Two nurses in the hall of the shelter, leading a youngster who lost his home in Ramleh; but for the shelter's care he would have lost his future as well
And old age, too, has its conversations at the shelter
The founder of the shelter, Mrs. Katinko George Siksek
It is a mighty humanitarian project, founded by Mrs. Katinko George Siksek of Jerusalem, at Beit Jala, a village near Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Those who take refuge in it are not confined to the Orthodox community, as its name might suggest; rather, this shelter is wide enough for every human being in need of
tenderness, with no difference between Muslim and Christian, or between one Christian and another.
The shelter houses within its walls some 48 persons, among them the old, the young, and the child... The old man, whose old age is threatened by melancholy, takes comfort in good company and kind treatment; the young man recovers his hope in the life that has robbed him of his strength, or his money, and finds in the people of the shelter kinsfolk and loving friends... and a small child — and what should the child find but the drop of milk, the precious morsel, and the love which the children of the Arab refugees go seeking in these days and find nowhere but in such great humanitarian institutions as these!?
As for the shelter's society, which manages its affairs, its offices are distributed as follows:—
Mrs. Katinko Siksek: secretary and founder Adele Rizk Sahla: treasurer
The members of the society, after the catastrophe, on the society's feast day at the home of Mrs. al-Yousef, one of the members; as for the rest of the members, though scattered through various countries, they are still working for the shelter