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| Project Date | 2024 |
| Project Title | Catechism program 2024 “Grow in Faith” |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | The Archdiocese of Erbil – 1000 youth and kids |
| Amount | US$ 60,000.00 |
| Category of Support | Pastoral Care – Catechism |
| Description | The Archdiocese established the Catechism Central Committee to plan and organise pastoral activities, training young people to fulfil their call to share the Good News, with the children and youth at all the catechism activities. The committee was established to unite the work of the 11 catechism centres in the seven parishes in the Erbil governorate. There are 104 teachers working as volunteers. This is to give the catechism centres and teachers access to sufficient resources and training opportunities, plus to empower and encourage them in effective catechism formation. The Catechism Central Committee’s core aim is to strengthen belief among our young people (aged between 5-18 years: approx. 1000); it is to inspire them to live according to how Jesus Christ taught all men. In addition to regular weekly catechism activities in different parishes during the year, the following key projects are planned: Lesson planning Workshops, Liturgical celebrations, Spiritual & Educational Catechism Camps for different age groups. |
| Closing Date |
| Project Date | 21 – 24 August 2024 |
| Project Title | Ankawa Youth Meeting, AYM 2024 for 1500 – 1600 youth in Erbil 21-24 Aug 2024 |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | Over 1,500 – 1,600 youth attendants from all over Iraq; 7 archdioceses accounting for more than 60 parishes young Christians from Erbil, Alqosh, Baghdad, Basra, Duhok, Zakho, Mosul & Aqra, Sulaymaniyah & Kirkuk |
| Amount | Euros 90,000.00 |
| Category of Support | Pastoral Care – Youth Ministry |
| Description | AYM is the largest meeting for Christian youth in Iraq; started in 2013 by the Archdiocese of Erbil, the initiative has been met with great success resulting in subsequent celebrations in 2018 and 2019 and resumed in 2022 and 2023. Under the title of “The Joy of Love” Ankawa Youth Meetings (AYM) on August 2024, bringing together youth & young couples from different Chaldean dioceses across Iraq. The chosen title is to affirm the vital importance of marriage and family, emphasizing their significance as fundamental institutions for society and the Church. It helps the young participants to prepare for their future roles in families, guiding them on how to build healthy relationships and inviting them to experience the joy and love that come from living out their vocation in accordance with the Gospel teachings of the Catholic faith. “The Joy of Love” empowers young people to make informed choices and contribute positively to their families and communities
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| Closing Date |
| Project Date | Academic Year 2024-2025 |
| Project Title | Pope Francis Scholarship 1: 4-year scholarship program for students studying at Catholic University in Erbil (CUE), 2021-2024 |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | 150 students per Academic year of CUE from October 2021 until June 2025 |
| Amount | US$ 427,500 |
| Category of Support | Education – Catholic University in Erbil |
| Description | To provide free education for 150 Christian high school graduates students from different parts of Iraq over the four-year period of their degree. Parents cannot afford their education as unemployment remains at 80 %. ACN and the CUE has given them hope for their future and the ability to obtain jobs. This encourages the whole family to stay and not to emigrate; 10 per cent of the grant was mainly given to Yazidis who are destitute and a few Muslims. |
| Closing Date |
| Project Date | Academic Year 2024 – 2025 |
| Project Title | Pope Francis Scholarship 2 and 3: Additional 78 scholarships for 4-year scholarship program Catholic University in Erbil (CUE), 2022-23 to 2025/26 |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | 78 students of CUE for Academic year 2024 – 2025 |
| Amount | US$ 222,300.00 |
| Category of Support | Education – Catholic University in Erbil |
| Description | Providing scholarships to students in the first Catholic University in Iraq, that serves as the key structure to keep Christianity in Iraq; CUE plays a central role in educating Iraqi society about Christianity through events and seminars with the aim towards reconciliation, justice, peace and social cohesion; It not only gives hope to the young minorities to be able to compete for jobs through higher education, it also gives hope to their parents who would otherwise emigrate if their children could not get the chances CUE and the four Catholic schools under the archdiocese give to them; The CUE is not only be about academia but is also about forming and solidifying lifelong relationships and bonds through the traditional values of a Catholic education; From a sense of community to obtaining life skills, CUE graduates will stand apart from other university graduates of the region, especially in critical thinking; The latter is in great need in a country that learns by rote in society constantly at war; The country needs lateral solutions to their systemic challenges, and this will come from critical thinking education. |
| Closing Date |
| Project Date | Academic Year 2024 – 2025 |
| Project Title | Providing university education through “Catholic University” in Ankawa |
| Benefactor | Conferenza Episcopale Italiana |
| Beneficiaries | 50 students of CUE for Academic year 2024 – 2025 |
| Amount | Second Tranche 3/4 – Euros 132,949.00 for AY 2024-25 |
| Category of Support | Education – Catholic University in Erbil |
| Description | Providing scholarships to students in the first Catholic University in Iraq, that serves as the key structure to keep Christianity in Iraq; CUE plays a central role in educating Iraqi society about Christianity through events and seminars with the aim towards reconciliation, justice, peace and social cohesion; It not only gives hope to the young minorities to be able to compete for jobs through higher education, it also gives hope to their parents who would otherwise emigrate if their children could not get the chances CUE and the four Catholic schools under the archdiocese give to them; The CUE is not only be about academia but is also about forming and solidifying lifelong relationships and bonds through the traditional values of a Catholic education; From a sense of community to obtaining life skills, CUE graduates will stand apart from other university graduates of the region, especially in critical thinking; The latter is in great need in a country that learns by rote in society constantly at war; The country needs lateral solutions to their systemic challenges, and this will come from critical thinking education. |
| Closing Date |
| Project Date | Academic Year 2024 – 2025 |
| Project Title | Housing support for students studying at CUE AY 2022-23 (Pope Francis Scholarship – PFS 1, 2, 3) |
| Benefactor | ACN Königstein Germany |
| Beneficiaries | 68 CUE students |
| Amount | US$ 85,000 |
| Category of Support | Education – Catholic University in Erbil |
| Description | The CUE is situated in Erbil the capital of Kurdistan. Ankawa consider a city district not a village. House rental in Ankawa is about twice the rental of housing in the Nineveh Plain. When students rent a house, they also have to pay for electricity. The feedback from the Nineveh Plain is that although students want to come to the CUE, they cannot afford the accommodation in Erbil. Accommodation has been a challenge as there is no Halls of Residence/Dorms. By supporting the student with accommodation costs would be extremely helpful to the CUE recruitment process and very supportive to the Christian families to say that the university could provide accommodation on top of the tuition fee to these poorer families in the Nineveh Plains. |
| Closing Date |
| Project Date | 17 June 2024 |
| Project Title | Supporting preventative healthcare at the Maryamana Hospital for the poor who have no access to tests, treatment, medication and preventative care through screening on prostate, breast and cervical cancers. |
| Benefactor | The project will support the 2500 Christian families in Ankawa that cannot return to Mosul & other Christian villages. It will also support the 576 Christian Syrian families in Erbil were the Chaldean Archdiocese of Erbil (CAOE) is the only one looking after them. The programme will also help the poor of other faiths that seek help from the Archdiocese. |
| Beneficiaries | Embrace the Middle East UK (ETME) |
| Amount | GBP 40,654.00 |
| Category of Support | Healthcare – Maryamana Hospital needy patients supporting those who cannot afford healthcare, Chronic medicines |
| Description | Preventative medicine will save lives so without help the poor would suffer and lose hope; for them it is an opportunity cost as paying for medicine means they cannot support their families as they would wish to as they would have to sacrifice some basic need to pay for the medical treatment, as it is unplanned for in their tight budgets. Many IDPs have not worked since August 2014 due to the lack of jobs. Those who are not on government salaries, must depend on savings, family, and neighbours to find money for rental and food. The sick in Ankawa and surrounding villages do not have money for life saving drugs nor surgery. If they were able to borrow the money, they would be in debt for the rest of their lives, as employment is a long-term problem in a war torn and recession hit country. It will affect the education of their children, and what they can spend on rental, food, and clothing. Funds received from Embrace in 2020-2021 have allowed the CAOE to fund treatment at the Maryamana Hospital that the poor could not otherwise afford. A subsequent grant in 2022-3 enabled a continuation of the responsive programme and introduced preventative care in the form of breast cancer screening. In addition to the provision of general medicine/ chronic drugs, this grant will continue the responsive programme in screening of breast cancer with the addition of implementing cervical and prostate cancer screenings. |
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