Tag: Syria

Nora's children pose for photo with their grandfather

Nora’s Story: Hope after hardship

Nora* first experienced loss 35 years ago as a child. She grew up in Qusayr, a town in Homs, Syria. One day, she came home and found that her...
Boy in Beirut, looks to camera in JRS Lebanon migrant centre.

Food Appeal: Hunger Crisis in Lebanon and Syria

The dismantling of USAID has caused shockwaves among humanitarian and development organisations who face huge layoffs and funding freezes placing life-saving projects in jeopardy. So many aid workers find...

Food Appeal Lebanon

Families in Lebanon are facing unimaginable hardship. In Lebanon, over 1 million people are now homeless as Israeli bombs continue to shake towns and cities causing mass displacement, fear...
Parents walk their baby in a stroller in Aleppo. It is very cold and buildings around them are broken and destroyed.

A New Hope for Syria

“A life that was phenomenally difficult, every day a battle for survival just to get food, water, medication and education.” These are Tony O’Riordan’s words used to describe what...
Syrian children smile in coats to keep them warm during the cold winter months.

Keep children warm for Christmas: Ali’s story

Ali’s* story is sadly common in Syria. The war and earthquakes have devastated the country leaving many families displaced and in poor living conditions. Ali is a 14-year-old boy...

Syria Earthquake: One year on from devastation.

This week marks the 1-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake which struck Syria and Turkey. The people of Syria have suffered so much already, and the earthquake had left...

Rebuilding Hope: JRS Syria’s Earthquake Response

Six months ago, a 7.8 degree magnitude earthquake struck Syria, affecting tens of thousands in Homs, Al-Kafroun, Damascus and Aleppo. “The response of the people of Ireland to the...
collapsed building in Aleppo. aftermath of earthquake.

Syrian Appeal: Hellish Times

It’s been just over a week since a 7.8 degrees magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey, near Syria’s northern border. Affecting thousands in Homs, Al-Kafroun, Damascus and Aleppo. As of...

Syria Needs You

The situation for thousands in Syria is dire as an earthquake last week has caused mass displacement. Since October last year we have been supporting JRS MENA and  JRS...

Syria Earthquake Appeal

Irish Jesuits International has launched an appeal to help those impacted by the devastating earthquakes in Syria on Monday, 6 February 2023. You can phone 00 353 1 8366509...

Syria Winter Clothes Christmas Appeal

In Syria this winter, children are at risk of hypothermia because they do not have warm clothes. For their parents, this threat to their lives is a bigger worry...

Syrians struggle against the bitter cold

“Where did Fadi go?”, was my question, as I turned around to discover that Fadi who was my guide in a extremely poor neighbourhood of Damascus was no longer...