Our volunteer in Bethlehem, Palestine, Matias Abogabir, us sent a statement on his meeting with the families benefited with the donations, which generously monthly you deliver us. 

His words: 

"Today On July 29, I met in Bethlehem in the Church of the Nativity, with Mervat Naber (Social Worker of Caritas Jerusalem), and though in Palestine it is an epoch of vacations, and the colleges are closed, we organize a visit to three families that are in the program of educational protection that realizes the Foundation Bethlehem 2000 across Caritas Jerusalem. I raised myself to Mervat's car and we go to a zone near enough to the center of Bethlehem, where one was finding the first family that we would visit. "

The family Carra, formed by Anton Carra, the family father, Linda Carra, the wife of Anton (Originally of family Khamashta) and his three daughters 6-year-old Maria, Jusiana of 4 years and 2-year-old Anastasia, us were waiting with the typical amiability For Palestine, and they offered us juice and cookies.

The Foundation supports the small Maria, who of 6 years of age, deals 1 º Basic of the Rosary School. The family that lives in a department of two rooms and a bath, is very affectionate and they are be very grateful of the help received on behalf of the Foundation.

After a half hour of conversation, in which they attended to us as kings, and after being grateful for the amiability of the family Carra, we decide to be going to visit to another family.

To a few stables of distance, we park ourselves and after rising for a few very small alleys, come to the house of the family Abu-Jaber, originally of Jordan, but that for 13 years changed to Palestine, as Refugees.

The family formed by Elías (Family father), Amal (Wife of Elias, whose name means hope and originally of the family Riady) and his five children, 19-year-old Lorein, Giries of 18, Issa of 14, Angeline of 6 and Nicole of 8, they live in a house that possesses a Living Comedor, a kitchen and an alone bedroom where seven members of the family sleep. The house that is very old has been repaired by Caritas, for which the kitchen is practically new.
Elías, the family father, nowadays is unemployed, and is Amal, his wife, who is employed at the Hospital Holy Family, sorting and washing clothes and sheets for patients and their newborns.

Giries of 18 years, who Holy Terra of Bethlehem has just finished his studies in the College, is the young man who is supported by the Foundation.

Now in addition he obtained very good results in the examinations to enter to the University, and in the next September, he will initiate the University studies in the business school of the University of Bethlehem.

We decide to continue way to our third visit of the day. Now we go to Beit Jala.

The family Kharufe, already it was waiting for us with the glasses of drink served.

Issa Kharufe, the family father, not present because he was working.

Issa, who suffers from serious problems in the kidneys, in both has less than 50 % of functioning, works doing structures and crafts in Steel, type gratings, tables and other things for decoration, but what desire does not reach him to support to the family and at the same time to there be realized the treatment that needs his for their illness..

 

The family Kharufe is formed by Mervat, Issa's wife and their four children, Mary, 17, Giana, 15, 13 and Tony Saliba, 3. All students in the Latin School in Beit Jala.

Mary of 17 years, which is sponsored by the Foundation, now starting his senior year of college, and studied law at the University of Bethlehem.

After these three visits, I can say to them that the families need our support, and that they are be very grateful of the Foundation and of the support that we deliver them. In addition as any family Palestine, they were very nice, affectionate and they treated me incredibly.

From left to right:

Duqmaq-Nader
(Progam Director)
Director of all programs of Caritas.


Mervat-Naber
(Head of Social Department)
In our case the social worker.


Claudette Habesh
(General Director)
Director of Caritas Jerusalem.


Matías-Abogabir
(Correspondent Bethlehem Foundation).


Eillya-Costandinides
(Project Coordinator)
Coordinator of our projects and more.