But I am pleased to announce that because of my great customers I was able to make a mid year donation!
This donation was made to Open Doors, to help give aid to those who have fled their homes because of ISIS.
Here is a snippit from a recent Open Doors newsletter (March 17, 2015).
"Over 3 million refugees have fled Syria for neighbouring countries.
- Some 6.5 million people have been displaced in Syria
- More than 500,000 Iraqi's have fled the ISIS advance
- Shortly after the crisis began, approximately 1,000 people passed a border checkpoint… every hour
- Hundreds of thousands killed...
Sometimes
it’s hard to wrap one’s mind around such immense numbers… to put faces
to the statistics. Here is what just one church reports:
“We
are helping more than 360 families in Erbil. 216 families live in the
church courtyard. Every day we provide breakfast, lunch and dinner to
more than a thousand people."
"Thanks to your partnership, Open Doors
has been on the front lines of this humanitarian crisis, working with
local churches to bring concrete help and hope to refugees who are
fleeing the horrific violence"
"Monthly
relief packages include 15 kg of rice, cooking oil, sugar, spaghetti,
canned meet, tea, soap, and other food and hygiene items."
"But
with more than 100 new families joining the refugee communities each
week, and violence intensifying so that no one can return home, it is
clear that more assistance is needed.
Right
now, we are distributing 12,000 basic food packages to Christian
families per month ($50 each), 3,000 hygiene kits per month ($20 each),
and emergency medical consultancies and medicines."
If you would like to help out please go to Open Doors and make a donation.
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