{ Be a Peacemaker Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance

{ Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.”

{ An unprecedented number of people around the world are suffering as a result of violent conflict. More than ever, the victims of violence are noncombatants, women and children, who are forced to endure displacement, hunger and unthinkable trauma. Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance

A refugee child’s drawing depicts the violence from which hundreds of thousands of Syrians have fled. PWS&D’s response will ensure children receive vital psycho-social support to heal from the trauma of war. Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance

Right now in South Sudan, Gaza, Syria and Iraq, almost 18 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. South SudanSyria Gaza Iraq

PWS&D has committed $50,000 in response to conflict situations in South Sudan, Gaza, Syria and Iraq. We know more needs to be done. Help us double our commitment and raise $100,000. Be a Peacemaker

Hunger in South Sudan Violent conflict in South Sudan has triggered a severe food crisis that threatens one in three people with starvation.

  Almost all of South Sudan’s population depend on what they can grow for survival.   With their lives disrupted, living in refugee camps far from their farms, they are unable to plant their crops or feed their families. Hunger in South Sudan

{ - 12-year old Grace Athiens “I am alone. I don’t know where my mother and father are. I don’t even know if they are alive … People just scattered. I didn’t know what was happening. I just woke up to screaming and gunfire.” Be a Peacemaker Photo: Canadian Foodgrains Bank

 PWS&D is responding with Canadian Foodgrains Bank to provide food vouchers, grains, beans, lentils and cooking oil to 11,340 vulnerable people in South Sudan. Hunger in South Sudan Photo: Canadian Foodgrains Bank

Conflict in Syria After three years of escalating violence, nearly half of Syria’s population — 11 million people — are in crisis.

{ There are 1.2 million child refugees. As a result, 56% of Syrian children need assistance. ½ of Syria’s school age population are unable to go to school on a regular basis. Conflict in Syria Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance

“I hope that one day my son can enjoy peace like I did, before the war. When the bombing stops, we will go back.” - Anaoun, a single father from Syria Be a Peacemaker

{ Mounting needs for water, sanitation, food, shelter and health care for Syrians living in refugee camps neighbouring countries. Conflict in Syria Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance

Conflict in Syria  PWS&D is responding ACT Alliance to provide food, psychosocial and educational support to Syrian refugees.  PWS&D is working with Canadian Foodgrains Bank to provide food and vouchers to over 78,000 people per month. Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance

Persecution in Iraq In Iraq, over a million people are fleeing rapidly spreading violence and religious persecution.

 The newly displaced people join hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees already in the region. Without assistance, people fleeing might have no place to go. Persecution in Iraq Photo: ACT Alliance

  PWS&D is responding with ACT Alliance to provide families with:   Safe drinking water   Emergency food relief   Health care and psychosocial support to overcome trauma   Health and hygiene kits to improve sanitation Persecution in Iraq Photo: ACT Alliance

{ “It’s safe here. We no longer have to fear for our lives. We get food and water.” - Sedardar Rashid who fled with his wife and children to a school building in the Kurdish city of Erbil Be a Peacemaker Photo: ACT Alliance

Conflict in Gaza Over 1.7 million people in Gaza are struggling to cope with a deteriorating humanitarian situation. Photo: ACT Alliance

  People are living amidst rubble and destruction   Electricity and clean water supplies are disrupted   Hundreds of thousands of people have been rendered homeless or uprooted from their homes   School and hospitals have been bombed   Severe shortages of drugs and medical supplies   Children are suffering from war burns, malnutrition and psychological trauma Conflict in Gaza

Photo: Mohhammed Salem, DanChurchAid Your gifts will help supply the Ahli Aran Hospital with fuel, medicines and medical supplies to treat 20,570 people. PWS&D is responding to critical needs for food, health care and psychosocial support through ACT Alliance.

PWS&D has committed $50,000 in response to conflict situations in South Sudan, Gaza, Syria and Iraq. We know more needs to be done. Help us double our commitment and raise $100,000. Be a Peacemaker

Everyone deserves to be safe. Everyone deserves to be protected. Respond with us to the terrifying human suffering caused by violent conflict.. Be a Peacemaker. Be a Peacemaker

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