Many Nigerien women are married between the ages of 12 and 14 and 50% of marriages end in divorce. In Niger, a woman's marital status often determines her social importance. Pray for the women of Niger. Pray that they would come to know the true...
During Tabaski, over 400,000 sheep are sacrificed in the capital city of Niamey. Sheep range in price from $60-$400, yet the Niger gross national income per capita is only $889 per year. Most families spend a large portion of their annual incomes to buy a lamb...
Niger continues to face various external threats along it’s borders including insecurity in Libya, spillover from conflict in Mali, and violent extremism in northeastern Nigeria. Please pray that within this time of uncertainty, that God’s certainty would become evident. May the people of Niger recognize...
According to the Population Reference Bureau 2022 World Data Sheet, nearly half of all Nigeriens are under the age of 15; which is the highest proportion of any country in the world. Unfortunately, most of the young population continues to struggle to obtain appropriate...
Pray for the Wodaabe people who have a history steeped in witchcraft, sorcery, prostitution, forced marriage, and spirit worship. Praise God that many Wodaabe people are coming to Christ and are abandoning these harmful practices. Pray that the Gospel would spread throughout the Wodaabe people...
The Songhai celebrate the Yenaandi ceremony in December to celebrate a specific genie (demon). During another festival, they make offerings to the “black spirits of the bush” and seek to find protection from sorcery, pestilence, and epidemics. Pray that the Songhai would cease these demonic...
There is a Zarma tradition that a father will bring his newborn infant to the river’s edge and place him or her in the water. If the child floats, they believe that the child is truly theirs, but if the child begins to sink, another...
The Gerewol is an annual Woddabé festival where the men compete in a beauty contest to win the affection of women, both married and unmarried. The men spend hours decorating themselves with yellow-colored faces, blackened lips (to make their teeth appear whiter), white lines painted...
Nigerien Muslims are about to celebrate Eid al-Adha, which means “Festival of Sacrifice.” This festival marks the culmination of the religious rituals on the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Eid al-Adha honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience...
In Islam, there is no assurance of salvation. Many women choose or are forced to marry to better their chances to enter paradise once they die. They also believe that having more children increases their chances. Girls are married off at a young age and...