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
The volunteers of Trentino Alto-Adige: a thread that does not break
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Emergency
Support for the Ukrainian population. Updates
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
A bridge of peace between Italy and Syria
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
Syria, together with children to overcome the trauma of the earthquake
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.
Earthquake in Syria – support for the population has begun
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
War in Ukraine, a year of interventions
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.
Earthquake in the Middle East – news from Syria
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
Pakistan Emergency – Updates
Distribution of relief items and medical assistance continues in flood-affected areas of Pakistan.
Earthquake: Suspension of financial embargo on Syria for humanitarian organizations
A heartfelt and strong appeal for an immediate end to the embargo in Syria
Syria, “generating hope with concrete actions”
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”.
Lebanon, Father Hakim talks about the country’s crisis
The economic crisis in Lebanon has worsened since 2020: “Some people have confessed to me in tears that they are no longer able to buy medicine and even milk for their children.” AMU distributes food parcels.
2023 in Ukraine. Young Anna’s Wishes
Anna has only one big wish for 2023: that the war in Ukraine ends. Then she can sit with her family around the table in their old house in Kiev. All together, like during the holidays before the conflict.