In response to the violence and military action in Israel and Palestine, KAIROS issued a call to our network on August 8th for messages and prayers of solidarity and peace for our partners in the region and the communities they support.
Within only a few days we had received more than 60 responses from our network across Canada – urgent, heart-felt, hopeful and strong messages and prayers, which we compiled into a booklet and sent to our partners.
We also posted the messages on a 4x6 foot banner with a photo of a playground in Bethlehem, mounting the banner on a wall in the Toronto KAIROS office as a visible display of solidarity. The next time someone from KAIROS is in the region, we will give this banner to our partners.
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