Expatriates New Campaign in Support of Homeland
BRUSSELS,(ST)-Under the message “I am a Syrian expatriate and I will help my people at home” Syrian expatriates in Brussels launched a raise funding campaign to support the Syrians who were displaced by armed terrorist groups and opted to stay inside Syria.
The event came at the initiative of young Syrian expatriates in Brussels and the Belgian Rev Daniel Mays , who is the chief of Saint James Monetary in Qara city, to collect donations from members of the Syrian Community, several Lebanese donors and aids provided by Belgian churches.
On the objective of the initiative, initiative co-organizer Ali Ghandour said on behalf of the Syrian Expatriates in Belgium: “Our hearts are with our people in Syria .. Your steadfastness foiled the world conspiracy against Syria . It is our duty, now, to compensate just part of what you have given. “
Ghandour added that the donation will be in the form of clothes , food , stationery for schools, medicines and milk for children and will be sent to Syria by the Belgian Aid Foundation, in cooperation with Saint James Monastery and Rev. Daniel Mays.
He continued that the aid will be distributed in the city sports camp in Lattakia.
On future initiatives, Ghandour indicated that another initiative is underway dedicated for martyrs children, who sacrificed their blood for Syria ‘s unity and steadfastness.
He commended the close cooperation between Syrian communities in Belgium, Holland and France to mobilize Syrian youths potentials in the service of their homeland Syria, noting that cooperation to this end will be expanded to include other Syrian communities abroad.
T. Fateh