{"id":32625,"date":"2019-01-08T09:26:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T09:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=32625"},"modified":"2019-01-08T09:26:59","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T09:26:59","slug":"you-never-failed-us-with-your-support-syrian-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2019\/01\/08\/you-never-failed-us-with-your-support-syrian-students\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou never failed us with your support\u201d- Syrian students"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Thank you ACN Benefactors!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Over 300 young university students have been able to continue their studies thanks to the support channelled through their local Church, via a project sponsored by the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since the beginning of the conflict in Syria, the foundation has given over 3.6 million Euros to help a great majority of Christian university students in Syria continue their studies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThere has been a great deal of suffering in Homs, and many families have lost everything in the war\u201d, says a young student, AnaghemTannous, who is studying civil engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cBeing able to continue with my studies is what has helped me to remain hopeful and stay happy through these years. Now I want to be able to deepen my knowledge and help other people here in my country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Khalil explains, \u201cI was given a bursary for educational materials and so I could follow a course in French. I was also given help with transport to the university.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cMany thanks for your help. There are many of us facing difficulties, but you never failed us with your support\u201d, acknowledges Wissam Salloum, aged 21 and a software engineering student.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI\u2019m in my fourth year; hopefully, next year I will graduate, but I would like to continue my studies in order to avoid being sent to war. I want to remain in Syria and I am hoping that very soon we will have peace, peace for everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Wissam finds it difficult to put into words his emotions when he is told that kind benefactors around the world are helping him and hundreds of other young students to be able to continue their studies and their careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cOne of the most difficult times I experienced was when the university was forced to close down a few years ago, for several months, owing to the intensity of the attacks. We all thought that we would now no longer be able to fulfil our dreams and finish our university careers and one day enjoy a better life here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Her friend, Pascal Napkin, also wants to say thank you,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe know now that we are not alone. This gives us the motivation to complete our studies and at the same time to help those who are most in need here in Homs\u201d, she tells us. \u201cAnd we want to thank Pope Francis too. I don\u2019t know him personally, of course, but I know that he has spoken many times about Syria and has told the world about our situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>ACN is now seeking in order to be able to fund the studies of some 7350 school and university students in Aleppo. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;\"><em><strong>ACN MALTA<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Thank you ACN Benefactors! Over 300 young university students have been able to continue their studies thanks to the support channelled through their local Church, via a project sponsored by the international Catholic pastoral charity and pontifical foundation Aid to the Church in Need. 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