Inside Story

Bahrom also has sporting ambitions – coaching football to a number of local young people, 60 of whom now attend the Hope Centre. Alongside the opportunities to train, they are provided with two hot meals every week.

Most remote of all is the village of Isit, found 186 miles from Ulakhan-An. Ask your phone for directions and Google maps will tell you that it cannot find a way there, most likely as the only route is a winter ice road.

Emanuel University has received some of the highest accreditation scores for its academic excellence, but if this standard is to be maintained new professors need to be produced.

War may continue to rage in his country, but the work of Serghi Sobran, an SGA sponsored missionary, continues apace.

SGA’s Joy of Christmas project is always a special time for those working in Central Asian countries.

Ministering in a Muslim dominated country in Central Asia is not easy – those who do are liable to be labelled as ‘infidels’ or ‘traitors to the religion’ by the predominantly Muslim people alongside whom they live.