Where We Serve

We started working in the Eastern DRC Minembwe with the training of trainers for 10 local churches 30 CHEs. Three of the local churches are actively implementing their seed projects. We recently partnered with a Christian University in the area to assist the local women’s group of over 200 members to establish a grain mill project. The women’s group contributed money for the installation and the churches provided oversight and coordination. LIA contributed with the purchase of the grain mill and offered training on managing the project, for the required service of grain mill close to the community, and managing it as an income-generating project for sustainability.

A team of medical students from Bujumbura attended the GMHC Africa conference in Nairobi in September of 2015. Thereafter the team (under the name “Jars of Love”)  invited Dr. Florence to their meeting in Bujumbura to help them draw their mission, vision, and strategic plan. In the same meeting, they requested LIA for TOT. LIA with funding support from SECC conducted the TOT in Bujumbura in October 2016 (Dr. Yared and Obaidas trained). Nineteen members completed the TOT and drew their plan of action for seed projects. Most of them were senior class medical students at the time and most of them have now graduated and are working in the districts with the seed projects implemented on the side. Obadias our Lakes Region Coordinator is working with them now to organize a health training in partnership with TTT involving the 19 who have done the TOT last year and another 30 new medical students/ practitioners.

LIA Jamaica has been a part of our work since February 28, 2013. Our aim is to build the ministry capacity of local churches in Wholistic Transformation Development through training; offer retreat and conference services through LIA Jamaica Centre – Bethel, and initiate income generating projects for sustainability of LIA Jamaica programs, operations, and the LIA Centre.

We opened the doors to the Kenya office in 2004 and are currently working in partnership with 41 churches across the country both in urban and rural contexts.

Our activities in Kenya have been diverse over the years. We have worked with the local church in response to food shortage and famine in Eastern Kenya, medical camps in Western Kenya, in the city of Kisumu in response to the post-election violence that took place after the 2007 presidential elections, as well as several Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and economic development, skills training, and leadership training for our church partners.

The largest country in Africa, Sudan is home to nearly 42 million people (est.). The people of Sudan are still reeling from decades of civil war and continued disputes with South Sudan. Linking In Aid serves vulnerable people in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, and elsewhere.

The most eastern country in Africa and part of what is commonly referred to as the “Horn”, Somaliland/Somalia is home to more than 8.5 million people. The people of these two regions continue to face struggles such as drought/famine, clan rivalries and much more.

As one of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations, more than 78 million people live in Egypt today. In early 2011, a revolution began in Egypt, with the effects still taking shape today, leaving uncertainty and hesitation about the future for its people.