{"id":2291,"date":"2017-10-02T10:46:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-02T02:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rotary3460a.org.tw\/wordpress\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2017-10-02T10:46:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T02:46:02","slug":"8000-kilometers-to-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rotary3460a.org.tw\/wordpress\/archives\/2291","title":{"rendered":"8,000 kilometers to peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rotary members in a small town of Nova Scotia, Canada, took action to bring two families from war-torn Syria to their country, where the refugees are starting a new life.<\/a><\/span>
\nBy Ryan Hyland Produced by Andrew Chudzinski<\/p>\n

This explosion was close \u2013 much closer than the others that had rattled the village on the outskirts of Homs, Syria, where Sultanah Alchehade lived with her four young children. This one hit the school next door, blasting out one of the walls of their house.<\/p>\n

Alchehade grabbed the children and ran into the night and the choking smoke and dust. A neighbor helped her carry her three-year-old twin boys, Mounzer and Kaiss; another drove the pickup truck they all clambered into. Over the next several days, as bombs continued to fall, the family \u2013 including daughters Kawthar, age six, and Roukia, a baby \u2013 took refuge in a nearby forest, sleeping under the trees as Sultanah tried to figure out their next move.<\/p>\n

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