Do you even care?

"But I mean, enemies, do you care?" These are the fragile and innocent words that Vasìli, a small character in a novel (L. Martini, Farewell to Planet Earth), addresses to another child, Theo. They would be enemies in the war that divides them, yet they have become friends. The eyes of a child do not know how to look at the other with the same gaze of adults, the gaze that can sometimes generate mistrust and fear, hatred and divisions. The eyes of a child look at the other as if he were his own mirror and in the other he sees what he himself is: a human being with the same dreams, needs and desires.It is the world of adults that creates hatred and wars, and children are too often its victims. Like the children of O. and A., born in a refugee camp in Lebanon, uprooted from a (once) beautiful land that should have been their home - Syria - and deprived of their dreams. The Santa Venerina Abbraccia La Siria network, picking up the baton from the humanitarian corridors project promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, has undertaken to accompany O. and A. and their children in their integration in our territory. Documents, a house, a job, health, school, friends and maybe music, sports and then dreams... those things that seem obvious to us, but are not so for everyone.So I ask you: do you care? If, like Theo and Vasìli, you don't care about enemies, but you care about humanity, give us a hand. A small contribution is enough. A drop can quench the thirst of those who have no water.Thank you.

Do you even care?

Fundraising by Elisa Bedoni

"But I mean, enemies, do you care?" These are the fragile and innocent words that Vasìli, a small character in a novel (L. Martini, Farewell to Planet Earth), addresses to another child, Theo. They would be enemies in the war that divides them, yet they have become friends. The eyes of a child do not know how to look at the other with the same gaze of adults, the gaze that can sometimes generate mistrust and fear, hatred and divisions. The eyes of a child look at the other as if he were his own mirror and in the other he sees what he himself is: a human being with the same dreams, needs and desires.

It is the world of adults that creates hatred and wars, and children are too often its victims. Like the children of O. and A., born in a refugee camp in Lebanon, uprooted from a (once) beautiful land that should have been their home - Syria - and deprived of their dreams. The Santa Venerina Abbraccia La Siria network, picking up the baton from the humanitarian corridors project promoted by the Community of Sant'Egidio, has undertaken to accompany O. and A. and their children in their integration in our territory. Documents, a house, a job, health, school, friends and maybe music, sports and then dreams... those things that seem obvious to us, but are not so for everyone.

So I ask you: do you care? If, like Theo and Vasìli, you don't care about enemies, but you care about humanity, give us a hand. A small contribution is enough. A drop can quench the thirst of those who have no water.

Thank you.

750 €

75%
1,000 €
18 Donations
The fundraiser supports the project: Restarting away from war
Total project goal: 6.000 €

Zeyd and his wife Aidha, who fled the war in Syria, lived for eight long years in the Tel Abbas refugee camp in Lebanon, together with their four children. Today, thanks to the humanitarian corridors set up by the Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII and other organisations, they have arrived in Santa Venerina, a small Sicilian town that will accompany them on their journey of integration. Help them to start a new life with dignity and confidence in the future!

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