November News
Sabah, who is the past director of our projects in the South, has given me the sad news that two families whom we helped have all been killed. We renovated their homes which needed proper bathrooms and kitchens. Maybe we did their windows, roofs, and flooring too. We feel so bad that these two large families are all gone. I don’t know the details of their deaths, yet know that it was because of the present war. Sabah lives now in Egypt with her husband and has regular contact with our friends in the South.
Our team stopped helping the south at the end of October. It was a necessary and very difficult decision that we made last July. However, I have decided to continue helping by fundraising. After 28 years of making friends there and sharing their poor realities, I find that I do have the time to help if just a bit. The greatest need now is food, water, and medicines, but we can’t fund these items as they are not getting in. The trucks can’t get these items to stores or relief organizations.
We’ve decided to help a refugee camp school of 150 students with the necessary school supplies. Sami, our last driver, asked us to help this school in his camp. We sent money to Sabah to transfer to a shop that has received school bags and other items that the children need for school. The school has five tents for five classes. The teachers, who were teachers before the war, come from the camp. They receive no pay. The children sit on the floor as there are no tables and chairs. Sabah received a receipt for the school supplies so we know that the money got to the shop and in turn to the children. We had enough money donated to give 120 of the 150 children the school bags with the school supplies inside. We hope that another benefactor will provide funds for the other 30 children. I will send you four photos of the children in their tent classes before we can help them with materials. Our past social worker, Wasel, continues to visit this school for us. She took pictures of the students receiving their new school bags and school supplies.
Today rain has come and it is tragic. The sea has risen and has taken over all the many people in tents on the beach. Another overpopulated area is underwater also in this area of the South. These poor refugees have no place to find shelter from the rain. Sickness will surely follow due to the cold and the rain.
We all pray for peace especially as the Advent season nears.
