Badee'ah, Mariam, little Aboudi, and young Rami have fled Syria. This time they will not risk their lives at sea thanks to the humanitarian corridors, which have been activated by the Community of Sant'Egidio, the Federation of Evangelical Churches in Italy, and the Waldensian Table with the Foreign and Interior Ministries. Hence, they will reach Italy legally and safely along with 100 other refugees.
Mariam (71 years old), who lived in the Hasake region, is an Assyrian Christian like the many individuals who fled that region of Syria to avoid being killed or kidnapped. She is left alone because all her relatives have emigrated. Only a distant grandson visits her from time to time.
Badee'ah (53 years old) is called "mom" because people look for her when they have problems in the Tel Abass camp. Having fled Homs, she and her relatives, precisely a total of seven families, found refuge in these precarious shacks in the north of Tripoli, which are located just a few kilometers away from the Syrian border. There she found the comfort of volunteers from the Pope John XXIII community before the good news of humanitarian corridors arrived one day. Since then, she has convinced everyone to wait for her departure to Rome, avoiding the journeys of despair in the Mediterranean that had already caused grief, including for those close to her.
Aboudi (4 years old) has already learned a few words of Italian. He plays on his crib next to a rudimentary stove that was set up in the center of the shack.
Rami (28 years old) is a Syrian refugee who is leaving Tel Abbas camp. He is headed to Rome with his son Aboudi.
