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Medina is a song-writer and teacher. But she, like all Nuba, is also a farmer.

Places like Sudan’s Nuba mountains are similar to other areas of the world in that you find a collection of people from all types of occupational backgrounds.

There are builders, shop-owners, mechanics, truck drivers, nurses, engineers, administrators, pastors, and others. But the Nuba is unlike many areas of the world in that in addition to one’s primary occupation, everyone— literally everyone— is also a farmer.

Food security is a major concern for the people of Sudan, so unless you live in an urban area, you’re going to farm and manage livestock.

This is why throughout our history, Persecution Project has sponsored agricultural projects to compliment our other ministry outreaches. We sponsor emergency food distributions at times, but we also support things like greenhouse construction and providing dairy cows and goats to those displaced by conflict.

Most Nuba people have their own gardens, requiring just basic tools for managing. But many institutions like schools and hospitals run larger-scale operations to support their students, staff, or patients.

At the Gegaiba Referral Hospital, Persecution Project is partnering with Dr. Ahmed and his team to provide a heavy-duty tractor to help the facility plant on a large enough scale to provide food security for a growing number of staff and patients.

Thankfully, there are tractor-suppliers in Juba, South Sudan, which cuts our importing and transportation costs considerably.

One of the hardiest tractors for the Nuba region is the 75 horsepower John Deere. The cost of one of these tractors is around $35,000. Add to this the requisite tipping trailer, disc harrow, and plough, and the total cost for the tractor package is approximately $57,000.

When most people think of hospital support, things like providing new x-rays, lab equipment, staff support and training, etc., come to mind. Tractors and disc plows wouldn’t seem to be high on the list of priorities. But this is the Nuba mountains of Sudan, not New York City. Often what people at the Gegaiba Referral Hospital eat is what’s grown or slaughtered on site.

Having the means for large-scale farming provides support for the entire Gegaiba community and makes the job of Dr. Ahmed and other front-line health care workers, much less stressful.

By supporting our campaign to provide a tractor for Dr. Ahmed’s hospital, you’ll be giving a gift that literally keeps on giving. As the T.V. commercial says, “Nothing runs like a Deere.”

Your gift of $5, $25, $100, $1,000, or more, will get us one step closer to food security for our persecuted brothers and sisters in Sudan.

I personally can’t wait to send you images of neat rows of crops providing the Nuba people with a visible reminder of God’s love for them and His provision through the family of faith.

Will you help today?