Syria/Aleppo/A name and a future

In December 2016, Syrian government troops reclaimed the eastern portion of Aleppo, which had been under siege for two year. This section of the city has been nearly razed and remains one of Aleppo’s poorest and most deteriorated neighborhoods.
Pro Terra Sancta has pledged to sponsor the East Aleppo project “A name and a Future.” It provides care and protection to all orphaned and abandoned children, particularly those born as a result of sexual abuse, which was common during the war. In fact, these girls and boys, as well as their moms, who are deemed sin bearers, are frequently scorned. Infants are even denied from accessing the registry.
The ‘A name and a future’ project was born thanks to the joint efforts of the apostolic vicar of Aleppo, Msgr. George Abou Khazen, of the Franciscan father Firas Lufti and of the Aleppo Mufti Mahmoud Akam and, in 2020, assisted 1,200 children and 600 women Children receive emergency medical-psychological care and adequate space to growth; women, on the other hand, are initiated into a profession in order to attain moral and material independence.