8 May/June 2022 Barnabas Aid
Lives transformed by
the Word of God
Barnabas-funded literacy classes enable impoverished Senegalese Christians to read the Bible
“L
ike the blind man in the Bible, ‘I was blind but now I see!’” These are the words of Dieynaba, a young Christian mother in Senegal, as she described how literacy classes funded by Barnabas have transformed her life by enabling her to read the Bible.
Dieynaba with her husband and child
“Now I understand everything Jesus has done for me and what He expects of me,” she said. “Before, I refused to give tithes and offerings because I believed the pastor wanted to take money from us when we are poor. Now I know that it is God Himself who asks us to do this and He blesses those who give faithfully.”
Senegal is dominated by Islam with the population at least 95% Muslim. The small but growing Christian community accounts for about 4%. Dieynaba is one of 267 Christians from an impoverished – and strongly Islamic – rural area of central Senegal who completed the 14-month programme of adult literacy and numeracy classes.
