“Your Food Hamper to Your Home” in support of cancer children in Aleppo

Every day, various civil initiatives are launched daily to ensure the needs of citizens to encourage  them to stay at home in light of the precautionary measures to address the emerging Coronavirus.

In Aleppo, a civil society initiative was organized in Beit Il Church for Armenian Protestants to distribute sterilizers, masks, and bread to the people, to enable them to obtain their needs in an easy and organized manner, while remaining home throughout this period.

The Head of the Armenian Protestant Community in Syria Pastor Harutyun Selimian stated that the initiative comes within the procedures followed to face the Coronavirus and called for adherence to health guidelines and necessary measures to maintain public safety.

Also in Aleppo, as part of the “Stay Home campaign”, the Syrian Society for the Cancer Children launched the “Food Hamper  to Your Home” initiative to support the cancer children and their families.

Muzna Olabi, the Society’s Chief stated that the initiative aims at distributing  about 100 food hampers   to the families of children with cancer to reduce their burdens in light of the precautionary measures taken to face the Coronavirus.

In the city of Masyaf , western  countryside of Hama, the volunteers of a team called “The Continues Team” launched a campaign “Stay Home” targeting the most needy families.

Ingrid Watfa, the Team’s Official, explained that the campaign aims to meet the needs of the city’s residents and so a group of volunteers has been distributing food and bread freely.

In Tartous, the “Wasl Soutak” ( Let  your Voice be Heard)  volunteer group participated in the campaign of distributing food and humanitarian aid targeting 170 families of the martyrs, the wounded and the missing, and the families whose activities were suspended as a result of precautionary measures due to the Coronavirus.

O. al-Mohammad