{"id":1453,"date":"2012-08-24T15:33:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-24T21:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/peacenotwalls\/?p=1453"},"modified":"2012-09-13T12:32:40","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T18:32:40","slug":"elca-responds-to-needs-of-syrian-refugees-in-jordan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/elcasumud\/elca-responds-to-needs-of-syrian-refugees-in-jordan\/","title":{"rendered":"ELCA responds to needs of Syrian refugees in Jordan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/08\/syria.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1454\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"syria\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/08\/syria.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a>The ELCA is responding\u00a0to\u00a0the growing refugee crisis in Jordan resulting from Syrians fleeing recently-escalated violence in their home country.\u00a0\u00a0A year of brutal violence is believed to have taken over 10,000 lives thus far in Syria with no end in sight.\u00a0 An\u00a0estimated 200,000 people have fled to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jordanian officials recently invited the Rev. Munib A. Younan, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and president of The Lutheran World Federation, into the process of addressing the needs of Syrian refugees. Younan has built a strong relationship with the royal family of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Younan is now helping to identify ways the ELCA and The Lutheran World Federation can deepen their participation in relief efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0ELCA Disaster Response has committed $250,000 to help support The Lutheran World Federation efforts to provide the lodging for 300 families &#8212; about 1,400 people &#8212; with adequate housing within the refugee camp in Jordan while providing expertise in camp management to ensure people receive health care, food and water. Earlier this year, ELCA Disaster Response allocated $200,000 to provide food, clothing and other materials to support Syrian families and individuals displaced by the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Younan stated: <em>\u00a0 &#8220;I am grateful that, in addition to humanitarian aid organizations, the ELCA was one of the first churches to respond to the needs of the Syrian people, both inside the country and in refugee populations in neighboring countries,&#8221; said Younan. &#8220;I am grateful for the (ELCA&#8217;s) strong accompaniment of my own church, the ELCA&#8217;s robust participation in The Lutheran World Federation and for your church&#8217;s response to this and other disasters throughout the world.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/Who-We-Are\/Our-Three-Expressions\/Churchwide-Organization\/Communication-Services\/News\/Releases.aspx?a=5242\" target=\"_blank\">Read ELCA news report<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/Our-Faith-In-Action\/Responding-to-the-World\/Disaster-Response\/Ongoing-Responses\/Syria-Conflict-2012.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Go to ELCA&#8217;s Disaster Response coverage and donate now<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-middle-east-19370506\" target=\"_blank\">Read more on Syria from the BBC<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lutheranworld.org\/lwf\/index.php\/syrian-refugees-jordan.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about the LWF response <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ELCA is responding\u00a0to\u00a0the growing refugee crisis in Jordan resulting from Syrians fleeing recently-escalated violence in their home country.\u00a0\u00a0A year of brutal violence is believed to have taken over 10,000 lives thus far in Syria with no end in sight.\u00a0 An\u00a0estimated 200,000 people have fled to Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey. \u00a0\u00a0 Jordanian officials recently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8052,1400,8081],"tags":[27,232,8104,8169],"class_list":["post-1453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elca-press-releases","category-post","category-regional-developments","tag-jordan","tag-refugees","tag-syria","tag-syrian-refugees"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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