One of Many Families
Mr. Mansoor pictured here has 3 sons, 28, 25, 22, and 2 daughters, 19 and 17. The oldest is married with baby girl and expecting their second child any day. . The Mansoor Family lost everything after ISIS took over their town. After living 2 months in a company’s office in Ankawa, the company wanted […]
Temporary Shelter
With thousands of displaced Christians in Iraq and just weeks away from winter, families are desperate need for housing. Chaldean diocese in Detroit through the Mosul Relief Effort is funding two buildings that will be the home to about 80 families. The cost is going to be around $90,000 (no monthly rent). We will have photos […]
Chaldean groups mobilize aid for refugees fleeing Iraq – Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press 12:46 a.m. EDT October 11, 2014
As the number of refugees increase inside Iraq and in metro Detroit, local Chaldean groups are mobilizing to help assist them with food, clothes and support. On Friday, needy Chaldean refugees arrived at the Chaldean American Ladies of Charity in Troy to get free vegetables, clothes and a program that may allow them to get […]
Finding Homes for Displaced Christians
Adopt A Refugee is funding two buildings that will be the home to about 80 families. The cost is going to be around $90,000 (no monthly rent). These buildings are essential for the safety and well being of these displaced families. Winter is coming and school is starting and these families are not able to go […]
The MERCI Sending Money for Medical Relief
Through Adopt A Refugee, MERCI will send another $15,000 to fund at least 6 clinics in Arbil. $5000 will be allocated to Dahok to establish a clinic inside an Assyrian Church, which is headed by Father Philipus in coordination with Father Hadeel of Telkaif. It will cost between $1,000 and $3,000 monthly for each clinic […]
Families in need
There are 200 families who couldn’t find shelter and have now settled in Alqosh; they are in desperate need of assistance for such things as rent. The St. Thomas Chaldean Catholic Diocese of the Eastern United States in coordination with Adopt A Refugee/Mosul Relief Effort, are working on a plan in assisting them, which includes $100 […]
Helpiraq.org helps house over 500 families
With helpiraq.org this project was completed to house over 500 families watch video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCdRdfy-gmI
Attached is the growing list of positive media published since Senator Cruz’s walkaway at the Solidarity Gala Dinner
Ross Douthat (New York Times), “The Middle East’s Friendless Christians”: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/opinion/sunday/ross-douthat-the-middle-easts-friendless-christians.html “When the long, grim history of Christianity’s disappearance from the Middle East is written, Ted Cruz’s performance last week at a conference organized to highlight the persecution of his co-religionists will merit at most a footnote. But sometimes a footnote can help illuminate […]
Detroit Free Press Reports Metro Detroit’s Iraqi Christians ask for help in their native land
Concerned about the worsening condition of minorities in their native land, metro Detroit Iraqi-American Christians are lobbying U.S. officials and politicians, asking for their help as ISIS advances across Iraq. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2014309150011
Interview from ETWN With MaryBeth Hicks, Auday Arabo, Jeff Bridges, Lois Lowry, and Michael Flaherty
Video: #EWTN World Over – #RaymondArroyo with MaryBeth Hicks, Auday Arabo, Jeff Bridges, Lois Lowry, Michael Flaherty of The Giver August 14, 2014 http://paxalles.blogs.com/gods_design/2014/08/video-ewtn-world-over-raymondarroyo-with-marybeth-hicks-auday-arabo-jeff-bridges-lois-lowry-michael-.html