Hope for Nigeria

n This girl (left) has had to leave school to help feed and clothe her family through selling food and other goods to travellers. Like many other roadside sellers in Nigeria, she comes from a desperately poor family and, with little education, has no hope for a better future. The Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) is seeking to reach out to young people like her with simple New Reader Portions about Old Testament characters. Through the Opportunity 21 program, these Scriptures will be made available on cassette as well as in printed form in the languages of Hausa, Fulfulde, Kanuri, Yoruba and Arabic.

n Many children like these pictured here in the predominantly non-Christian area of Pambegua, northern Nigeria, will soon have access to suitable Scripture material that presents the Bible’s message in a non-confrontational way in their own language. With funds from the UBS Opportunity 21 initiative, and with the help of churches and mission organisations, the Bible Society of Nigeria (BSN) is preparing audio and video Scriptures that will open God’s Word for children like these and their parents.

The BSN, through the Faith Comes By Hearing program, is also promoting the use of the Hausa New Testament on audio cassette. (WR 360/23 - 06.01)