Christine and Michael Heinz’s property is a large holiday home that was built after the fall of the Berlin Wall as a meeting place for young people from Eastern and Western Europe. A summer camp for 30 Ukrainian children was organized here. Christine tells how it went
Emergency
School Camp 2 / Among the wonders of Vienna
The story of the carefree days that thirty Ukrainian children are experiencing in Austria continues, thanks to a school camp organized with funds raised by AMU and AFN for the Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement. They are days of sun and fun. A gift for these children who have been living in a country at war since February 2022. This is the second part of the chronicle of their holidays.
Joyce’s version
In Syria, being young and having a dream is very complicated. Young Joyce knows something about it. But with her talents and her ambition, she is facing the most difficult year of her life
Work camp to help flood victims in Romagna
Have you ever thought about taking advantage of the summer to give your contribution to a socially useful project?
Layal, a stubborn little girl
A lack of oxygen at birth had caused the little girl to have a slight brain atrophy. This resulted in difficulties in movement and speech. The Seeds of Hope project took care of her
Chronicles of a cheerful school camp
What you are about to read is a very special holiday diary, which makes us particularly happy
Emilia-Romagna Flood: Hope Resists the Mud
After almost a month and a half since the floods that hit the regions of Marche and Emilia-Romagna (Italy), the story of the personal experience of Maria Chiara Campodoni, a married focolarina, teacher and former municipal councilor of the Municipality of Faenza, strongly affected by this disaster
After the earthquake in Syria. New support actions
Jeans for orphans, tool kits for artisans, assistance for the elderly. There are many targeted interventions of the RISE – Response in Syria Emergency program in this phase of post-earthquake recovery
Two wars, two rebirths. And the discovery of reciprocity
Maksym has escaped the war twice, in 2014 and 2022. Each time he had to reinvent his life. In Kiev he turned to the Caritas-Spes center, where he found assistance and hospitality. To give back he does everything he can
From difficult child to responsible student
It is at the Piccoli Sogni center in Baniyas – supported by the project Semi di Speranza – that the very young Syrian boys encounter opportunities that they would not otherwise have. This is the story of one of them: Yazan Al-Helou
Hanin started walking again
Guillain-Barré Syndrome, this was the diagnosis for the little Syrian girl who could no longer stand. A course of targeted physiotherapy was therefore necessary, which in Syria, however, is very difficult to do. Yet thanks to the support of Semi di Speranza, Hanin has started walking again
Three days of shoveling mud. Diary from Romagna
A group of 15 volunteers from Turin to Faenza and Solarolo to help the flood victims