Program areas at unfoldingWord
Whole Bible Whole Nation (WBWN) We now have 6 Whole Bible for the Whole Nation programs in progress and several more in development. These programs empower church networks to be successful in reaching the least reached in their nation with the Gospel in every language. In 2023, two New Testaments were completed and several more books in dozens of languages. unfoldingWord Open Bible Stories is a foundational resource in these programs, teaching translation principles and providing a tool for evangelism and discipleship among the least reached. This resource is now available in over 169 languages all throughout the world. *6 active programs *Expanding the Sudan initiative to the full suite of programs that uW has to offer: OBS training platform, Introduction to scripture training platform (EJ), Advanced "book package" scripture translation, and checking to the original languages (tCore) *Completing the second (Group B) set of seven languages in the OBS training platform in Chad, with 90% of training delivered by uW's partner PCET. *Launching an OBS training program with five languages in Group A in Benin *Completing 5 new testaments in a Southeast Asia program, the first such completions in unfoldingWord's portfolio of field programs *A Southeast Asian Sign Language team was able to exceed their goal of 10 videos and have completed 36 videos on portions of the Gospels. *Published OBS translations: 68 > 169
Strategic Language Resources .We completed development and a pilot test of Equipping Journey 1.0, an integrated translation and theological formation program. We also made progress on our Translation Book Packages by adding 48 newly completed resource sets across a handful of languages (bringing the total to 554). We are excited to be partnering with the ETEN Innovation Lab and BiblioNexus to help fill up the Bible Aquifer with trustworthy Bible resources in strategic languages. *Completing a 3-book pilot program with Bible Society of Jordan, paving the way for a full Modern Standard Arabic project to be launched in 2024. *Continuing progress in the Russian language initiative, with additional book packages completed in Russian and additional book translations completed in the associated Ukrainian Romani language program *Completed 5 Old Testament Book Packages *Continuing to equip and resource network partners to translate and publish Biblical content, translation helps, and training resources. *EJ 1.0 *Completed P resources for translators: 506>554
Technology Our technology portfolio saw several exciting developments in both software features and expanding the number of developers contributing to the Open Components Ecosystem (OCE). Over 50 developers participated in the OCE Hackathon from 4 global locations. VCANA,the gateway suite of tools, and Scribe SE all received important feature updates, with an overall focus on end-to-end usability. *Held a 50+ person hackathon with 4 locations globally *Trained 5 Delhi based software developers in OCE development *Released initial version of a WYSIWYG editor component *Transitioned product support to a remote team *Developed the prototype for an offline translation application
Catalyzation In December we held the second annual Global Church-Centric Bible Translation Forum with 75 participants representing 17 organizations. The 2023 Global CCBT Forum served as a catalyst for meaningful connections, strategic planning, and personal reflections, leaving participants inspired and motivated for ongoing collaboration in their mission to bring the Word of God to every language and people group. In addition, there are now at least 21 Western organizations releasing open licensed biblical resources. We now have over 430 openly licensed biblical resources published in our catalog. *Global CCBT Forum *880 hours of training trainers *Now 21 Western Christian Organizations releasing open licensed biblical resources *Open licensed resources published in our catalog: 405>432
New Initiatives Work across Latin America, South Asia, and Equatorial SubSahara yielded exciting progress in several projects. Out of this portfolio we launched 3 new Whole Bible Whole Nation programs: Colombia, Benin, and Togo. We began work with a large-scale church planting network in South Asia, helping them to create effective training pathways for their people that still need Scripture. We are also providing resources for 2 different sign language translation teams in South and Southeast Asia. *Latin America Macronet has expanded from Venezuela to Colombia, Ecuador, and Brazil.