ANNUAL REPORT 2023 On February 6th, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck South-Eastern Türkiye and North-Western Syria. Over 60,000 deaths have so far been recorded and more than 1.5 million people were displaced. World Horizons was rapidly able to join the global response. Over $160,000 was raised to assist the Turkish church to reach out and minister to the needs of those suffering in Jesus’ name. Soup kitchens were established; food-parcels were distributed; the special needs of children and the elderly were catered to; and temporary accommoda on was provided in a place of safety. Our partners are grateful for the opportunity to serve under the banner of AFAD, the Turkish equivalent of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency. We, in turn, are grateful for your support to enable us to assist the funding of these efforts.
In October the Richmond office welcomed a visit from Pastor Jonas Kinda, a long- me Horizons staff worker from Burkina Faso. Early in 2023 we provided some of the funding to purchase a replacement vehicle for the Project Javelin rural evangelism team, (pictured in the background) which Jonas has led for the last decade. During that me the Project Javelin ini a ve has resulted in ninety churches being planted into areas where the gospel message had previously not been known. The spoken word o en requires transla on. Here Jonas, in the middle, is pictured being translated into two local languages. The Project Javelin ministry also includes a sewing school giving women a skill with which they can earn income to support their families, a pre-K school, and various assistance programs that provide staple foods for widows and their children, and for people who have been internally displaced by the militant incursions that are a constant threat to the stability of many African na ons.