Projects - ATS - Holy Land Association - in support of the Custody of the Holy Land

Israel - Palestinian Territories

Bridges for Peace
As a matter of fact, the Holy Land does not need walls, but bridges! Bridges for Peace is an educational project encouraging dialogue and peace. By promoting twinning between Italian and Holy Land schools, it aims to enable students to meet, find out about each others' lives and cultural background and become friends. www.pontiperlapace.it

Emergency in Bethlehem: support for the Christian minority
Your contribution to… help the Christian minority in collaboration with the Franciscan parish in its involvement in meeting the primary needs of the weakest sectors of the population, in particular the sick and the elderly, and that the young of Bethlehem can grow up healthy in a situation of huge family and social instability.

Magnificat Institute: Music in Jerusalem
Your contribution for … the support of the institute which promotes the study of music as education in beauty, in dialogue, and in peace. The institute has Christian, Jewish, and Muslim students.

Scholarships to Terra Sancta Schools - Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon
Your contribution to... education for the neediest children with family difficulties and learning disabilities.

Youth Employment - Bethlehem
Your contribution towards ... facilitating the opening up of employment opportunities for skilled and dedicated young people in the face of a high level of unemployment and consequent emigration.

Small-scale credit for artisans and small businesses – Bethlehem
Your contribution towards … a fund intended to create a network of small loans to support small businesses, entrepreneurial initiatives and restructuring in favour of young families.

Capernaum: the town of Jesus
Your contribution towards … sustaining the Christian memory and towards reviving the town where Jesus stayed and which was the scene of many of the gospel episodes so dear to Christians.

Ancient Magdala
Your contribution towards … the quest for the Christian sanctuary connected to the figure of Magdalen, in the town where she lived and where she met Jesus of Nazareth

Nazareth: The Basilica of the Annunciation complex
Your contribution towards … the removal of structural barriers and the maximisation of access possibilities and visitability of the Basilica

Syria

Youth Centers - Syria
Your contribution towards... maintaining and relaunching thirteen Franciscan youth centers intended to contribute to the defence of the Christian minority; the centers offer material assistance and a Christian education largely abesent from the country.