The family we are proposing to aid in December comprises the parents, Abd Almasih Habou, aged 80, and Samira Zakou, 74, as well as their son Elias, 40.

This month we are proposing to aid the church of Saint-Joseph near Damascus.

Mustafa Shahbo and Samar Al-Haj

Mustafa, born in 1990 and Samar, born in 2001, are the parents of two young children - Amal, 4, and Fahed, 1.

Hassan Andron and Samar Al-Essa

My name is Hassan Andron. My wife Salar Al-Essa and I have three children - Zain Al-Abidin, Yazan and Mayar.

Abri and Yousef have five children: the oldest, Zi Al-Nourine born in 2006, Lawrence born in 2008, Hala and Haya born in 2010 and the youngest, Mohamed Nur, born in 2017.

Mouhtaz Alkazem and his wife Reema Kougegame lived in Deir ez-Zor where they both worked as agronomy engineers.