Rich Stearns, head of World Vision, the evangelical relief and development group, says Christians should follow a model pioneered by Chaldean churches in Iraq's Kurdistan region in which displaced people are treated as "guests" not refugees.
Recently returned from Lebanon and Iraq, Stearns said that Christians in Iraq's Kurdish north, Jordan, and Lebanon are becoming more innovative in responding to the needs of people displaced due to the brutal conflicts in Syria and Iraq.
STATE HOUSE — The union representing the state's 35,000 personal care attendants and the Baker administration have agreed to a three-year contract that will provide a 44-cent raise this summer and open a path to a $15 an hour minimum wage for PCAs by 2018, the union announced Monday.
The new contract finalizes an agreement reached last summer by Gov. Charlie Baker and 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East to get PCAs to an hourly wage floor of $15 by 2018.
