Helping together
Humanitarian action for the Central African Republic on the occasion of the Muslim festival "Eid al-Adha" until 19 August
The great Jewish scholar and Rabbi Leo Baeck says: "People and peoples and confessions will remain divorced, will live on in their particularity, but they will know that they belong together, are parts of one humanity, shall live together on this earth, seeing and understanding one another, and, if it is necessary, helping one another". These sentences are part of the House of One charter. They read like a summary of what makes the House of One.
"...seeing and understanding one another, and, if need be, helping one another." We're here to help. In the Central African Republic, one of the poorest countries in the world, and the home of one of our partner organisations, there is a need. For almost three years we have been closely connected with the Interreligious Platform in the capital Bangui. In an admirably courageous way Protestants, Catholics and Muslims work together to put an end to the fighting in their country.
Life in the South African country has been dominated for decades by political crises and violence. For some years now, the parties to the conflict have also been trying to incite Muslims and Christians living together peacefully against each other. The clergy of the platform received the Aachen Peace Prize in 2015 for their untiring commitment across religious borders.
Immediate help
But we also want to provide immediate help. On the occasion of the Muslim Kurban Festival, Jews, Christians and Muslims have joined forces in Germany to help people in need in the Central African Republic. According to the UN, every second of the 4.6 million inhabitants is dependent on humanitarian aid, a third of the population does not have enough food available.
We want to help these people!
In cooperation with the aid organisation "Time to Help" in Germany and together with the "Duha Association", which has been cooperating with the Interreligious Platform in Bangui for a long time, we collect donations. On the occasion of the Kurban Festival, we will distribute food and presents to people in need, regardless of their religion, under the auspices of the platform.
Support this campaign until 19 August with a donation or a cure!
A cure is a donation for the needy, to which Muslims are called every year on the occasion of the Feast of Sacrifice. With such a gift or a donation you can take responsibility and help not only as a Muslim, but also as a member of any other religion or as a person without religious affiliation.
With your donations you help people in Central Africa and at the same time strengthen the idea of interreligious understanding in our one world house.
A delegation from the House of One will hand over the relief supplies to local partners of the Interreligious Platform in the Central African Republic. The relief action is an initiative of House of One, Duha Association, Time to Help e.V. and the Interreligious Peace Platform PCRC (Plateforme des Confessions Religieuses de Centrafrique).
1. 120 € per cure
2. a donation for a vegetarian aid package is € 30
We ask you to donate your Kurban or relief goods to the following account by 19 August 2018:
Time to Help registered association.
IBAN: EN18 5502 0500 0008 6379 00
Purpose: #HouseofOneSolidarity
Contact:
Celal Findik (Member of the Board of Trustees of the House of One)
celal.findik@house-of-one.org
At the end of August, a travel report will inform about the impressions and the distribution of the food in words and pictures.
Thank you very much for your support!