While hiding in a field of overgrown grass, Leyla* watched a crowd of soldiers enter a thatched hut in Tore Wandi, her home village. She heard scuffling on the dirt floor. She heard the shrill of voices. And she watched the soldiers burn the hut to the ground. Read More

For years, Grace feared walking to the market with her friends. She dreaded celebrating holidays with her family. And she constantly worried about sleeping, wondering if her agonizing nightmares would return. Every day, Grace endured judgment, rejection and hostility—because every day, Grace endured life with HIV. Read More

Martin stashed his belongings into a bag, stuffed his feet into a pair of shoes and began to run. After soldiers brutally killed his father, mother and grandmother during the Burundian Civil War—an ethnic conflict that began in the mid-1990s between tribes in the tiny, East African country—Martin set… Read More

Less than a year ago, a husband and wife team visited Garissa University College in northeast Kenya to host a Bible-based trauma healing session, a program that helps survivors of violence, abuse and natural disasters find healing through God’s Word. Because the region is prone to militant attacks, the… Read More

In a small room just outside of the city of Amman, Jordan, nearly 50 people gathered in December to attend the first Bible-based trauma healing session in the Middle East. Trauma healing is especially urgent for the church in Jordan because of the large number of Syrian and Iraqi refugees… Read More

This month, ABC Television affiliates began airing a documentary called Hope Rising: Stories of Trauma and Healing, a true account of restored lives in survivors of severe trauma. Follow their stories as these incredible individuals participate in an American Bible Society trauma healing program and encounter the Good News of… Read More

ABC Documentary Features Bible-based Trauma Healing Around the world 1 in 7 people suffer the trauma of war, abuse and natural disaster. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the number is even higher. The new documentary Hope Rising: Stories of Trauma and Healing ,… Read More

Cyclists Raise Awareness for Trauma Survivors Ten volunteers cycled for seven days from Daytona Beach to Miami to raise money and awareness for American Bible Society’s She’s My SisterTM Bible-based trauma healing program. She’s My Sister equips churches in the Great Lakes region of Africa… Read More

Justus Rubarema is a global advocate for Bible-based trauma healing in Uganda, but he says he grew up as “a village boy.” He and his seven siblings regularly attended church, which was more a social than spiritual activity. He longed for an education, so he left… Read More

The Healing Hearts Club curriculum is specifically designed for children who have experienced trauma. The book features two characters who learn about healing through the words of the Bible. Sami and Rose, a brother and sister in Africa, fled to the bush when armed soldiers… Read More