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HAITI – Poverty and the risks of Pandemic

At the time of writing, Haiti’s Health Ministry reported 3,941 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 64 deaths. However international agencies and some human rights activists fear the number is far higher, due to a lack of testing. It has been impossible for many people to follow the measures, particularly in the densely populated slums of […]

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GUINEA – Battling Spiritual Giants

These prayer requests come from three church leaders and missionaries in the West African state of Guinea:- Since early April, borders, schools, mosques and churches have been closed. There are travel restrictions between the capital Conakry and the interior of the country. But people can be out and about freely; markets and shops are open. […]

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GHANA – A Nation Trusting in God’s Mercy

The following information and prayer requests come from five missionaries and Christian leaders in Ghana:- The number of confirmed cases in Ghana stands at 8,070 with 2,947 recoveries and 36 deaths on 1 June.  We thank God for the relative peace and protection that Ghana has enjoyed so far in this period of the pandemic. […]

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EQUATORIAL GUINEA – Health care workers at risk

Our prayer material for the exotic tropical nation of Equatorial Guinea (Africa’s only Spanish-speaking nation) comes from a contact in Malabo, the country’s capital. Here the situation is not very good, there are already more than 500 infected people and 6 dead, according to the WHO. The Guinean Government is no longer reporting cases. The […]

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COMOROS – One of the world’s least-reached nations

Let’s lift up our prayers – during both Ramadan and the CoVid-19 pandemic – for this desperately needy island nation! This information comes courtesy of our friends from an amazing mission organization, CAPRO (the South Africa branch being closest to Comoros). Although there has been no confirmed case of the COVID-19 on all of the […]

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About WEC International

Since 1980, Operation World has been a part of the Christian charity and mission organisation WEC International. This offers fellowship, support, oversight, and accountability to Operation World in an era where such issues are vital for healthy ministries.  WEC was originally founded as Heart of Africa Mission in 1913 by C.T. Studd, the famed English […]

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What we do

Operation World (OW) is widely regarded as the definitive volume of prayer information about the world and is the recipient of the ECPA Gold Medallion Award for Excellence in Evangelical Christian Literature. OW was listed in Christianity Today’s, “The Top 50 Books That Have Shaped Evangelicals” (see more commendations from global Christian leaders here). OW, […]

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Other Helpful Resources

One of the most amazing changes over the last 30 years has been the multiplication of resources available for Christians. Here are a few of the websites and books that have been most formative for the Operation World team in our journeys in prayer, mission, and Christian spirituality, both individually and corporately as a team. […]

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Burkina Faso Covid-19 prayer needs

Not how we normally post, and not promising to do this regularly, but it is good to be reminded that these “faraway” places are more vulnerable in many ways to CoVid-19 than Global North countries. This is from a friend of OW who is well connected to Francophone Africa. Let’s pray for our brothers and […]

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