Gardens for Syrians

Everyone knows that donating food to the Syrian refugees cannot go on forever.  Many people, including us, have been trying to come up to a solution that will help the people become self-sufficient.  I suggested that we donate some goats for them to raise, but was told they would probably eat the goats.

Our friend Baseem in Ramtha told us about his idea of providing a parcel of land located near one of the refugee camps for the Syrians to use for growing food.  We asked him "what about water?" He replied that he knows an engineer who is willing to help set up a system to recycle the used water from the camps and run it into a drip system.

The crops would be planted in a pistachio tree orchard, in between the trees.  

This area is very near an old abandoned building that houses 311 Syrian refugees, most of whom were chased out of their homes and not allowed to take anything but their clothes on their back.  

the Church is not satisfied with any system which leaves able people permanently dependent, and insists, on the contrary, that the true function and office of giving, is to help people [get] into a position where they can help themselves and thus be free.” (The Church Welfare Plan,Gospel Doctrine manual, 1946, p. 77.)