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Aug 31 2013
100 Years Ago Near East Relief Launched To Help Refugees In Syria
Syuzanna Petrosyan
Executive Producer
The death and destruction of Syrians in the two-year conflict is one
of the biggest human disasters of our time. The horrific images of
burned children, the wrapped bodies suffocated from chemicals, and
millions of refugees scattered in the region in the dismal heat take
us back to the same region about one hundred years ago, when the world
again watched quietly as hundreds of thousands perished in the death
marches throughout the Syrian deserts.
In 1915, Ottoman Turks began to clean Eastern Turkey of its
minorities; millions of Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and members of
other minority groups were displaced. Over a million and a half
Armenians died as a result of deportation, forced marches, starvation
and execution.
According to the locals, to this day, the bones of those who perished
during the Genocide lie scattered in open graves in the Syrian
deserts.
In the same year, however, one U.S. organization, called the `American
Committee for Syrian and Armenian Relief,' was initiated as a response
to the massive humanitarian crisis in the region.
The organization's founders - including the American Ambassador to
Turkey, Henry Morgenthau - established a small-scale relief operation
and began soliciting donations from the American public.
As Emma Green notes in The Atlantic, the organization raised millions
of dollars to feed, clothe and provide shelter to Armenian
refugees - including many orphans who had lost their parents in the
killings.
In 1916, the New York Times reported that the organization asked the
public for donations to `relieve 1,000 destitute, exiled, and starving
Armenians scattered broadcast over Turkey, Persia, Syria, and
Palestine."
In its diligent response in the years following the Armenian Genocide,
the organization saved the lives of over 1 million refugees,
establishing a tradition of `citizen philanthropy' in the U.S.
Today, known as the Near East Foundation, the organization operates in
Armenia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Morocco, Palestinian
Territories, Sudan and Syria.
More posters from Near East Relief Campaigns:
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/08/100-years-ago-near-east-relief-launched-help-refugees-Syria
Aug 31 2013
100 Years Ago Near East Relief Launched To Help Refugees In Syria
Syuzanna Petrosyan
Executive Producer
The death and destruction of Syrians in the two-year conflict is one
of the biggest human disasters of our time. The horrific images of
burned children, the wrapped bodies suffocated from chemicals, and
millions of refugees scattered in the region in the dismal heat take
us back to the same region about one hundred years ago, when the world
again watched quietly as hundreds of thousands perished in the death
marches throughout the Syrian deserts.
In 1915, Ottoman Turks began to clean Eastern Turkey of its
minorities; millions of Armenians, Assyrians, Greeks and members of
other minority groups were displaced. Over a million and a half
Armenians died as a result of deportation, forced marches, starvation
and execution.
According to the locals, to this day, the bones of those who perished
during the Genocide lie scattered in open graves in the Syrian
deserts.
In the same year, however, one U.S. organization, called the `American
Committee for Syrian and Armenian Relief,' was initiated as a response
to the massive humanitarian crisis in the region.
The organization's founders - including the American Ambassador to
Turkey, Henry Morgenthau - established a small-scale relief operation
and began soliciting donations from the American public.
As Emma Green notes in The Atlantic, the organization raised millions
of dollars to feed, clothe and provide shelter to Armenian
refugees - including many orphans who had lost their parents in the
killings.
In 1916, the New York Times reported that the organization asked the
public for donations to `relieve 1,000 destitute, exiled, and starving
Armenians scattered broadcast over Turkey, Persia, Syria, and
Palestine."
In its diligent response in the years following the Armenian Genocide,
the organization saved the lives of over 1 million refugees,
establishing a tradition of `citizen philanthropy' in the U.S.
Today, known as the Near East Foundation, the organization operates in
Armenia, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Morocco, Palestinian
Territories, Sudan and Syria.
More posters from Near East Relief Campaigns:
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2013/08/100-years-ago-near-east-relief-launched-help-refugees-Syria