{"id":7438,"date":"2014-12-05T13:46:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T13:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acnmalta.org\/?p=7438"},"modified":"2014-12-05T13:46:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T13:46:11","slug":"patriarch-sako-aid-to-the-church-in-need-projects-are-signs-of-hope-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2014\/12\/05\/patriarch-sako-aid-to-the-church-in-need-projects-are-signs-of-hope-for-us\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Iraq \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 28.11.2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00abChristians in Iraqi Kurdistan are living in miserable conditions\u00bb. That\u2019s how Chaldean Patriarch, Louis Raphael I Sako described to Aid to the Church in Need the current situation of roughly 120 thousands Christians forced to flee their home and now living in the Iraqi Kurdistan. \u00abIt isn\u2019t just the fact that they have to live in crowded cabins or &#8211; even worse \u2013 out in the open inside small tents which cannot shelter them from the cold winter. Their main concern is their uncertain future. They are scared because they don\u2019t know what to expect. They want to return home and they don\u2019t know how long this situation is going to last\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriarch stressed how the tragic conditions of the refugees &#8211; who don\u2019t know whether they will be able to work again or if their children will go back to school &#8211; affect their psychological state. Moreover, a lot of families are now divided because some of their members have already left the country, while the rest of the family is thinking about fleeing.<\/p>\n<p>So far the crisis has lasted for five months, and during this time Christians often felt abandoned, especially by the Western world. \u00abNow they finally feel that in the world there are people who care about them. And this is thanks to normal people\u2019s charity and to associations like Aid to the Church in Need which did a lot for us\u00bb. Patriarch Sako recently visited the first of eight schools &#8211; pre-fabricated PVC structures \u2013 donated by ACN. The schools are part of the 4 million emergency relief program created by ACN to provide thousands of displaced Iraqi Christians with food, shelter, schooling and gifts for children. \u00abThe school I visited comprises 24 classes: indeed a wonderful work \u2013 Patriarch Sako told ACN \u2013 Those projects are signs of hope for us\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Shlemon Warduni, auxiliary Chaldean bishop of Baghdad, praised ACN\u2019s help to Iraqi Christians. He visited few of the 150 PVC porta-cabins in Ankawa that ACN donated to the refugees, to be used as accommodations. \u00abAll those structures are already full of people \u2013 he told ACN \u2013 hopefully we will be able to put a roof above everyone\u2019s head. This will happen because of charities like Aid to the Church in Need which undertook a great endeavor to help us\u00bb. Bishop Warduni describes the difficult conditions in which all Iraqi people are living, especially those who belong to religious minorities. \u00abYazidis and Christians were dragged out of their houses, and they had to leave everything they owned. Now they suffer, while Islamic State terrorists are occupying their properties\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>As Christmas is getting closer, \u00abthe Church is doing all it can to help Christians celebrate the birth of our Lord in decent conditions \u2013 Bishop Warduni said &#8211; We will pray the Child Jesus to help our children, as every day we pray God asking Him to give us the strength to bear this terrible pain with patience and faith\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Marta Petrosillo<\/p>\n<p>press@acn-intl.org<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 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