This is Jamal—bright eyes and a big heart. Nine years ago, Jamal’s family fled the terror of Syria’s civil war to survive in Lebanon. Jamal has no memories of the home where his family lived and grew potatoes, beets, onions, and cotton. Throughout his young life, Jamal has only known the heartbreak that comes from war.

He knows the hunger experienced by a family without a stable income. He knows the fear of living in a place where he is not warmly received. From his earliest existence, Jamal’s body knows what it means to yearn for peace and belongingㅡand for food.

Where Jamal and his family live today, there’s a Lebanese church that has walked its own journey of healing after years of conflict with Syria. Though their road has not always been easy, the church believes the love they have been given in Christ is meant for everyone.

Sharing this love also means sharing food with the refugees in their community. Partnering with World Renew and Canadian Foodgrains Bank, this church working with our local partner, MERATH, is one of many local churches providing families like Jamal’s with life-giving emergency food each month. Distributions of food vouchers and food boxes have made bellies and hearts full.

Perhaps this church’s choice to love their neighbour by sharing the gift of food seems small in comparison to the war’s violence; yet their acts of love are the very fabric of hope.

Today, you can share that hope with refugees like Jamal.

When you give, your gift will be matched 4X through Canadian Foodgrains Bank. With the added gift from a generous private donor, your gift will be matched 5X through the month of November.

With these 5X matching funds, $60─which feeds one family for a month─multiplies to provide emergency food for 6 families.