ASIA/IRAQ - Two Iraqi sisters go and live among the Christian refugees camped in Erbil

Erbil (Agenzia Fides) - The two Little Sisters of Charles de Foucauld are called Afnan and Alice and have chosen to live in a camp in Ankawa, on the outskirts of Erbil, where thousands of Christians of the Nineveh Plain, who fled before the offensive of the jihadist Islamic State, have found precarious accommodation. The choice of the two nuns intends to express in a concrete way the total sharing of difficult conditions experienced by thousands of families forced to leave their homes, and have now resigned to the idea that they have to live in that state for a long time.
The two nuns are also involving other religious sisters in the assistance mainly aimed at children and young people living in tents and containers. The intent is to protect children and youth from the feeling of emptiness and lack of training activities that over time can lead to psychological and moral degradation. Today, political groups animated by Christian militants and other Community acronyms have organized a protest against the spread of the phenomena of urban decay - such as the proliferation of casinos and bars where alcoholic beverages are sold without control - present in Ankawa, a suburb of Erbil inhabited mostly by Christians. (GV) (Agenzia Fides 09/10/2015)

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