{"id":33239,"date":"2018-10-20T11:40:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T11:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=33239"},"modified":"2019-02-21T08:20:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T08:20:35","slug":"syria-40-news-reasons-for-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/10\/20\/syria-40-news-reasons-for-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"SYRIA: 40 NEW REASONS FOR HOPE"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-33241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-5-300x297.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-5-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-5-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-5-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-5-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-5.png 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>T<\/strong><strong>en<\/strong><strong>-year-old Jeries Habib and his<\/strong> <strong>brother, Elia, eight, from Maloula,<\/strong> <strong>the hilltop Christian town in Syria,<\/strong> <strong>have good reason to smile as a fresh<\/strong> <strong>programme of ACN aid gets underway<\/strong> <strong>across the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Thanks to you, ACN has just approved 40 new projects.\u00a0<strong>The aid \u2013 including food, shelter,<\/strong> <strong>medicine, repair of churches and<\/strong> <strong>support for clergy and catechesis \u2013<\/strong> <strong>provide 40 new reasons for hope <\/strong>in a country, which has suffered so much for so long. In response to a desperate plea for help as people start to return to Aleppo, <strong>ACN is helping to repair the<\/strong> <strong>Maronite Cathedral in a part of the city<\/strong> <strong>where Christians had been targeted<\/strong> <strong>by extremists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The nave was badly damaged when a bomb fell through the roof. Nearly 500 Christian families have returned to the town of Qusayr, devastated by fighting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ACN has offered to repair 100<\/strong> <strong>homes there and, with your help,<\/strong> <strong>we can repair many more.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More aid will provide food, toiletries, medicine, clothes and shoes for poverty-stricken elderly and disabled Christians in Aleppo supported by Sr Annie Demerjian and her nine volunteers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At Sr Annie\u2019s request, an electric wheelchair has been provided for a house-bound elderly woman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sr Annie said: <strong>\u201cSeven years have<\/strong><strong> passed since the war began and people continue to face all kinds of troubles \u2013 tiredness and suffering \u2013 but because of your help we are able to stand beside our people and make their burden lighter.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Ray of light:<\/strong> ACN\u2019s fresh aid for Syria<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33243 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-6-300x183.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-6-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-6-600x366.png 600w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-6-580x354.png 580w, https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/image-6.png 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aleppo <strong>\u2013 <\/strong>Food baskets for 3,280 Families<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Homs, Hama and Yabroud \u2013 Mass stipends for priests<\/li>\n<li>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Aleppo \u2013 Repair of Maronite cathedral hit by a bomb<\/li>\n<li>Damascus \u2013 Supporting the education of 1,270 students<\/li>\n<li>Aleppo \u2013 Aid for families supported by Sr Annie Demerjian<\/li>\n<li>Qusayr \u2013 Repair of 100 homes<\/li>\n<li>Yabroud \u2013 Medicine for elderly, disabled and children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ACN\u2019s new aid programme for Syria<\/strong> <strong>aims to help Christians stay in a country<\/strong> <strong>where the Faith dates back to St Paul<\/strong> <strong>and Christ\u2019s disciples.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A quarter of the 40 projects just approved by ACN provide help for young people such as 2,000 catechisms in Latakia, a retreat for 70 young faithful in Aleppo, and support for university students in Aleppo and Homs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ACN is supporting 1,270 students at<\/strong> <strong>the Al Riaya School, in Damascus, run<\/strong> <strong>by the St Jean Antide Sisters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The students had to move to a new site after their premises came under threat, close to the front-line in the conflict. Several students died at the height of the violence involving the neighbouring Eastern Ghouta district but the situation calmed afterwards and students are determined to continue their studies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ACN Middle East projects coordinator Father Andrzej Halemba said: <strong>\u201cYouth<\/strong> <strong>have lived for years in an environment<\/strong> <strong>of war and tension is very high. 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