Dear Friends of Taw Meem Simkat,

This Blessed Holiday Season, we send our warmest wishes to you and your family for a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy, Happy and Prosperous New Year.   It is also time for us to think about Syrian Orthodox children in the Middle East whose lives have been devastated because of the violence and terrible economic conditions.

For many Syrian Orthodox families in that part of the world, it has become almost impossible for parents to properly care for and educate their children. In some of the worst cases, one or more parents are killed or injured, or separated from their children. Orphans in that part of the world have very little hope unless they can get help from a religious institution. These are the children we help with your donations.

Our Organization, since 1899, has been helping to support the schools and orphanages which educate and, sometimes, house these children. This early chance at an education makes such a difference in their lives, by giving them a foundation on which they can then build. We maintain close relationships with the schools and orphanages we send money to, and our own T.M.S. School in Beirut is fully staffed and operational.

During this past year, we sent contributions to the following;