[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19432]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING THE MULTIFAITH ALLIANCE FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES AND AFYA 
                               FOUNDATION

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 6, 2017

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize an important event in my 
district-sponsored by the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees and 
the Afya Foundation. Last week, these two organizations collected much-
needed supplies to benefit those who have suffered from the Syrian 
civil war.
  The Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees has a powerful story to 
tell. A coalition of over 90 organizations, it has facilitated a 
partnership between Israeli and Syrian organizations to help deliver 
critical humanitarian assistance, including food and medicine, to 
people inside Syria. Containers of donated assistance arrive at Israeli 
ports, where the Israeli Defense Forces transport the supplies to the 
Syrian border for distribution by Syrian organizations inside Syria.
  Joining the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees is the Afya 
Foundation, which has a record of collecting supplies for humanitarian 
crises all over the world.
  The event in Yonkers, New York will build upon similar events and 
campaigns which have raised over $66 million of life-saving assistance.
  I applaud the participants in Yonkers, the Multifaith Alliance for 
Syrian Refugees, the Afya Foundation and all those Americans who have 
made an effort to help those in desperate need in Syria. I recognize 
that the Syrian crisis will not be resolved by sending humanitarian 
assistance. For that, we will need a political solution. However, if we 
can help a family access food and medicine, help them realize that 
America has not forgotten them, then we can offer them hope for an end 
to the violence and war.

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