Northern Mozambique: “One Humanitarian Catastrophe After Another”
ACN supports the refugee work of the Church with $240,000 in emergency aid as Northern Mozambique is hit with one crisis after another: terror, COVID and cholera
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Syria: ACN International Calls on Community of States to Facilitate Humanitarian Aid
With ten years of conflict already in Syria ACN President Heine-Geldern sees an urgent need for action, particularly in the area of money transfers for emergency aid. Ten years after the conflict in Syria began, the international Catholic pastoral charity ACN International has called on the United States and the European Union to facilitate the […]
Lebanon: Georgette’s Struggle to Feed Her Three Grandchildren
“I don’t have anyone…” There was a time when Beirut was known as the ‘Paris of the Middle East’, and the memory of those “glamorous” times is all the more painful today, given the profound crisis that Lebanon is currently experiencing. For the financial crisis, with the banks on the brink of bankruptcy, the devastatingly […]
Beirut: Nabil’s Miraculous Escape—An Appeal for Help
August 4 should have been the happiest day in the life of Jad, a young Lebanese man. It was the day when his wife, Christelle, gave birth to their first son, Nabil, in St. George’s Hospital, in Beirut. Their happiness lasted just 15 minutes. At 6:07 p.m., 3,030 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in Hanger […]
Matching Gifts for Lebanon! #Giving Tuesday
A generous benefactor, Mr. M., launches a challenge to help Lebanon! Press Release – For Immediate Release Montreal, November 13, 2020 – We need your help and support for a new campaign for Lebanon! A generous benefactor, Mr. M., who prefers to remain anonymous—has committed to match your donation up to $3,000 for all new […]
Lebanon: Counting on help – both spiritual and financial.
An interview with Reinhard Backes, head of projects for the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need, after his visit Lebanon from 7 to 16 September. What is the situation in Lebanon? The Lebanese people, and especially the Christians because their quarters were most badly hit by the blast, are suffering a lot. […]
Lebanon: What You Need to Know
Maronite Father Charbel Eid, from Lebanon, talks about the situation in his native country. In a letter sent to ACN International, Father Charbel Eid, a Maronite Catholic priest and project partner of the charity, pours out his heart about the catastrophic situation currently facing the people of his home country, Lebanon. “You need to know…” […]
Pakistan – COVID-19: ACN Benefactors Save Families from Starvation
Christians are viewed as second-class citizens in Pakistan. Insulted, discriminated against, oppressed, they are rarely given the opportunity to advance socially. Most Christians have to eke out a living in the most poorly paid jobs, often working as day labourers, in the brickworks, as road sweepers, garbage collectors, rickshaw drivers or domestic staff and generally […]
Beirut: Christians Defy Land-Grabbers
Christians in Beirut have responded with defiance amid reports that groups seeking to profit from last week’s explosion are trying to persuade them to sell up and leave. An estimated 300,000 families were displaced by the August 4th explosion and Monsignor Toufic Bou-Hadir described how people – including the elderly – are choosing to keep […]
ACN INTERVIEW: Beirut,Lebanon
“Christians in Lebanon can count on help from ACN” The charity is funding food parcels for survivors of the explosion in Beirut The international Catholic pastoral and pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International) has been working for decades with numerous different project partners within Lebanon – above all in the areas […]