Emergency aid and development projects

  • The projects are not only humanitarian but also church-building
  • In most project countries, partner organizations of the Danish European Commission have the opportunity to collaborate with local authorities on selecting the people in need of emergency aid or who may benefit from participating in a development project.
    As a result, persecuted Christians often work well together with the authorities.
  • If cooperation with the authorities is not possible, the support is mediated to underground Christians, who also typically help other vulnerable people.
  • Christians care for and provide dignity to minorities and outcasts - in countries where there are no welfare benefits like in Denmark.
  • Skepticism, prejudice and hostility towards Christians can often be broken down when members of the majority population see how Christians are making a positive difference.
  • In some cases, the church can gain a platform and a voice in society through relief and development projects. Some become interested in learning more about the Christian faith.

Unusually harsh winter in Syria right now

Winter is unusually harsh in the Middle East right now. The citizens of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel have had the rare pleasure of playing with snow. For the thousands of internally displaced people...

Zanib has started sewing school

Zanib comes from a non-Christian family in Pakistan. She lives in the village of Shah Kot, is 12 years old and has two brothers and three sisters. Zanib and her siblings go to...

Refugee in Iraq: I saw children die

Henrik Ertner Rasmussen from the Danish European Mission has just returned from Iraq. He met the Yazidi Aziz, who told his story of fleeing the Islamic State and how he received emergency aid...

Sold by mom

Anna's* life took a drastic turn when her mother took her to a party

Syria: A spark of hope in the land of fear

Civil war rages. Misery is growing. The Danish European Mission's project manager in the Middle East reports on the deepest distress, but also on glimmers of hope among Christians.