Children of the Focolare Movement and of the catechesis of St Peter's Parish in Faro, raised 347 euros to help other children in Venezuela and Syria.
"On television I saw a lot of news from Venezuela, where there are many poor people who have nothing to eat," said Madalena, who is in her second year of catechesis at the Parish of San Pedro, at the session where 217 euros were given to the South American country. to the president of Cáritas Diocesana do Algarve.
In the information sent to the ECCLESIA Agency, the diocesan newspaper Folha do Domingo contextualizes that the 347 euros for children in Venezuela and Syria were raised by children from this parish who joined others from the Gen 4 group (from 4 to 8 years old) of the Focolare Movement in the Algarve.
“This initiative is very important because it is called sharing. You were very important because you helped to ask those people who could to make their monetary contribution to Venezuela and we are going to make it reach Cáritas from there,” said Carlos Oliveira.
The solidarity campaign 'Dislodged Jesus' consisted in the creation of small images of the Child Jesus and mangers, with the help of parents, catechists and volunteers, which were then offered in downtown Faro, sensitizing passers-by to the true meaning of Christmas, and whoever received it in return could make a donation.
Carlos Oliveira encouraged children in the Algarve to make a drawing for children in Venezuela that will be delivered with the donation that will integrate the amount raised in Caritas Portuguesa's Christmas campaign '10 Million Stars – A Gesture for Peace', where 35% is intended for Venezuela.
The president of Cáritas Diocesana also explained that they receive "clothes, food and toys" for needy children in the city, and asked to be attentive to their colleagues and friends, and said that they are preparing a shipment of school supplies and some toys for the children. children of São Tomé and Príncipe.
The 'Folha de Domingo' also discloses that the children collected 130 euros for Syria, which has as its destination the operation of a field hospital, which assists children sick with cancer, in Damascus and which will be handed over to the movement in the Arab country for the week in Rome.
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