{"id":5960,"date":"2015-11-04T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5960"},"modified":"2015-11-04T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T16:54:00","slug":"world-responding-to-syrian-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5960","title":{"rendered":"WORLD: Responding to Syrian Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: various via Pat Noble<\/p>\n

I was asked by leaders of my church to find a way for us to get involved helping the Syrian refugees. On my quest I found some resources you might find useful, too.<\/p>\n

A Trickle of Syrian Refugees Settles Across the United States<\/a> is an interactive article with maps and charts from the New York Times. A Christian Response to the Refugee Crisis in Europe<\/a>\u00a0 is a report from the International Association for Refugees. See also a dozen short videos compiled by a fellow member of the COMMA<\/a> network:<\/p>\n

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  1. Little girl celebrating her birthday in Syria and then as a refugee<\/a> (Save the Children, 1:33 minutes)<\/li>\n
  2. Freezing and Fighting for Aid: Syrian Refugees in Lebanon<\/a> (VICE News, 17:50 minutes)<\/li>\n
  3. Syrian refugees: women fleeing domestic violence<\/a> (Channel 4 News, 7:04 minutes)<\/li>\n
  4. Refugee Crisis: The End of Innocence in Hungary<\/a>, short documentary describing the refugee journey (Channel 4 News, 3:56 minutes)<\/li>\n
  5. The British family helping thousands of refugees on Lesbos<\/a> (Channel 4 News, 8:07 minutes)<\/li>\n
  6. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon<\/a>, about Syrian women and children living on the streets in Lebanon (MiraH, 6:11 minutes)<\/li>\n
  7. Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: A Harsh Reality<\/a>, promotional video for effort providing humanitarian aid to Syrian women and children (Caritas Lebanon, 7:16 minutes)<\/li>\n
  8. Syrian Refugee Appeal Video for Churches<\/a>, promotional video with prayer for the Syrian refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe (Viva Worldwide, 3:40 minutes)<\/li>\n
  9. Hadath Baptist Church: Syrian Refugee Response<\/a>, prayer video for Syrian refugees (Hadath Baptist Church in Lebanon, 3:55 minutes)<\/li>\n
  10. Rescue For Refugees: A Christian Response<\/a>, testimonies of Christians in the Middle East during the Syrian\/Iraqi crisis (Samaritan\u2019s Purse, 12:04 minutes)<\/li>\n
  11. Escaping War: Refugees in Europe<\/a>, highlighting humanitarian response (Samaritan\u2019s Purse, 4:06 minutes)<\/li>\n
  12. The Rising Tide: Europe Refugee Crisis<\/a>, video showing the state of Syrian refugees taking boats to Greece (Samaritan\u2019s Purse, 5:55 minutes)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00bb See also: Syrian Migrant Family in Limbo at Moscow\u2019s Sheremetyevo Airport<\/a> (BBC).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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