{"id":22065,"date":"2017-04-13T13:40:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T13:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=22065"},"modified":"2017-04-19T13:19:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T13:19:03","slug":"send-christmas-present-child-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/","title":{"rendered":"Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Christmas is fast approaching and everyone is busy buying presents for their loved ones. Gift giving is about spreading joy, and this Christmas <em>Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)<\/em> is inviting families in Malta to send a Christmas present to a child in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>No we\u2019re not actually asking you to post toys and sweets to Aleppo. That would not be practical or even possible in a war situation. What we are suggesting is that you make a donation equal to whatever you plan to spend on a present for your child, nephew, niece or grandchild to <em>ACN Malta\u2019s<\/em> <strong><em>\u201cChristmas presents for Syria\u201d<\/em><\/strong> campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Your donations will provide \u201cChristmas Parcels\u201d filled with warm clothes, food, toys, sweets, shoes and other essentials for displaced children and those who lost everything when their homes were bombed. With financial aid from ACN, local workers have been assembling many thousands of Christmas packages, ready for distribution to displaced families in need.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the kindness of our benefactors, last year\u2019s \u201cChristmas Parcels\u201d distribution was a great success, bringing Christmas cheer to 15,000 children in Iraq and over 7000 in Syria. The need is even greater this year, with so many families who have just been evacuated from East Aleppo.<\/p>\n<p>Our dedicated team members on the ground in West Aleppo continue to deliver food and other lifesaving aid amidst constantly changing conditions.\u00a0The Sisters of Jesus and Mary go house-to-house providing food, money for rent and heating, warm clothes and medicine to support Syrian families through the winter. Fr. Ibrahim makes sure that the families in his parish have at least a few hours of electricity and water each day. &#8220;It&#8217;s an absurd war. Those who suffer most are the weakest \u2013 in this case the children\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Share your love and prosperity with Syrian families &#8211; give them a Christmas gift they&#8217;ll never forget! Please send a cheque made out to ACN (Malta) in an envelope marked \u201cChristmas present for Syria\u201d by regular post to the following address: ACN Malta, 39b, Mdina Road, Attard, ATD9038 Malta. You can also make a donation via bank transfer to APS Bank, IBAN: MT72 APSB 7705 7008 5772 2000 1771 733. Please send an email with \u201cChristmas present for Syria\u201d in the title to\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@acnmalta.org\">info@acnmalta.org<\/a>\u00a0 to let us know when the donation transfer payment\u00a0was made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria Christmas is fast approaching and everyone is busy buying presents for their loved ones. Gift giving is about spreading joy, and this Christmas Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) is inviting families in Malta to send a Christmas present to a child in Syria. No&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-e-newsletters","category-press-releases-2016"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria Christmas is fast approaching and everyone is busy buying presents for their loved ones. Gift giving is about spreading joy, and this Christmas Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) is inviting families in Malta to send a Christmas present to a child in Syria. No...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-13T13:40:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-04-19T13:19:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ACN Malta Media\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ACN Malta Media\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/\",\"name\":\"Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-13T13:40:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-04-19T13:19:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/#\/schema\/person\/3c01ab68e03f1b76347f9f6ac439a9d2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/\",\"name\":\"Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\",\"description\":\"Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/#\/schema\/person\/3c01ab68e03f1b76347f9f6ac439a9d2\",\"name\":\"ACN Malta Media\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/93fb625be2ad6b7f825159f4ef11b098?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/93fb625be2ad6b7f825159f4ef11b098?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ACN Malta Media\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/author\/admin2\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)","og_description":"Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria Christmas is fast approaching and everyone is busy buying presents for their loved ones. Gift giving is about spreading joy, and this Christmas Aid to the Church in Need (Malta) is inviting families in Malta to send a Christmas present to a child in Syria. No...","og_url":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/","og_site_name":"Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)","article_published_time":"2017-04-13T13:40:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-04-19T13:19:03+00:00","author":"ACN Malta Media","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ACN Malta Media","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/","url":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/","name":"Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria - Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-04-13T13:40:12+00:00","dateModified":"2017-04-19T13:19:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/#\/schema\/person\/3c01ab68e03f1b76347f9f6ac439a9d2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2017\/04\/13\/send-christmas-present-child-syria\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Send a Christmas present to a child in Syria"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/#website","url":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/","name":"Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)","description":"Aid to the Church in Need (Malta)","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/#\/schema\/person\/3c01ab68e03f1b76347f9f6ac439a9d2","name":"ACN Malta Media","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/93fb625be2ad6b7f825159f4ef11b098?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/93fb625be2ad6b7f825159f4ef11b098?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ACN Malta Media"},"url":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/author\/admin2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22065"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22091,"href":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22065\/revisions\/22091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}