missionaries

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A whole-of-government operation immediately transported the missionaries to a hospital where they could quarantine and receive advanced medical care if needed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

There have been many devastating school fires in Kenya, where boarding schools are common as a colonial legacy of missionaries and the British.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Stafford is one of three medical missionaries with Serge — a nonprofit based in Jenkintown, Penn. — who were exposed to the virus.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

When colonialists and missionaries began arriving in the late 19th Century, some Zambian communities, having never seen a white person before, believed they were "Luchele" and treated them like Gods.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

After the missionaries come teachers and doctors, bureaucrats and soldiers.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond