Churches million for Syria

utrecht - Kerk in Actie has collected in one week more than 1 million to help the churches in the Middle East. That the aid organization of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PKN) announced Friday. The money is intended for assistance to refugees through churches in Syria and Lebanon. Providing food packages and shelter.

Action Week Coordinator Evert Jan Hazeleger speaks of ' a fantastic amount. \'Hazeleger calls it incomprehensible that the government millions of euros cuts in emergency funds and says Church in Action therefore has picked up the gauntlet.