Yezidi refugees have set up makeshift camps in vacant and under construction buildings in northern Iraq, including this one in Zakho.
The last week of August, two Israelis and an American representing At the Crossroads and Christ Church Jerusalem traveled to southeast Turkey to encourage the Body there and to send aid to those displaced by ISIS.
The team carried financial gifts sent by four Messianic Jewish congregations in Israel. In the epistles, we see Paul collecting aid from Asia Minor for Jerusalem. This time, Jerusalem sent funds to Asia Minor.
The money was delivered to partners in Diyarbakir, Turkey and Arbil and Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdistan who are ministering to refugees in both countries. We are in contact daily with various groups in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey who keep us informed of the situation, the needs and how funds are being used.
We’ll share more photos and stories in the coming days.
Thank you to those who have sent aid. If you are moved to give, we have several options.
- For those requiring a U.S. tax receipt, please give through Caleb Company. To donate online or by check go to calebcompany.org/web/gifting/ and in ‘Comments’ section write N. Iraq Refugee Aid.
- For those outside the U.S. or who don’t need a tax receipt, you may give through Christ Church Jerusalem via Paypal. Please write “Iraqi refugees” in the purpose line.
- You can also send checks to
- Christ Church Jerusalem
PO Box 14037
91140 Jerusalem
Israel
- Christ Church Jerusalem
We are sending funds on to different organizations with which we are partnering on the ground in northern Iraq. Some of those include
- International Bible Society, a joint project between Egyptian and Iraqi branches (also known as Biblica)
- Life Agape, aiding local churches to house refugees in their communities
- Canon Andrew White’s Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation
in the Middle East - Commission to Every Nation/Voice of Ishmael
- and two fellowships in southeast Turkey who are receiving Yezidi refugees.
Thank you and shalom.