ACT members involved in the humanitarian situation and response in and out of Iraq met in Amman - Jordan from May 28th till June the 1st, 2007, and hosted by MECC Amman office. Participants in the meeting from the global network of ACT and the Middle East discussed the possibilities of future involvement of local partners such as MECC in operational relief work inside Iraq, what kind of urgent responses can be in accordance with the situation there, what are the needs and the situation of Iraqi displaced people in Jordan and Syria, and who can be the target group of Iraqis that most need assistant (women, students, children etc..). For further details contact Ms Wafa Ghousous: wafa_mecc@go.com.jo
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/