In the face of conflict and unprecedented inflation across parts of the Middle East, your generosity has enabled our resilience and success throughout 2023. These pie charts represent the data from our international operation, subject to audit later this year.
Income from our products and services has long played a crucial role in maintaining our presence and credibility in the regional marketplace, with much of it sourced from our partnerships with other ministries and organisations utilising our media expertise.
However, our overarching goal is to have enough funds to be able to develop and produce more of our own projects. Last year, we saw progress in this direction as income from client work decreased from 30% to 24%, while grants and donations rose from 66% to 74%. This is an answer to our prayers.
Thanks to your generosity, numerous impactful projects, both online and on the ground, have been made possible. For example, our Life in the Desert programme reached 205 Syrian children in Lebanon’s refugee camps. These children were the first ones to receive the Syrian version of our programme, thanks to a dubbing project that was supported through your gifts. Additionally, our online platforms – Kingdom Platform, Desert Roses, and ChangeMaker – have reached millions of Arabs with the Gospel. And our Libyan team has finished the audio translation of four Gospels and are now working on the book of Acts.
Your gifts also supported the essential costs of our offices in the US, UK, Gulf and North Africa. These costs included medical insurance for our Arab colleagues and the refurbishment of rooms used for project activities. This year we are focusing on expanding our supporter base in Europe and the US, so that we can increase our impact in the Middle East.
