Meeting with the syriac vice minister of the interior in Damaskus
The delegations first visit was with the syriac vice minister of interior Bouguz Sarrage. Saturday the 31th of august, 2002, they meet him in his residence. Sarrage has his roots in Kamishli and nowadays his the most succeeded Syrian in politics. He received the visitors with great kindness. He got informed about the activities of the foundation and the purpose of the trip. Sarrage was very pleased, when he heard about the success of the foundation and wished it good luck. The committee is very grateful for he received so kind and are wishing him great success in the future.
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SHF delegationen with the vice minister of interior |
Meeting with the minister of migration in Damaskus
After the meeting with the syriac minister, the committee went on with their meetings with syriac politicians and representatives. The second meeting was with Naser Quadur, the minister of migration, at his ministry. The minister got informed about the foundations activities etc. Later on, they went on talking about the pond-disaster. The minister expressed great joy when he heard about how the foundation will strive considering the disaster. He offered people from his staff and means of transport in order to let the committee visit the disaster areas. The meeting with the minister of migration got great attention in both television and magazines.
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The committee with the minister of migration.
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The visit of the disaster areas of Zezun, Hama.
With staff and means of transports at the committees disposal, they visited the damaged areas of Zezun, in the 1st of august 2002. The area had been damaged in the 4th of june 2002, when a pond wall got broken so the water leaked through it. The flood damaged a lot of areas physically, but also economically.
The committee got more understanding by visiting the damaged areas. They will ask Sida for humanitarian help. The committee also visited Hama, where they ate dinner with representatives from the ministry of migration.
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The pond-disaster of Zezun, Hama
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Meeting with H.H. Mor Ignatius Zakai Iwaz I
In the 2nd of September 2002, the committee met H.H. Mor Ignatius Zakai Iwaz I at his new monastery in Saidnaya. The purpose of the meeting was to inform H.H. about this journey and to have his blessing. H.H. expressed great joy when he heard about the activities of the foundation and meant that it could improve the conditions, politically and economically, for the Syrians. The committee wishes H.H. great success and joy.
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The committee with H.H. |
The visit of Kamishli and the project going on there
Wednesday the 4th of September, the committee went to Kamishli, where they met representatives of the Syrian people and the Syriac Orthodox Chruch. Later on, they visited the current projects of the foundation.
The bagproject of the foundation has been working great. The activity is growing, as planned. Nowadays the bagproject has about 20 employee, but they will probably increase to about 60 employee, in the future. The goal of the activity is to let the poor people earn some money.
The sewing project has unfortunately not been growing as planned, because reduced demand. The local committee will solve this problem by confirming the production according to the market.
the SHF has about 80 godchildren and goal is to increase that number. Why the foundation need more godfathers and support in Sweden! |
S.ta Maria Church in Hah, Turabdin |
The trip to Turabdin
One of the purposes of the trip was to visit Turabdin. Friday the 6th of September 2002 the committee crossed the syriac border in order to visit the monastery of Mor Gabriel. At the monastery they met the bishop Mor Timotheys Samuel Aktas. The foundation told him that they wanted to ground a local committee of Turabdin, for future projects. The bishop went further and told the church committee about what they wanted. Both the bishop and the committee promised to discuss the question and then inform the foundation.
The committee also visited the town of Midyat and the villages of Miden, Bsorino, Harabale, Hag, Bakusyan and Hesno Dkifo. The foundation shared 250 schoolbags, which was made in Kamishli, to the poor children of Turabdin.
The general impression was positive. There are people making greats effort in order to improve the conditions for the humans at those areas, for example a restaurant project by the church. The Syriac people of Turabdin is beginning to hoping for the future, after several years of pain and misery. The foundation is wishing that their hope will growing larger!
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Mor Barsawmo Church in Midyat, Turabdin
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