Nauru Reed Warbler
This small brown songbird is found nowhere else on Earth except the island of Nauru, making it one of the rarest birds in the Pacific.
Flag of Nauru
Field Report
Nauru is a tiny island nation sitting in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, so small and so far from other countries that many people have never heard of it. It is a real place with real people — about 10,000 of them — who fish, raise families, and go about daily life on a single coral island surrounded by thousands of miles of open ocean. Nauru needs people who will pray for it, because God knows every person living there by name and loves them deeply.
From the Field Notebook
Nauru Reed Warbler
This small brown songbird is found nowhere else on Earth except the island of Nauru, making it one of the rarest birds in the Pacific.
Spinner Dolphin
These athletic dolphins live in the warm waters surrounding Nauru and are known for leaping and spinning in the air as they swim.
Green Sea Turtle
Green sea turtles have swum in the Pacific Ocean for millions of years and can sometimes be spotted near Nauru's coral reefs, where they come to feed.
Coconut Crab
This large land crab, which climbs trees to crack open coconuts, has a rich, slightly sweet meat and is considered a prized dish on the island.
Pandanus Fruit
The pandanus palm produces a starchy, fibrous fruit that Nauruan families have eaten and cooked with for generations, especially in traditional preparations.
Canned Fish and Rice
Because Nauru imports most of its food, canned tuna or mackerel served over white rice has become one of the most common everyday meals on the island.
Nauru is the third-smallest country in the entire world by area, covering only about 8 square miles — you could walk around the whole island in just a few hours.
Nauru once had one of the highest incomes per person on Earth because of massive phosphate deposits, a mineral used in fertilizer, but most of those deposits were mined out by the 1990s.
Nauru has no official capital city, which makes it one of the only countries in the world without one — the government buildings are simply in the Yaren district.
The island sits just 26 miles south of the equator in the central Pacific Ocean, meaning it has warm tropical weather all year and is surrounded by some of the deepest ocean on the planet.
Nauru has a serious diabetes problem — decades of imported processed food replaced the traditional diet, and today it has one of the highest rates of type 2 diabetes of any country in the world.
Daily Life
62
Years life expectancy
97%
Can read and write
94%
Kids go to school
Missions Field Report
Most Nauru's people follow Christianity (85.4%). Evangelical Christians make up about 12.6% of the population.
What People Believe
Prayer Journal
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