The country of Ghana has played a lead role throughout Africa in military ministry and continue to do so. Both Ghana and Kenya have committed to continue leading the training effort of the Sudanese chaplains. OBI has expressed interest in learning more about their long term plans and strategy in order to discern means through which we might assist their efforts.

The West-Africa Mano River Union (MRU) is comprised of representatives from Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gabon, and Liberia and appears committed to building chaplaincies. The Chief of Chaplains from Sierra Leone moderated the meetings and has taken the lead for the regional initiative. He anticipates hosting the forthcoming chaplain and chaplain assistant training and invited members of the MRU, all of whom had decision-making authority to speak for their chaplains. Also attending was the Sierra Leone Defense Chief for Personnel. He asked for OBI to conduct a site survey, program assessment and introduction to military garrisons, followed by the conduct of the regional chaplain training, civilian clergy training and using a mobile training team. All these actions would be sanctioned by the new Chief of Defense Staff, himself instrumental in ensuring that the chaplain attended this conference.