Each year, Pax Christi International, a global Catholic peace movement and network that works to help establish peace, respect for human rights, justice and reconciliation in areas of the world that are torn by conflict, gives out the Pax Christi International Peace Award to honour an individual or organization taking a stand for peace in the world today.
Le conflit en Syrie a entrainé la mort plus de 100 000 personnes et on dénombre désormais plus de 2,5 millions de réfugiés syriens dans les pays limitrophes dont la moitié sont des enfants.
March 15th marks three years since Syria entered into a civil war that has had devastating impacts on the Syrian population and enormous repercussions on the entire region of the Middle East. This crisis shows few signs of abating, and the humanitarian needs continue to rise with each passing day that this crisis endures.
L’urgence d’établir la paix en Syrie s’est manifestée de façon criante mercredi à 16 h, quand une roquette a frappé directement le centre de Caritas Syrie à Alep. Par miracle, personne ne se trouvait dans l’édifice. Cependant, les bureaux ont subi des dommages importants.
The need for peace in Syria hit very close to home on Wednesday, when a Caritas Syria centre in Aleppo received a direct hit from a rocket at 4 p.m. Miraculously, the centre was empty and no one was injured in the attack. The centre’s office, however, sustained significant damage.
Depuis sa fondation en 1967, Développement et Paix a toujours été présent au Moyen-Orient, répondant aux crises humanitaires récurrentes dans la région. Au cours des dix dernières années, notre travail a porté sur l’appui à des organisations locales et régionales qui ont pour mandat l’édification de la paix.
Les travailleurs sociaux vont voir les enfants et les aident; parmi les deux millions de réfugiés syriens, les enfants sont les plus vulnérables.
Lorsqu’ils ont fui la guerre civile en Syrie, Gharam et son frère Nafeh n’avaient plus que leurs vêtements sur le dos, et ils étaient remplis de la douleur poignante d’avoir vu mourir leur mère et trois de leurs frères et sœurs et d’avoir assisté à l’effondrement de leur maison.
Relief workers seek out and help children, the most vulnerable of two million Syrian refugees
When they fled the civil war in Syria, Gharam and her brother Nafeh had only the clothes on their backs and the lingering pain of seeing their mother and three siblings killed, their home destroyed.
Laith Eskander is drinking his coffee. I am too. We need it! It must be only 10 C in the schoolyard of the Rome Catholic School in Amman, Jordan, where we are standing. Yet, the cold hasn’t stopped over 200 young adults from trickling into the yard to wait for their night classes to start. Most are Syrian, but there are also Iraqis, Sudanese, Somalis, Sri Lankans, Indonesians and others, I’m sure. They have come to learn either English or computer programming. The teachers have similar origins, but there are also British and American volunteers.
