Refugee families in Lebanon are suffering today, as all Lebanese citizens, from severe economic, social, health and security crises that are escalating daily. As for the children of these families, they became victims of the deteriorating living conditions in the country. Their childhood has been stolen and even their right to go to school, but what about their mental health?

Dr. Samy Fawzy, Archbishop of the Episcopal/ Anglican Province of Alexandria, met today, Monday, November 29, 2021, with Dr. Michel Abs, Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches, at All Saints Cathedral in Zamalek, in the presence of Anthony Ball, Assistant Bishop, Rev. Rifaat Fikri, Associate Secretary General of the Council, and Mrs. Huguette Salameh, Director of the MECC Communication and Public Relations Department.

Monday, November 29, 2021

As part of his visit to Egypt in preparation for the 12th General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches, MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs will be the guest of “Kadaya Sakhina” (Hot Issues) program on Al Keraza Egyptian TV channel, live today, Monday, November 29, 2021 at 5 pm Egypt and Beirut time and 7 am California time.

En el marco del programa «Restauración de los servicios sociales basados en la fe y de las infraestructuras religiosas afectadas por la crisis siria», puesto en marcha por el Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio en cooperación con Kerk in Actie de los Países Bajos, en varias provincias sirias, se han completado las obras de rehabilitación del Monasterio de San Jorge.

Las Naciones Unidas han designado el 25 de noviembre como el «Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer».

Este año, el «Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Violencia contra la Mujer» establece 16 días de activismo bajo el título de la campaña «Únete para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres». La campaña finalizará el 10 de diciembre, día en que se conmemora la Declaración Internacional de los Derechos Humanos.

https://www.un.org/es/observances/ending-violence-against-women-day

Durante décadas y a través de generaciones, las sociedades de todo el mundo han sufrido la violencia doméstica, especialmente contra las mujeres, ya sean esposas, madres o hijas. A pesar de todos los esfuerzos oficiales y voluntarios que realizan las ONG, la violencia sigue siendo un problema social y humanitario a nivel mundial.

Formación para mejorar las capacidades del equipo del MECC

Desarrollar el rendimiento del grupo de trabajo en cualquier institución u organización es lo que más contribuye a mejorar los mecanismos de trabajo y de productividad. El Consejo de Iglesias del Oriente Medio ha estado muy interesado en organizar cursos de formación periódicos para los equipos de sus departamentos, con el fin de desarrollar sus habilidades en diversos campos con la meta de lograr los objetivos ecuménicos y humanitarios deseados.

Within the “Restoration of Faith Based Social Services and Religious Infrastructure that were affected by the Syrian crisis” program that is launched by the Middle East Council of Churches in cooperation with Kerk in Actie in Netherlands, in various Syrian governorates, the rehabilitation work is now completed in St. George Monastery.

In the new issue of the weekly newsletter Momentum issued by the Communication and Public Relations Department of the Middle East Council of Churches, MECC General Secretariat mourns its colleague and the Finance Director of Syria’s office Hayel Abou Jamra who passed peacefully from this life into the loving arms of our Lord. As for the weekly message of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, it was entitled “On Violence, the Human Person and the Other”.

The United Nations has designated the 25th of November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

This year, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women sets 16 days of activism under a campaign title of “Unite to End Violence against Women”. The campaign will end on December 10, the day commemorating the International Declaration of Human Rights.

https://www.un.org/ar/observances/ending-violence-against-women

The same website which appears above, mentions the existence of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, issued by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993.

Report: 24 November 2021

According to a new report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), corona in the Middle East is severely hindering progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the Middle East and North Africa region.

For decades and through generations, societies around the world have suffered from domestic violence, especially against women, whether they are wives, mothers or daughters. Despite all official and voluntary efforts that NGOs are doing, violence is still a worldwide social and humanitarian problem.

With the Victims’ Families of the Beirut Port Blast

Only Faith Can Strengthen them!

The Theological and Ecumenical Department at the Middle East Council of Churches organized a second session as part of the Trauma Healing and Spiritual Counseling program aiming at supporting the victims’ families of the Beirut Port Blast which occurred on August 4, 2020.

Brothers, sisters and wives of the victims participated in the session which was very touching and included testimonies of the suffer they experienced and live daily from the day of the explosion until today.

At the invitation of the Middle East Council of Churches and in the presence of the MECC Secretary General Dr. Michel Abs, the family of the Council’s General Secretariat in Beirut participated, today, November 23, 2021, in a funeral Prayer in memory of Hayel Abou Jamra, MECC dear colleague and financial director of Syria’s office, so his soul may rest in peace. The Prayer was held at Saint Mary’s Orthodox Church of Dormition in Al Makhoul Street – Ras Beirut. Hayel has fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection and fulfilling his religious duties.