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For the first time, however, a recent shipment of 1,125 chairs to the Al Hussein Society in Amman, Jordan, included 300 highly specialized pediatric supportive chairs to bless the lives of disabled children.","meta": "13 June 2024", "link": { "linkUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/latter-day-saints-pediatric-wheelchairs-to-jordanian-children"} ,"image": { "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/orig/latter-day-saints-wheelchairs-amman-jordan-1.jpeg","renditions": [{ "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/380x285/latter-day-saints-wheelchairs-amman-jordan-1.jpeg","height": 285,"width": 380}, { "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/285x285/latter-day-saints-wheelchairs-amman-jordan-1.jpeg","height": 285,"width": 285}]} },{"title": "Interfaith Leaders Build Bridges of Cooperation and Religious Harmony in Indonesia","pretitle": "","description": "On May 30, 2024, two global faith leaders – Andrea Muñoz Spannaus, second counselor of the Young Women General Presidency for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Prof. Dr. KH. 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Participants, aged 18 to 33, included Young Single Adult members of the Church and other Christians coming from Jordan, Iraq and Lebanon with nationalities from all over the world.","meta": "27 May 2024", "link": { "linkUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/young-single-adults-gather-in-jordan-for-a-conference"} ,"image": { "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/orig/Latter-day-Saints-Middle-East-Young-Adults-Jordan-1-upd.jpg","renditions": [{ "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/380x285/Latter-day-Saints-Middle-East-Young-Adults-Jordan-1-upd.jpg","height": 285,"width": 380}, { "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/285x285/Latter-day-Saints-Middle-East-Young-Adults-Jordan-1-upd.jpg","height": 285,"width": 285}]} },{"title": "Church Leader Emphasizes Sacred Role of the Family During Interfaith Conference in Qatar","pretitle": "News Release","description": "“Family is the core of everything. 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The organization, in turn, will donate the milk to refugees and other people in need in an effort to help them become financially independent.","meta": "19 May 2024", "link": { "linkUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/shepherding-hope-in-jordan"} ,"image": { "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/orig/Latter-day-Saints-Al-Jahuth-Sheep-Jordan2.jpg","renditions": [{ "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/380x285/Latter-day-Saints-Al-Jahuth-Sheep-Jordan2.jpg","height": 285,"width": 380}, { "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/285x285/Latter-day-Saints-Al-Jahuth-Sheep-Jordan2.jpg","height": 285,"width": 285}]} },{"title": "Church Leader Meets with Bahraini Officials to Strengthen Interfaith Dialogue","pretitle": "News Release","description": "In the heart of Bahrain, a nation celebrated for its religious landscape of Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and various Christian communities, the commitment to peaceful coexistence and human fraternity has long been a fabric of society. Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been coming to work and live in the Kingdom of Bahrain for over 50 years and have enjoyed the privilege of gathering and worshiping in Manama.","meta": "16 May 2024", "link": { "linkUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-leader-meets-with-bahraini-officials-to-strengthen-interfaith-dialogue"} ,"image": { "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/orig/7f7bb0a9-f3f2-4474-8bca-ea73fca67cd0.jpg","renditions": [{ "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/380x285/7f7bb0a9-f3f2-4474-8bca-ea73fca67cd0.jpg","height": 285,"width": 380}, { "distributionUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/285x285/7f7bb0a9-f3f2-4474-8bca-ea73fca67cd0.jpg","height": 285,"width": 285}]} },{"title": "Mothers in Pakistan and Yemen Find Hope in the Fight Against Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus","pretitle": "Featured Story","description": "The Church supports UNICEF’s efforts to eliminate deadly maternal and neonatal tetanus in Africa and the Middle East","meta": "14 May 2024", "link": { "linkUrl": "//news-middleeast.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/pakistan-yemen-maternal-and-neonatal-tetanus"} ,"image": { "distributionUrl": "//newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/orig/pakistan-yemen-neonatal-tetanus-1.jpg","renditions": [{ "distributionUrl": "//newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/380x285/pakistan-yemen-neonatal-tetanus-1.jpg","height": 285,"width": 380}, { "distributionUrl": "//newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/285x285/pakistan-yemen-neonatal-tetanus-1.jpg","height": 285,"width": 285}]} },{"title": "How the Church of Jesus Christ Is Helping Displaced Women and Children in Chad, Ethiopia and South Sudan","pretitle": "","description": "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is giving US$6 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help nearly 85,000 refugees in Chad, Ethiopia and South Sudan.","meta": "25 April 2024", "link": { "linkUrl": "//newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/church-of-jesus-christ-women-children-chad-ethiopia-south-sudan"} ,"image": { "distributionUrl": "//newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/orig/Chad-Refugees-2-copy.jpg","renditions": [{ "distributionUrl": "//newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/380x285/Chad-Refugees-2-copy.jpg","height": 285,"width": 380}, { "distributionUrl": "//newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/285x285/Chad-Refugees-2-copy.jpg","height": 285,"width": 285}]} },{"title": "Apostle Extends Eid al-Fitr Greeting to Muslims around the World","pretitle": "","description": "Elder Neil L. 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