Soybeans to Fight Malnutrition and Share the Gospel
Empowering Women in Nigeria
A Baptist College in Nigeria provides pastors’ wives with soybean seeds to improve health and open doors for ministry. The women learn to grow soybeans and then use them to prepare soy-based milk, soups, cheeses, and cakes. They then take what they’ve learned back to their communities and use it as a tool for evangelism and discipleship.
Your gifts to Global Hunger Relief support this ongoing project and help strengthen communities in Nigeria by addressing both physical and spiritual hunger.
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of Nigeria’s population is undernourished (Global Hunger Index)
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of people live below the poverty line (World Food Programme)
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people are food insecure in northeast Nigeria (World Food Programme)
Sharing Seeds to Share Gospel Seeds
In 2024, 48 women completed the training. Upon graduating, they each received a starter supply of soybeans that, in many cases, has already yielded a bountiful harvest. Many graduates report that because of the training, they were able to share with their neighbors. Families in their community are now healthier, neighbor-to-neighbor relationships are more substantial, and churches are growing.
Some families have even been able to generate much-needed income by selling soybean products. One participant, Mrs. L, shared, "Thank God for the soybean skills! It opens doors for witnessing!"
$10
Packet of seeds
$40
Job skills training
$100
Basic business supplies
$600
Access to farming tools and animals