Projects
Pro Terra Sancta promotes recovery, assistance and emergency aid projects in the territories of the Holy Land in the Middle East.
We offer support to the most vulnerable segments of society by focusing our attention on education.
We preserve the Holy Places with the aim of increasing awareness of their value in all local communities.
Humanitarian emergencies in the Middle East, particularly in Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan, remain a daily concern.
We support local businesses by promoting the restart of the domestic market and the dignity of personal labor.
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Syria/Damascus – Support for local educational works
Assistance to families in difficulty at the emergency center set up in the Franciscan convent of Bab Touma in Damascus.
Lebanon – Support for local educational works
Lebanon is a country devastated by conflict and an unprecedented economic and social crisis , where most of the economic availability comes from the contribution of the Lebanese who left the country in the diaspora and now live elsewhere. In this difficult context, Pro Terra Sancta is active on several fronts to help this tormented […]
The Dar Al-Majus Bazaar
“Majus” in Arabic means “Magi”, and “Dar” is the translation of “house”; therefore the bazaar is “the house of the Magi“, the place where local artisans build gifts full of meaning and value. Since 2022, the Dar Al-Majus bazaar has been active in Bethlehem at the Dar Al-Majus Community Home, a fair trade project that […]
Our Guesthouses
To encourage travel to the Holy Land and help travelers to have an authentic experience that is as close as possible to local realities, also by supporting them economically, Pro Terra Sancta has opened five Guesthousesin the heart of the historic cities of the Holy Land. A Guesthouse is a “guest’s home“: the guest is […]
Lebanon/Syria – WIP work in progress
It was in Beirut that the WIP – WORK IN PROGRESS project was born: Pro Terra Sancta turned to the young people who want to build a future in Lebanon, the country where they were born and whom they would like to help get back on their feet. Lebanon is a country devastated by an […]
Israel, Palestine and Jordan – Preserving the Basilicas in the Holy Land
Support to the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land in preserving the Basilicas of the Holy Land and promoting itineraries for students.
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Syria/Knaye and Yacoubieh – Emergency Centre
Assistance for displaced and needy people at the emergency center set up in Knaye and Yacoubieh.
Syria/Damascus – The emergency centre
Assistance for needy families at the emergency center set up in Damascus’ Franciscan convent of Bab Touma.
Syria/Damascus – The Culture of encounter
Support to the Franciscans friars of the Custody of the Holy Land in assisting Damascus’ local communities.
Syria/Aleppo – A home to start over again
Support to the reconstruction of houses and buildings destroyed by the war in Aleppo.
Syria/Aleppo – A name and a future
Support to the children of East Aleppo and their mothers: provision of essential goods, medical and psychological assistance.
Syria/Lebanon – The Franciscan Care Center
Support for children with trauma at Aleppo’s Franciscan Care Center through sports, cultural activities, psychological help, and rehabilitation.
Syria/Aleppo/Support for deaf and children with disabilities
Support to ordinary maintenance activities, management, and enlargement of Aleppo’s school for deaf, dumb, and disabled children and purchase of special school equipment to allow them to get education until middle school.
Syria/Aleppo – The emergency centre
Support to people affected by the war through the emergency center set up in Aleppo.
Syria/Knaye and Yacoubieh – Lessons of hope
Support to the management of the two schools located in the convents of Knaye and Yacoubieh and purchase of school equipment for Christian children left behind by the villages’ public schools.
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