Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) TO ADVANCE PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY AMONGST DIVERSE COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING SUFFERING, POVERTY AND DISTRESS THROUGH PEACE-BUILDING AND RECONCILIATION.(2) TO SUPPORT CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THEIR MINISTRY.(3) TO DEMONSTRATE CHRISTIAN COMPASSION BY SUPPORTING VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS IN THE MIDDLE EAST WHO SUFFER BY REASON OF DISCRIMINATION, CONFLICT, NATURAL DISASTER OR POVERTY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF RELIEF, EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.(4) TO ENABLE PERSECUTED AND MARGINALISED MINORITIES TO BUILD STABLE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, INCLUDING THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACCESS TO EDUCATION, HEALTH, HOMES, WORK AND WORSHIP.(5) TO ADVANCE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, TO PARTICIPATE IN PEACE-BUILDING, PUBLIC LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT, WITH A FOCUS ON THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS, NEEDS, SECURITY AND WELLBEING.(6) TO PROMOTE FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND BELIEF IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND TO PROTECT CHRISTIANS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS MINORITIES FROM DISCRIMINATION OR PERSECUTION.(7) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ON ISSUES RELATING TO THE PLIGHT OF VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED MINORITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BY AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF THOSE GROUPS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.(8) TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RELIEF, IN PARTICULAR FOR REFUGEES AND INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE.TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER PURPOSES IDENTIFIED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE PRINCIPAL BENEFICIARIES, AS CRITICAL TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF VULNERABLE AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES, WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.