During the first week of October, the MECC offices in Syria implemented the first phase of distributing food relief items to Iraqi refugees¹ families i n the areas of Damascus, Damascus suburbs, and Aleppo. The (1500) boxes contained (15) food items of different materials such as: sugar, rice, tomato past, cooking oil, tea etc? The relief food distribution was a project supported by ³Diakonie² organization in Germany. The MECC offices i n Syria will carry a second phase of distribution of food relief to Iraqi families during the month of November and it is supported by ACT.
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/