For children from Syria, life is filled with crisis and trauma, whether they are still living in the war-torn country or they are living in another country as refugees. Four Nazarene schools in the Middle East are helping 360 Syrian children gain stability and a quality education from caring teachers in a safe environment at a time when they need it most.

Approximately 200 students are Syrian children living inside Syria, where they face the effects of war on a daily basis. Another 160 students are Syrian refugees whose families fled the violence to live in Jordan or Lebanon, where they are safer but are most often living in poverty.

Christians make up a small minority in the Middle East. Believers who face persecution for their faith can experience family and community estrangement, injury, homelessness, and unemployment. Nazarenes in the Middle East are willing to reach out to the persecuted with a hand of love, fellowship, and relief.

Fighting between government and rebel troops has brought inexpressible hardship and misery to thousands in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi. Fighting, rape, and violence against the innocent and helpless, looting, burning, and destruction are the daily experiences of many, while the noise of cries, gunshots, broken glass, and violent voices fill the night. The following morning often unveils a gruesome picture of both death and destruction. Female family members have been abused in front of their families, fathers brutally hacked to death with machetes, and children are being forced to join the military groups as child soldiers.