The costs of the conflict has reached 400 billion pounds. The Christian body has distributed thousands of food baskets and diapers to displaced people from the rebel enclave on the outskirts of Damascus. The stories of suffering and deprivation of women, men and children. The need to rebuild bridges between people to ensure a future for the country.

The seven years of war in Syria have caused damage and devastation to the tune of nearly 388 billion dollars, according to UN experts. They were speaking at the end of a two-day meeting in Lebanon that brought together over 50 Syrian and international experts. The figure does not include "human losses resulting from death or loss of skills and skilled workers".

Caritas Syria has recently distributed 1,480 food baskets to displaced families in eastern Ghouta, an area on the outskirts of Damascus that was long controlled by rebels fighting against President Bashar Assad. Christian activists have delivered a thousand baskets of fruit and vegetables and 600 packages containing diapers to a population in extreme need. Married mother of two, Sandra Awad, is head of Communication for Caritas Syria.

Together with a group of colleagues she crossed the threshold of the reception center and gathered the desperate testimonies of men, women and children. A young malnourished mother in her eighth month of pregnancy and facing a risky birth, a man who struggles to provide some food for his children, a boy who has lost his parents and lives pervaded by anger. A common drama that does not erase the hope - and the desire - for a future of peace and coexistence for the country.