The Albert Sevinc Foundation has decided to fund the »Poor or Rich? A Café on the Wittenberger Weg« project. This means that the Foundation will be supporting a project conceived by the Düsseldorf artist, Ute Reeh. She has taken up a challenge that both social work in general and municipal investment have been unable to resolve for fifty years…
The greatest sufferers of war are the children. Not only is their childhood destroyed but also their future, because the traumatic experiences of the war often leave lasting impacts…
The war and the breakdown of state structures have led the people of Gozarto to reorganize their lives on their own initiative. The basic medical care and the care of people in need are of particular importance…
In Germany, most people think that since we live in a rich country nobody should be hungry. Unfortunately, the reality is quite different. In fact, even in a country as prosperous as Germany, there are people who cannot afford food, or at least not regularly or in sufficient quantities…
The economically important areas of Syria lie in the coastal region and in the western parts of the country. The economic development of the geographically remote region of Gozarto came through the cultivation of cotton in the 1950s, followed by oil production…
The life in the northern Armenian city of Gyumri has changed completely after the severe earthquake of December 1988. The population of the second largest city in the country has fallen by about half (from 200 000 to about 100 000 inhabitants)…
Sindschar, a city in Northeast Iraq and mainly inhabited by Yazidis, was attacked by ISIS in August 2014. ISIS murdered many Yazidis and kidnapped the women and girls. Part of the Yazidis fled into the Kurdish autonomous region, others hide in the mountains of the Sindschar. Not long while ago, city was freed from ISIS rule…
The Aramaic Cultural Association in Syria has been planning the creation of facilities in which teachers are trained. After completing their training, they will work as language teachers in Gozarto. The foundation is financially supporting this project that is now being implemented…
The incurable disease of one’s child is certainly one of the most painful experiences parents would have to witness. The parental joy can be overshadowed by the pain one’s child has to suffer and the certainty that he/she would not live long due to a life-shortening illness…
The Mor Gabriel School in Qamishli is known for its excellent teaching staff. As a result, the students of this school, run and funded by the Aramaic community, are among the best in the region. As a result of the war and the resulting poverty, it has become very difficult to obtain new teaching materials and renew the equipment of the school…
On the 7th of December 1988, a severe earthquake occurred in the northern part of the former Soviet Republic of Armenia, during which the city of Spitak, Gyumri (at that time still Leninakan), and several other cities and villages were also badly damaged and even completely destroyed…
In addition to the institutions and jobs supported by the state, there are also numerous associations dealing with social and cultural issues in Germany. These associations often emerge as initiatives by socially committed individuals…
The preservation of their mother tongue and writing, as well as their passing on to future generations, is a great challenge that the Aramaeans are facing above all in the diaspora…
