1. { Be a Peacemaker Photo: Paul Jeffrey, ACT Alliance

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

3. { 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

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

8.   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

9. { - 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

10.  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

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

12. { 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

13. “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

14. { 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

15. 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

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

17.  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

18.   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

19. { “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

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

21.   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

22. 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.

23. 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

24. 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

25. { Thank you! www.WeRespond.ca