Syrian refugees in Turkey: Project 'Cash for Winterization'...

(Vatican Radio) Bishop Gerald Kicanas who chairs the board of 'Catholic Relief Services 'recently went on a fact-finding visit to Turkey in an effort to find out more about the situation regarding the refugee camps for Syrians fleeing from the civil war at home.

He shares impressions of this visit with Veronica Scarisbrick illustrating a new project launched by CRS to help the refugees survive the bleak winter months. A project which enables them to receive 150 dollars to buy immediate necessities such as clothes, blankets and heating oil.

Bishop Kicanas recounts how while many people had serious reservations about this project for fear of fighting and stealing connected to the hand-outs, what he witnessed first hand was order and gratitude...

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