A family with five children found shelter at the Caritas-Spes Ukraine center, where they can finally breathe a little peace: the children play, draw, and distract themselves from everything they have experienced since the beginning of the war.
“I kept thinking, ‘We left hell to blow ourselves up here on a mine.’ But God saved us again. When we entered the territory under the control of the Ukrainian army, we kissed and hugged everyone who was there.”
Those of Samar, Eliane, Jessica and Grace, among the beneficiaries of the Family Assistance Project in Lebanon, are reflections on solidarity, reciprocity, being a family, sharing and on the small things apparently unimportant that instead make everyday life joyful.
The volunteers of the Seeds of Hope project in Syria, with their support, are constantly at the side of a family that has lived and lives in great economic difficulty, and has had to face health problems and serious bereavements: “We could not stand by and do nothing in the face of the pain of these people”.
The action to support the vaccination of populations in rural India, linked to the A Vaccine for All campaign, allowed 802 vaccinations to be administered from January to March 2022.
Hayat’s life in Syria has not been easy, up until now that she is 55 years old: the disease, the fear of not making it, the war, the economic crisis, the feeling of being alone to face everything. Hope and then a new pain to face.
The economic and financial crisis in Lebanon is causing more and more people to need support even to meet their basic needs.
The second flagship action of the “A Vaccine for All” campaign has just begun and will involve rural populations in India, in collaboration with the humanitarian organization Shanti Ashram and the International Center for Child and Public Health.
The Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement has launched a fundraiser to support the population affected by Typhoon Odette/Rai in the Philippines.
Judy has been working for three years at the EHIS center in Aleppo, which was created to assist deaf-mute boys and girls with their studies.
For the Lebanon emergency, the first aid has been delivered to families in difficulty.
In Syria, the consequences of the conflict and international sanctions continue to severely challenge the daily lives of the population.