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FUNDAÇÃO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN
Armenian Communities Department - Service des Communautés Arméniennes
Av. de Berna, 45 A, PT-1067-001, Lisboa, Portugal
Tel: +351 21 782 3658
E-mail: [email protected]
Oscar O'Sullivan
Gestor de Projetos Junior
Serviço das Comunidades Arménias
FUNDAÇÃO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN
Schools in ruins, displaced families, houses to rebuild, refugees in
their thousands - this is the present reality of many of the cities in
Syria, affected by a war between the regime in Damascus and the forces
opposing president Bashar al-Assad. One of the cities that has borne
the heaviest burden of the conflict is Aleppo (around 300km northeast
of the capital), where the largest Armenian community in the country,
of around 40,000 people, is based.
In November, the Trustee Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
Lisbon, approved ?¬ 120,000 of humanitarian aid for this
community, funds that will be managed by a group of organizations
headed by the Archbishop of Aleppo. The money released by the Armenian
Communities Department is targeted to aid the recovery of Aleppo, but
will also benefit other communities, including in Damascus. During the
past year, the Foundation has already approved approximately
?¬ 80,000 in grants for refugees who had left Syria.
Support for education
Forced to flee from the war, thousands of Syrian university students
now find themselves without a way to continue their studies. In the
face of this crisis, Jorge Sampaio, the former High Commissioner for
the UN Alliance of Civilizations, created the Global Partnership for
Syrian Students, in conjunction with other organisations. The idea of
this partnership is to assist in the payment of these
students' fees and to help them complete their courses in
the countries where they are refugees. The Gulbenkian Foundation will
support this initiative until 2015, giving roughly ?¬
200,000 in scholarships to Syrian-Armenian students.
Additionally, around 350 Syrian student refugees in Armenia will
receive support from the Armenian Communities Department in order to
complete their studies.
Primary and secondary schools in Syria were also hard hit by the
war. The Foundation has set aside about ?¬ 125,000 to
support 22 such schools in the country, so that thousands of children
may continue to learn.
United Nations figures from December show that this war has already
brought about more than 130,000 fatalities, more than a third of which
were civilian deaths.
www.gulbenkian.pt/ArmenianCommunities
Armenian Communities Department - Service des Communautés Arméniennes
Av. de Berna, 45 A, PT-1067-001, Lisboa, Portugal
Tel: +351 21 782 3658
E-mail: [email protected]
Oscar O'Sullivan
Gestor de Projetos Junior
Serviço das Comunidades Arménias
FUNDAÇÃO CALOUSTE GULBENKIAN
Schools in ruins, displaced families, houses to rebuild, refugees in
their thousands - this is the present reality of many of the cities in
Syria, affected by a war between the regime in Damascus and the forces
opposing president Bashar al-Assad. One of the cities that has borne
the heaviest burden of the conflict is Aleppo (around 300km northeast
of the capital), where the largest Armenian community in the country,
of around 40,000 people, is based.
In November, the Trustee Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation,
Lisbon, approved ?¬ 120,000 of humanitarian aid for this
community, funds that will be managed by a group of organizations
headed by the Archbishop of Aleppo. The money released by the Armenian
Communities Department is targeted to aid the recovery of Aleppo, but
will also benefit other communities, including in Damascus. During the
past year, the Foundation has already approved approximately
?¬ 80,000 in grants for refugees who had left Syria.
Support for education
Forced to flee from the war, thousands of Syrian university students
now find themselves without a way to continue their studies. In the
face of this crisis, Jorge Sampaio, the former High Commissioner for
the UN Alliance of Civilizations, created the Global Partnership for
Syrian Students, in conjunction with other organisations. The idea of
this partnership is to assist in the payment of these
students' fees and to help them complete their courses in
the countries where they are refugees. The Gulbenkian Foundation will
support this initiative until 2015, giving roughly ?¬
200,000 in scholarships to Syrian-Armenian students.
Additionally, around 350 Syrian student refugees in Armenia will
receive support from the Armenian Communities Department in order to
complete their studies.
Primary and secondary schools in Syria were also hard hit by the
war. The Foundation has set aside about ?¬ 125,000 to
support 22 such schools in the country, so that thousands of children
may continue to learn.
United Nations figures from December show that this war has already
brought about more than 130,000 fatalities, more than a third of which
were civilian deaths.
www.gulbenkian.pt/ArmenianCommunities