Ilchamus in Kenya

The Ilchamus have only been reported in Kenya
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Main Language
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Introduction / History

The Ilchamus are a Maa people living south and southeast of Lake Baringo, Kenya.


What Are Their Lives Like?

They are pastoralists who also engage in fishing in small boats made of balsam trees. They are eager to learn new things, seemingly eager to create a better life. It's a poor community and lacks most modern facilities. There are education lacks and many can only communicate in their local language. It's a very traditional and culturally bound society, hierarchical, and male-dominated.


What Are Their Beliefs?

The Ilchamus people have their own traditional religious practices. They are at the mercy of a spirit world that comes to steal and destroy.


What Are Their Needs?

The Ilchamus people need the chance to find the only Savior, the one who offers life to the full.


Prayer Points

Pray for the Lord to thrust out workers to the Ilchamus people. Pray that the Ilchamus people will have a spiritual hunger that will open their hearts to the King of kings. Pray for workers who are driven by the love and boldness of the Holy Spirit to go to them. Pray for a movement to Christ among them to begin this decade.


Scripture Prayers for the Ilchamus in Kenya.


Profile Source:   Joshua Project  

People Name General Ilchamus
People Name in Country Ilchamus
Alternate Names Njemps
Population this Country 44,000
Population all Countries 44,000
Total Countries 1
Indigenous Yes
Progress Scale 1
Unreached Yes
Frontier People Group No
GSEC 1  (per PeopleGroups.org)
Pioneer Workers Needed 1
People ID 11737
ROP3 Code 115961
ROP25 Code 309263
ROP25 Name Ilchamus
Country Kenya
Region Africa, East and Southern
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country Isiolo, Marsabit, and Samburu counties: Lake Turkana east towards Marsabit.   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Country Kenya
Region Africa, East and Southern
Continent Africa
10/40 Window No
National Bible Society Website
Persecution Rank Not ranked
Location in Country Isiolo, Marsabit, and Samburu counties: Lake Turkana east towards Marsabit..   Source:  Ethnologue 2016
Primary Religion: Ethnic Religions
Major Religion Percent
Buddhism
0.00 %
Christianity  (Evangelical 1.50 %)
5.00 %
Ethnic Religions
95.00 %
Hinduism
0.00 %
Islam
0.00 %
Non-Religious
0.00 %
Other / Small
0.00 %
Unknown
0.00 %
Primary Language Samburu (44,000 speakers)
Language Code saq   Ethnologue Listing
Primary Dialect Ilchamus
Dialect Code 3026   Global Recordings Listing
Language Written Yes   ScriptSource Listing
Total Languages 1
Primary Language Samburu (44,000 speakers)
Language Code saq   Ethnologue Listing
Primary Dialect Ilchamus
Dialect Code 3026   Global Recordings Listing
Total Languages 1
People Groups Speaking Samburu
Photo Source BTL Language Programmes Manager 
Map Source Bryan Nicholson / cartoMission  
Profile Source Joshua Project 
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