Thank you! Because of your kindness, thousands received the help and hope they needed to survive.
s a donor to CNEWA Canada, you are a powerful partner in the good work that is accomplished. We are so grateful for your continual generosity and know that our efforts are minimal without the care and support that you offer us. With your help, CNEWA was once again able to fulfill its mission to help people in need and sustain their dignity and hope – no matter what their tragedy, background or circumstance may be. Your prayer and treasure is a gift beyond measure. Know that our team holds you and yours in our prayers, as we ask the good Lord to shower blessings upon you and your loved ones.
Summary of 2021-2022
2021 and 2022 were certainly troubling years for our world. Both people near and far experienced crises of incredible proportions. The COVID pandemic, financial instability in global markets, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, rising inflation and the war in the northern region of Tigray in Ethiopia are some examples, to name a few. Despite these trials, your commitment to seeing a better world through your donations has given our team and the many people who serve in our projects incredible hope and an even stronger willingness to care and make a difference for those overseas.
Many people in the CNEWA Canada family serve as our “boots on the ground” in so many ways. We recognize that it isn’t easy to do that. This “network of saints” include the laity, priests, sisters and bishops of the local churches — who receive your support and use it to touch countless lives in incalculable ways in Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Armenia, Georgia and Ukraine. Together, they are building up the church, affirming human dignity, alleviating poverty, encouraging dialogue and inspiring hope – living out our mission in concrete ways.
We are proud to share with you an overview of some of the projects throughout CNEWA’s world that your generosity has helped fuel.
Middle East
- Providing essential food to poor families in the aftermath of the port blast in Beirut, Lebanon; repairs to homes and small businesses in the neighbourhoods closest to the site of the blast.
- Support the Pontifical Mission Community Center’s pastoral work among Jordan’s Filipino migrant workers.
- Milk, clothes and health care needs for displaced families throughout Syria.
- Caring for mothers and babies through Near East Council of Churches neonatal clinics in Gaza and the maternity care program at Shepherd’s Field Hospital in Beit Sahour, Palestine.
Northeast Africa
- Emergency projects which provided food and essentials to families affected by war in Tigray, Ethiopia.
- Offered young men in Ethiopia the opportunity to study for the priesthood at St. Ephrem’s Seminary in the city of Addis Ababa.
- Improve living conditions for asylum seekers and refugees through the Jesuit Refugee Service in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Eastern Europe
- Many different emergency projects in Ukraine which supported displaced families affected by the invasion of Russia – providing critical needs such as food, shelter, hygiene products and medical care.
- Supported the formation of seminarians at the Three Holy Hierarchs Theological Seminary in Kyiv and Holy Spirit Seminary in L’viv.
- Helping the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate to provide a residence and home for at-risk girls in Lviv, Ukraine.
- Support soup kitchens and other programs for the elderly offered by Caritas Georgia in Tbilisi.
India
- Food packages, medicines, and personal protection equipment provided to the local churches combatting the COVID pandemic in India.
- HIV-positive children cared for by the Malnad Social Service Society of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Karnataka, India.
