He wants to use them together with the church
• Prayer for IAFR’s partners in Uganda, Lebanon, and Malawi
• The Church to be strategically engaged on the refugee highway and to reflect the love of Christ in the way we welcome refugees

Heal to Learn Curriculum Development

Organization
Beyond Borders
Leader
Andre Marotto
Since 2018, Beyond Borders has provided educational services through Christian teachers to asylum seekers on Lesvos, Greece, but saw a need for curriculum specifically for learners who have experienced the significant trauma of displacement, marginalization, and persecution. Trauma-informed and Biblically-themed materials are being created to facilitate learning, transformation, and healing of children and adults in the refugee camps and beyond.
Prayer Points

• Deep and whole healing of many though the implementation of the curricula
• Open borders for refugees to seek asylum in Greece and Europe
• Gospel to be shared widely as people are on the move

Newcomers Network

Organization
The Peoples Church
Leader
Nelson Chang

Newcomers Network is a diverse and welcoming community within The Peoples Church that seeks to provide Compassion, Connection, and Community for newcomers to Canada in their journey of life and faith. They offer practical support and programs to assist newcomers in their settlement & integration into Canadian society, as well as friendship & connection opportunities within a vibrant faith community for mental, emotional, and spiritual support. As God brings the world to Toronto and sometimes sends them back to their home countries, this is a global mission movement.

Prayer Points

• More volunteers to support the many events and services that are being offered
• For longer-time Canadians and Peoples Church family to embrace the richness and opportunity of newcomers
• Newcomers in their search for housing, language, friendship to also see their need for Jesus