Projects in Africa:
Order by:Project Name|Location
Alago NT
NigeriaA newly energized project backed by believers across denominational lines.
Amiya NT
W AfricaOver 2,000,000 nomadic herdsmen of the Sahara that are slowly moving to the cities.
Avatime NT
Ghana24,000 primarily subsistence farmers living in traditional settlements scattered in the mountainous southeastern region of Ghana.
Bakossi NT
Cameroon60,000 speakers known for their unusual, bright red tea.
Dagara NT
Burkina Faso80,000 widely scattered villagers with about 1,300 Christians. The illiteracy rate exceeds 80%.
Denya NT
Cameroon20,000 widely scattered villagers with about 1,300 Christians. The illiteracy rate exceeds 80%.
Djimini OT
Ivory Coast85,000 live a hard life relying entirely on agriculture even through the periods of drought.
Dogon OT
Mali600,000 people of West Africa who live beneath massive 2,000-foot high cliffs just south of the Sahara.
E Congo Genesis Cluster
Dem Rep CongoPeople in seven language groups translating Genesis in the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ethiopia NT Cluster
Ethiopia1,236,000 people from three language groups in need of the Scriptures in their languages.
Gamai NT
Nigeria200,000 people whose traditional religious leaders are women.
Guinea Bissau LP Cluster
Guinea-BissauA targeted project to help the church in Guinea-Bissau begin translation work in all the languages in their country that still need Scripture
Huba NT
NigeriaA community with a significant church presence in need of Scriptures for discipleship
Ichen-Ibaas NT
NigeriaA highly motivated community translation team adapting their Scriptures from two nearby groups with related languages.
Irigwe NT
NigeriaNew Testament translation project that will speak especially to the women and poor of the Irigwe community.
Jenjo NT
NigeriaA Nigerian people for whom literacy and development programs will facilitate Scripture use, foster revival and fuel evangelism.
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Kambari NT Cluster | Auna
Nigeria150,000 savanna subsistence farmers living in small language communities
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Kambari NT Cluster | Salka
Nigeria150,000 savanna subsistence farmers living in small language communities
Kambari NT Cluster
Nigeria450,000 people in three related language groups.
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Kambari NT Cluster | Agwara
Nigeria150,000 savanna subsistence farmers living in small language communities
Kamwe OT
NigeriaRevising a New Testament and completing the full Old Testament for a predominantly Christian community.
Logo NT
Dem Rep Congo200,000 people for whom the Scriptures will bring renewed hope and vision after years of devastating civil war.
Lubwisi NT
Uganda84,000 speakers who live beneath the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountains.
Lugungu NT
Uganda49,000 speakers who live along the Nile River and the shore of Lake Albert.
Manjaku NT
Guinea-BissauBuilding on a forty-year history of mission work to bring Scripture to a Bibleless church.
Mayogo NT
Dem Rep Congo100,000 primarily subsistence farmers suffering the hardships of war.
Mbandja OT
Dem Rep Congo200,000 subsistence farmers whose way of life corresponds very closely to that of the Old Testament.
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Mbeya NT Cluster | Bena
Tanzania670,000 speakers living high in Tanzania’s southern mountains
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Mbeya NT Cluster | Bungu
Tanzania36,000 speakers whose traditional religion bears superficial similarities to Catholicism
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Mbeya NT Cluster | Kinga
Tanzania140,000 speakers, many of whom travel on business throughout Tanzania
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Mbeya NT Cluster | Malila
Tanzania65,000 speakers who grow corn, chrysanthemums and coffee in Tanzania’s southern mountains
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Mbeya NT Cluster | Ndali
Tanzania220,000 speakers living on eastern Africa’s Tanganyika-Nyasa Plateau
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Mbeya NT Cluster | Nyakyusa-Ngonde
Tanzania1,050,000 speakers descended from powerful inland traders
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Mbeya NT Cluster | Nyiha
Tanzania626,000 speakers living as farmers across flat, dry regions of three African countries
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Mbeya NT Cluster | Safwa
Tanzania158,000 speakers who grow their own food in the plains and high mountains of western Tanzania
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Mbeya NT Cluster | Sangu
Tanzania75,000 speakers who live in widely scattered groups on a vast plain
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Mbeya NT Cluster | Wanji
Tanzania28,000 speakers who live in a tightly-knit mountain community
Mbeya NT Cluster
Tanzania3,000,000 people living in the mountains and plains of southeastern Africa
Mgbolizia NT
Nigeria63,000 speakers living in a state called the “Salt of the Nation.”
Nigeria Gombe LP Cluster
Nigeria240,000 people across 10 language groups in rural areas of Northeast Nigeria.
Nigerian Pidgin NT
NigeriaScripture for more than a million people from varying backgrounds whose common language is Pidgin
Ninzo NT
Nigeria100,000 people whose traditional ruler challenged Christians to translate the Bible.
Noon NT
W Africa25,000 working as farmers and adhering to the Catholic faith.
Okphela NT
Nigeria100,000 people known for elaborate masks that emphasize both the beautiful and the grotesque.
Ron NT
Nigeria115,000 people thirsty for the Bible in their language.
Samburu NT Cluster
Kenya190,000 people from two Kenyan groups where faith has newly taken hold.
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Samburu NT Cluster | Samburu
KenyaOne of two groups in the Samburu Cluster Project
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Samburu NT Cluster | Ilchamus
KenyaOne of two groups in the Samburu Cluster Project
Sena NT
Mozambique1,086,000 people, primarily farmers, greatly desire the Scriptures.
Suba NT
Kenya90,000 people on the islands and coast of Lake Victoria.
Tharaka OT
Kenya112,000 people who will benefit greatly from a complete Bible translation.
Tyap NT
Nigeria130,000 people in a country that needs God's deeper truths in languages that the ordinary people can understand.
Ubangi NT Cluster
Dem Rep Congo393,000 people whose lives have been disrupted by a terrible civil war.
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Ubangi NT Cluster | Mono
Dem Rep CongoAbout half of all Mono-speaking people follow Christ, but it's common to mix Christian faith with traditional religion.
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Ubangi NT Cluster | Ngbandi, Southern
Dem Rep CongoA predominantly Christian area in need of the Scriptures to strengthen a young local church.
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Ubangi NT Cluster | Pagabete
Dem Rep CongoA predominantly Christian people group eager for the Bible in their language.
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Volta NT/OT Cluster | Lelemi
GhanaSubsistence farmers living in five language communities.
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Volta NT/OT Cluster | Sele
GhanaSubsistence farmers inspired by their neighbors’ newly translated New Testament.
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Volta NT/OT Cluster | Siwu
GhanaSubsistence farmers inspired by their neighbors’ newly translated New Testament.
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Volta NT/OT Cluster | Tuwili
GhanaSubsistence farmers inspired by their neighbors’ newly translated New Testament.
Volta NT/OT Cluster
Ghana86,000 people in five language communities.
Volta NT/OT Cluster | Sekpele
Ghana24,000 subsistence farmers inspired by their neighbors’ newly translated New Testament.