Dutch Jesuit In Syria

The Al Ard center, close to Syria's border with Lebanon, is an oasis for forty mentally-disadvantaged children and adults and their only chance for help – with enough places for only one-in-three in need.

The center provides specialized care otherwise unavailable in this rural part of the country. The land is rich but the people poor.

Two decades ago, a Dutch Jesuit priest Frans Van der Lugt and a Syrian industrialist joined forces to help – and Al Ard, or The Land, was born.

Link (here) with video