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Feb 16, 20248 min read
Little People
We’re in love with our little people, the tiny members of our community who have big dreams and big hearts and one day will be the...


Feb 16, 20248 min read
Committed to Struggle
For the past ten years, we have lived and worked alongside girls and women who were taken into the captivity of ISIS, raped, tortured,...


Feb 16, 20244 min read
Grave Openers
It’s been another of “those weeks” here in the Middle East. Living the days when every bit of breath is sucked out of you. The days of...


Jan 21, 20245 min read
Well Diggers
“Write the vision, make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time, it hastens to...


Jan 21, 20247 min read
Vision is a Destination
“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals...


Dec 28, 20231 min read
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Greetings to all of our friends who celebrate Christmas! And greetings from the Syriac Christian community of Avzruk Shno who thank you...


Dec 28, 20233 min read
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
A fire broke out last Monday at 2.00 am in Shariya camp. As you all know by now, fires are terrifying particularly due to the crowded,...


Dec 6, 20237 min read
Thankfulness in a Box
In another decade. In another city there lived a school girl whose name was Thankful. She was raised by her single mum. She was raised...


Nov 29, 20236 min read
Improving the World
Two years ago we established a program of community service, whereby once a month some of our Hope Academy of Art students, led by...


Nov 29, 202310 min read
Restoring the Foundations
In thinking about this week's blog my focus fell on the restoration of that which ISIS tried to steal and destroy. I saw our music...


Nov 29, 20238 min read
Seeing the Dawn
Mr Payiz, the director of Sewing Hope, is a visionary, a dreamer. Living in a tiny village whose culture is resistant to progress,...


Nov 29, 20234 min read
The Time That is Given Us
Having just landed in a very different Middle East from the one I left almost a month ago, this update will be brief. By next week, God...
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