{"id":9807,"date":"2025-11-19T12:30:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T17:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/?page_id=9807"},"modified":"2025-12-15T17:14:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T22:14:38","slug":"2025christmas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/fr\/2025christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Christmas Appeal In-House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block_3cb4cd1a2abbd4d14474fce1d42a7c49\" class=\"background container--vertical background-color--0061AA bb-backgroundPalbeige page-width\">\r\n\t\t<!-- Image Error (Could not load $image) -->\t\t<div class=\"background__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n<h2 id=\"block_d7393b3418d2a105c545f659c2723bd0\" class=\"heading align-left text-color--0061AA .bb-dkblue page-width\">The Day Miray Walked Into a West Bank Village<\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\r\n<div id=\"block_f15130a142db2b7fdf8abd6d446c0992\" class=\"image page-width\">\r\n\t<div class=\"i72-image cover\" role=\"img\" title=\"Pic1 Student and Villagers\" aria-label=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pic1-Student-and-Villagers.png 3000w 3000h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pic1-Student-and-Villagers-300x225.png 300w 225h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pic1-Student-and-Villagers-768x576.png 768w 576h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pic1-Student-and-Villagers-1024x768.png 1024w 768h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pic1-Student-and-Villagers-1536x1152.png 1536w 1152h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pic1-Student-and-Villagers.png 1950w 1463h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pic1-Student-and-Villagers-16x12.png 16w 12h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pic1-Student-and-Villagers-150x113.png 150w 113h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pic1-Student-and-Villagers-1280x960.png 1280w 960h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Pic1-Student-and-Villagers.png 1950w 1463h\" data-original-width=\"1950\" data-original-height=\"1463\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\r\n<div id=\"block_2f931951247d5f88cdbf76f20043e891\" class=\"link-button align-center page-width\">\r\n\t<a class=\"button button-color--blue\" href=\"https:\/\/bufusa.donorsupport.co\/-\/XKLULSHB\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Link to: Donate to Support BUF Students at Christmas\">Donate to Support BUF Students at Christmas<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n\t<div id=\"block_a38d1447a998fc37e8ce0c132155b2d6\" class=\"row row--default container--horizontal row-break--4 background-color--none page-width vertical-align--top\">\r\n\t\t<!-- Image Error (Could not load $image) -->\t\t<div class=\"row__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n<div id=\"block_b1b37c2defc40c851a0560656e12b4da\" class=\"wysiwyg page-width\"><h3><span style=\"color: #002294\"><strong>The first time Miray Shahin walked into a small rural village in the West Bank, children ran toward her.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She wasn\u2019t expecting that\u2014their wide smiles, the way they grabbed her hands and pulled her forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She was there as part of her midwifery training at Bethlehem University, serving communities without access to hospitals. Learning how to help women give birth safely under complex political crises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"color: #002294\">And in that moment, something shifted.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"block_d1cf1ae089d9def9837447a0729cd82c\" class=\"wysiwyg page-width\"><h4><span style=\"color: #002294\"><b>A Calling, Not Just a Career<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miray is in her final year of midwifery training. Her father works far from home cutting stone in unstable conditions. But still, her family encouraged her to keep going.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThrough every interaction, I learned lessons that no textbook could ever teach me,\u201d she said. \u201cPatience, empathy, communication, and teamwork.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s about standing with women through every step of their journey,\u201d she wrote to a scholarship donor. \u201cI carry my family\u2019s hopes with me every day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\t<div id=\"block_a38d1447a998fc37e8ce0c132155b2d6\" class=\"row row--default container--horizontal row-break--4 background-color--none page-width vertical-align--top\">\r\n\t\t<!-- Image Error (Could not load $image) -->\t\t<div class=\"row__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n<div id=\"block_4994a040b3a9654f39a0b631e6e4c90f\" class=\"wysiwyg page-width\"><h4><span style=\"color: #002294\"><b>Training for the Unthinkable<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bethlehem University\u2019s midwifery program is one of only two in the West Bank that includes family household visits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Students go into villages. Into homes. Into places where women give birth without access to hospitals. While in Gaza women give birth in tents and rubble, in the West Bank 900 checkpoints limit movement and access.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Bethlehem, midwives are trained to manage out-of-hospital births. To assist women giving birth at home, in crisis, when things don\u2019t go as planned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Like 2,000 years ago, when a young mother in Bethlehem gave birth in a stable because there was no room in the inn.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"block_aef2b663c6de1a72e953f46a7f4aef4b\" class=\"wysiwyg page-width\"><h4><span style=\"color: #002294\"><b>The Midwives of Bethlehem<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Bethlehem University trains 35% of all midwifery students in the West Bank.<\/strong> BU-trained midwives are the main providers of antenatal care in UNRWA clinics\u2014serving Palestinian refugees and families with nowhere else to turn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These are young women like Miray, walking into villages, holding shaky hands, offering calm voices in chaos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #002294\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They don\u2019t just deliver babies\u2014they deliver hope.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\t<div id=\"block_e1d75e8e3f5a33e2f693dbda7f781f64\" class=\"background container--vertical background-color--none bb-hrdkblue page-width\">\r\n\t\t<!-- Image Error (Could not load $image) -->\t\t<div class=\"background__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n<div id=\"block_b59b020108ba29dec9d4cb9db71c0dc7\" class=\"wysiwyg page-width\"><h3><span style=\"color: #002294\"><b>This Christmas, Stand With Them<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your gift supports scholarships and faculty at Bethlehem University\u2014Palestine\u2019s future midwives, nurses, and healthcare workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s for young women like Miray\u2014who are <\/span><b>bringing new life into the world<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> when everything around them is unstable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It ensures women in the West Bank and Gaza don\u2019t have to give birth alone, without care, without dignity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here\u2019s what your gift provides:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$4,000 supports one midwifery student for a year<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$1,000 provides clinical training and equipment<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">$500 supports community health education and household visits<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Any amount makes a difference<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Bethlehem, young mothers still bring new life into the world against all odds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Light born here two thousand years ago still shines.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #002294\"><em><b>This Christmas, will you help carry it forward?<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the donation form, from the drop down menu, select one of the fours funds for your Christmas gift: the Midwifery Program, Saint Teresa of Calcutta Nursing Endowment, the Gaza Student Initiative, or the General Scholarship Fund.\u00a0 Then click &#8220;donate\u00a0 and support.&#8221; Thank you for your partnership to advance higher education for Palestinian young people this Christmas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n\r\n\t<div id=\"block_5b6920000cf272229e1bd46f7e331364\" class=\"split container--horizontal split-size--50 background-color--none page-width vertical-align--top\">\r\n\t\t<!-- Image Error (Could not load $image) -->\t\t<div class=\"split__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n<div id=\"block_2e36171ee0364f068e858660d4b8e815\" class=\"image page-width\">\r\n\t<div class=\"i72-image cover\" role=\"img\" title=\"Midwife2\" aria-label=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Midwife2.png 3000w 3000h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Midwife2-225x300.png 225w 300h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Midwife2.png 624w 832h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Midwife2.png 624w 832h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Midwife2.png 624w 832h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Midwife2.png 624w 832h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Midwife2-9x12.png 9w 12h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Midwife2-113x150.png 113w 150h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Midwife2.png 624w 832h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Midwife2.png 624w 832h\" data-original-width=\"624\" data-original-height=\"832\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<a href=\"#XSFVRDKR\" style=\"display: none\"><\/a>\n\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n\r\n\t<div id=\"block_68ecc7a7f8e1a4b8ace607c23e700b8f\" class=\"background container--vertical background-color--F5F6F7 bb-backgroundPalbeige page-width\">\r\n\t\t<!-- Image Error (Could not load $image) -->\t\t<div class=\"background__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n\r\n\t<div id=\"block_5b6920000cf272229e1bd46f7e331364\" class=\"split container--horizontal split-size--50 background-color--none page-width vertical-align--top\">\r\n\t\t<!-- Image Error (Could not load $image) -->\t\t<div class=\"split__inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\r\n<div id=\"block_966ccc1639aa997c1ce355fe53bc4b69\" class=\"wysiwyg page-width\"><h2>A Message from Bethlehem<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cThe angel said to them, \u2018Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord.\u2019\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n(Luke 2:10-11)<\/p>\n<p>The invitation not to fear is a challenging one amid the suffering our students and their families have endured over the past two desolate years of economic and emotional hardship. Yet, the good news of the Savior\u2019s birth in Bethlehem, the city of David, calls us to keep our lamps of faith, hope, peace, and solidarity with the most vulnerable burning bright.<\/p>\n<p>This Christmas, may those lamps shine through our generosity, so that every act of giving becomes a spark of hope for a student in need. Together, we can help them feel the transforming power of the Christ Child\u2019s presence among us\u2014a light that renews hearts and futures alike.<\/p>\n<p>Brother Hern\u00e1n Santos, FSC<br \/>\nVice Chancellor, Bethlehem University<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n<div id=\"block_b95ccf0132a9192e8fec098ba3473cae\" class=\"image page-width\">\r\n\t<div class=\"i72-image contain\" role=\"img\" title=\"Br HernanSantos_600px w x600 px h\" aria-label=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Br-HernanSantos_600px-w-x600-px-h-4.jpg 3000w 3000h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Br-HernanSantos_600px-w-x600-px-h-4-300x300.jpg 300w 300h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Br-HernanSantos_600px-w-x600-px-h-4.jpg 600w 600h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Br-HernanSantos_600px-w-x600-px-h-4.jpg 600w 600h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Br-HernanSantos_600px-w-x600-px-h-4.jpg 600w 600h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Br-HernanSantos_600px-w-x600-px-h-4.jpg 600w 600h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Br-HernanSantos_600px-w-x600-px-h-4-12x12.jpg 12w 12h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Br-HernanSantos_600px-w-x600-px-h-4-150x150.jpg 150w 150h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Br-HernanSantos_600px-w-x600-px-h-4.jpg 600w 600h,https:\/\/bufusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Br-HernanSantos_600px-w-x600-px-h-4.jpg 600w 600h\" data-original-width=\"600\" data-original-height=\"600\"><\/div><\/div>\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9807","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9807"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10147,"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9807\/revisions\/10147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufusa.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}