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In his mid-60’s, Abu Ahmed never envisaged the turn his life would take during what really should have been his golden age. Eminating from the quiet village of Maryoda, Abu Ahmed was just comfortable enough to manage his and his awesome wife’s needs, as well as a son who has a disability. The conflict turned his world inverted along with the lives of countless others. Continuous airstrikes forced him to emerge from his lifelong home together with his family, along with 1000s of others from neighbouring villages. Unaffordable housing within the safer capital of scotland- Ras al Ayn meant he'd to maneuver again shortly. Now from the village of Zammar, the sympathetic locals have given Abu Ahmed free housing.

Shifting homes anytime is obviously an upheaval and much more so for the elderly. Within the conflict circumstances, having a dependent family as well as the impracticality of transporting possessions - it is a mammoth task that they can must not ought to undergo. Yet this is the miserable predicament for countless elderly people in Syria. Alongside this stress is Abu Ahmed’s anxiety for another son, who had been captured in 2013. His family have not got word of him since. Inside a constant state of turmoil, he lets us know, “I do not know whether my son is dead or alive. Must i loose time waiting for him? Or do i need to pray he rests in peace?” Abu Ahmed ended up being dealt an extra blow - another son died, leaving behind his 11 kids who else to take care of them. The struggle was how to became much tougher. At a time where although wish to be cared for, Abu Ahmed found himself in charge of the care of your family of 14. They became dependent on handouts from kind neighbours until these were unveiled in Syria Relief’s bakery scheme. Our bakery provides bread to thousands of families in Idleb every single day in a massively subsidised cost. Thanks to the, Abu Ahmed is now able to feed his whole family and keep just a little left for other essentials. He wishes that such initiatives remain to help like him survive of their forced exile. There are numerous elderly people in Syria who may have suffered like Abu Ahmed, their wants a peaceful final years withered away. Instead they have got lost their children to the conflict and have been adapted accountable for orphaned grandchildren. They desire just to protect themselves as well as their families in the ravages from the crisis. Hopefully they're able to achieve some comfort and discover their hopes for peace fulfilled before too much time. Profit the Syrian people like Abu Ahmed and a lot of orphans during our Ramadan appeal springing up and ramadan charity.