Greek Catholic
Archbishopric P.O.B. 151
Of Lattakieh
and Christian Valley Fax:
+963 41 476002
LATTAKIEH-SYRIA Tel:
+963 41 460777
Report on the Archbishopric and the
Syrian Crisis
I. Material damage
1. Al Hosn parish
a. Church and presbytery broken into and damaged
b. Waqf Rest Home and shops dependent on the church completely looted and wrecked. Estimated cost of repair $40,000
c. 73 families made homeless and jobless, their homes devastated and demolished
d. Two priests and their families made homeless
2. Damage to other churches hit by shells. Estimated cost of repair $10,000
3. Assistance by the Eparchy’s Welfare Committee to displaced and arrested persons as of 15 June 2013:
Number of displaced families
Christian Valley
900 families
Safita
120 families
Lattakieh
75 families
Tartus
120 families
Total
1215 families
II. Areas of urgent need
a. Rent
b. Food, baby milk
c. Clothing
d. Furniture, beds, blankets, sheets
e. Refrigerators, kitchen utensils
f. General medicines, surgery, drugs
g. Detergents
h. Heating, fuel, stoves, gas
i. Bursaries
General relief to displaced persons, reckoned at $100 per month: $120,000
Help with cost of monthly rent for 700 families at $100: $70,000
Monthly total: $190,000
III. Demographic situation
Displaced persons come from:
Homs
Qusayr
Damascus
Hama and district
Idlib
Deir-al-Zor
Tabka (various regions)
Lattakieh’s suburbs
Ghassanieh
Hassakeh
Kaussabba
IV. Economic situation
1. All the displaced families are living below the poverty threshold and have resorted to the help provided in order to survive
2. Most displaced persons are unemployed because their shops have been looted and destroyed and they cannot return home
3. Many civil servants are no longer in receipt of their salaries
4. There is inflation as things become more expensive due to scarcity.
(Signed)
+Mgr. Nicholas Sawaf
Archbishop of Lattakieh
and Christian Valley