DISASTER RELIEF
Hope in Every Season
ERBIL, Iraq – As the flickering lights changed from red to green, Miriam stood outside her family's tent, holding 3-year-old Yusef in her arms and gazing up at a pieced together cross covered in Christmas lights.
The cross, crudely constructed from a piece of foam packaging she had found in the trash, rusty wire and lights, was a symbol of hope for Miriam, who—like so many others in her Internally Displaced People or IDP camp—had been through so much.
Persecuted for their faith, Miriam's family and thousands of others fled to the Kurdistan region of Iraq, barely escaping the brutality of Islamic militant group ISIS and leaving behind everything they owned. Now Miriam's family lives with 100,000 other displaced Christians and other minorities in makeshift camps, church halls and abandoned buildings.
These displaced families depend on the compassion of others for even the most basic necessities like food and water, but despite the circumstances and their uncertain future, Miriam and many others still have hope, holding tight to their faith and their families.
Operation Blessing is providing critical relief to several IDP camps in the Kurdish-protected city of Erbil, distributing food staples such as rice, noodles, tea, beans, powdered milk and more. Teams also served meals to refugees and are delivering stoves, blankets, diapers and truckloads of additional critical supplies to camps set up on public lands and in churches outside of Erbil.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
You can help by making an online donation toward CBN’s Operation Blessing International’s disaster relief efforts. With your support, we can continue to provide emergency relief and recovery. Please make an online donation today.
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