Since 1988, the incidence of polio has been reduced by more than 99 percent, according to the World Health Organization. At that time, more than 350,000 children were paralyzed every year, in more than 125 endemic countries.
WHAT IS POLIO? Click HERE to find out...
In Nigeria, there are over 11 MILLION polio survivors. Nigeria has the MOST polio survivors of any country in the world! The virus has now been eradicated; there've been no NEW victims in Nigeria for 6 years, thank God! Today, polio is endemic in only two of the world's countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Even in these locations, aggressive vaccination efforts have dropped the number of cases to a handful a year. To learn more, click HERE to read about Nigeria's journey to ZERO new polio cases in 2020.
There have been ZERO new polio cases in the United States since 1979, until a New Yorker was recently diagnosed. An unvaccinated young adult experienced severe symptoms, including paralysis, and was hospitalized. Read more about New York's state of emergency HERE.
We are SO PROUD of Schools For Africa board member, Dr. Ronald Rice, who founded Wheelchairs For Nigeria. They manufacture wheelchairs in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. There are many employees here who are polio survivors. In October, Dr. Rice and his team distributed 700 wheelchairs to people with disabilities throughout Nigeria! Missionary Phyllis Sortor traveled with Dr. Rice, distributing wheelchairs in SEVEN different locations. You can read an update letter from Dr. Rice HERE.
See MORE incredible pictures from wheelchair distributions
at the bottom of this email!
Seeking Monthly Givers!
We have a big goal.
We need to increase monthly giving by $6,000/mth to cover the 8 new schools we took on in June! We receive many BIG financial gifts throughout the year, which enable us to take on new projects - new schools, clinics, and grazing reserves! Praise GOD! Recurring monthly gifts help us to rely on a secure monthly income, so that we KNOW that we can cover our expenses,
before we move on to more projects.
CAN YOU HELP US?
We need MORE MONTHLY GIVERS!
**God is MOVING! He is meeting our needs!**
NEW monthly donations total $1,905.18 monthly
since June! WOOP WOOP!
THANK YOU for your NEW monthly gifts:
Sandy / R. and R.
Give monthly to sustain what the Lord is doing for His beloved people in Nigeria!
NEW RECURRING MONTHLY DONATIONS WILL BE DOUBLED THROUGH 2022, UP TO $24,000!
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Prayer Requests:
Pray for the flooding in Nigeria, and our friends affected by the damage.
Pray for Bishop Whitehead, Phyllis and team, as they finish up the annual conference tour.
Pray for the 20 MILLION out-of-school children in Nigeria. SFA's goal is to TRIPLE the number of schools we manage, to help meet this need.