MECC General Secretary Heads Delegation to South Lebanon On Saturday, September 16, 2006, an MECC delegation headed by Mr. Guirgis Saleh and including moderators of the MECC Communication and ICNDR program committees, representatives of Dan Church Aid and Norwegian Church Aid, and MECC staff paid a visit to Muslim and Christian religious leaders in the southern Lebanese towns and villages of Saida, Tyre, Marjeyoun, Ain Ebel, Houla, Kafarkila and Khiam.
During the visit, food and non-food parcels were distributed to needy families, the installation of 2 generators in Houla and Ain Ebel were finalized, and 300 water tanks handed over in the village of Khiam.
The Mufti of Tyre underlined the important social and cultural role of the Middle East Council of Churches, and more particularly, the role played in promoting Christian-Muslim Dialogue and in enhancing the spirit of love and reconciliation. (See Photo Box on MECC website at: www.mec-churches.org <http://www.mec-churches.org/> )
Middle East Council of Churches Office of International Ecumenical Relations P.O. Box 5376, Beirut, Lebanon
Guirgis Ibrahim Saleh, General Secretary
mecc@cyberia.net.lb or guirgissaleh@cyberia.net.lb
+961-1-353-938 http://www.mec-churches.org/