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“I thought it was done, destroyed, how could it be restored? It took a lot of effort, and slowly, slowly, the Lord gave us the grace of giving us a new Christmas.”

Moufida recalled how the armed Islamist groups invaded their village. “They took away our livelihood, our money and our homes.”

Some of the funding will go directly to Orthodox Churches such as the Greek Orthodox and the Syriac Orthodox, as well as the Armenian Apostolic Church, all of them in Aleppo, Syria.

“During the war at least, they expected it to end at some point, but now, what can [Syrian Christians] expect?”

“We can help the families to start over, we give them a reason to stay, and a chance to rebuild their country.”

“This event is sad for all of us. But with the Grace of God and the solidarity of our brothers and sisters, we have hope. God is the almighty and everything is possible by His Grace.”

One of the most important projects supported by the organization since 2017 is the “A Drop of Milk” campaign in Aleppo. It distributes powdered milk to more than 3,000 children from Christian families who are in need or have been displaced by the war.

ACN calls on the international community to instruct banks to accept money transfers designated for humanitarian aid, which is already provided for in the exceptions to the existing sanctions.

“The situation is growing ever more dire; the people are on the verge of starving to death. Some have already died.”