Syria is a country already devastated by war and international sanctions. Yet many Syrians have built a solidarity network to be close to those displaced by the earthquake, supported by RISE, the program in which the Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement, AMU and AFN participate
The medical camp – set up with funds raised by the Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement, AMU and AFN – carried out visits in a village heavily affected by floods. The flow of patients was non-stop throughout the day
Eighty women, aged 35 to 90, have been supporting AMU with continuous donations for over a decade. One of them, Annalisa, has also involved the company she works for
These are the latest updates we received from Mira, a Slovenian focolarina who lives in Ukraine and has been collaborating with Caritas-Spes Ukraine for some time. The numbers refer to the first months of 2023
The messages that the children of an Italian school wrote for their Syrian peers were delivered directly, and with great emotion, by Carlos Palma, coordinator and founder of Living Peace International
The teachers of the after-school program supported by the “Seeds of Hope” project have started a psychological first aid program for children, which includes listening, dialogue and training on the behaviors to adopt in the event of new tremors.
The Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement together with AMU and AFN onlus has collected about 370 thousand euros so far. A first installment of 100 thousand euros has already been sent to some Syrian areas hit by the earthquake
One year after the outbreak of the war, we take stock of the actions undertaken by AMU and AFN representing the Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement, in collaboration with Caritas-Spes Ukraine.
The earthquake of magnitude 7.8 that struck Turkey and Syria on the night of February 6 has caused almost 41,000 victims. This is a rough estimate, but the toll is already dramatic. In this first phase of the emergency, there is a need above all to distribute basic necessities. The Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement has launched an extraordinary fundraiser through AMU and AFN
Distribution of relief items and medical assistance continues in flood-affected areas of Pakistan.
A heartfelt and strong appeal for an immediate end to the embargo in Syria
Domingos Dirceu Franco is a Brazilian economist and focolarino who has lived in Aleppo since 2019. We talked with him about the complicated situation that Syria is experiencing, a country where AMU is present with two programs: Seeds of Hope (emergency projects in the health field, education and professional training for women) and RestarT (income-generating activities), essential – according to Domingos – to “restore dignity to those who lost everything during the war”.