Mewnfudwyr Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol

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-Today, we look at attitudes

-towards refugees in a Welsh context.

-Welcome

-to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.

-# Soli Deo gloria

-# Soli Deo gloria

-# Soli Deo gloria #

-On this programme, we'll meet

-a group from North Wales...

-..that's founded an organization

-to help refugees.

-We'll speak to two who are active

-in the area and beyond.

-500 people joined the small group

-we started overnight.

-By the end of the month,

-that group had over 1,000 members.

-They are no different to us.

-There's nothing left for them there.

-We'll have a performance by Al Lewis

-at one of Wales's iconic chapels.

-Seeing the dawn break

-over the hills of Ceredigion...

-..inspired Watcyn Wyn

-to write this hymn...

-.."Rwy'n gweld o bell y dydd yn dod

-bydd pob cyfandir is y rhod...

-"..yn eiddo Iesu mawr."

-The singing comes from Gwalchmai

-on Anglesey.

-After seeing the horrors

-of the Syria crisis on the news...

-..a group of people in North Wales

-came together to help refugees.

-We went to Blaenau Ffestiniog

-to meet them.

-My name is Sara. I'm a curate in Bro

-Enlli within the Church in Wales.

-I work from Pwllheli

-down to Aberdaron.

-We're in

-the Church of All Saints of Wales.

-This is where we pack, sort and load

-goods that are sent to refugees...

-..in far-flung countries

-like Syria, Lebanon and Greece...

-..and to Calais in France.

-This is the HQ

-of the CEFN organization.

-CEFN was founded over two years ago.

-I'm sure everyone remembers the

-little boy found on the seashore.

-That motivated us

-as a small group of friends...

-..to do something about it.

-We wondered what we could do.

-We decided to send goods to France.

-We sent out a request.

-500 people joined the small group

-we started overnight.

-By the end of the month,

-that group had over 1,000 members.

-We've been a part of a network

-across the north of England...

-..and across Wales that's

-working together to load goods...

-..that are sent out

-in large containers...

-..to countries

-where people are living...

-..having fled war, oppression

-or violence.

-We work with anyone

-who are willing to help the cause.

-It's heartening.

-Though your heart sinks as you hear

-about the most terrible things...

-..and as you see them too

-when we go out there...

-..we come back and we work together.

-We work in a beautiful place

-with icons looking after us.

-We learn over and over that

-there is good still in this world.

-The request to use this building

-came unexpectedly.

-Christians should be the ones

-with the most sympathy for refugees.

-The request may have come...

-..because people know that

-the orthodox church has open space.

-It's easy to do the work

-within this space.

-The Gospel is clear...

-..that Jesus Christ and his family

-were refugees themselves.

-So, Christians should have

-the most sympathy for refugees.

-It should be a part

-of their spiritual lives.

-Donations are coming

-to the house of God.

-I hope

-that the donations are blessed...

-..and those who receive them

-are blessed in turn.

-Our performance takes place

-in Cefn Cymerau near Harlech.

-Capel Salem is located there...

-..which was immortalized

-in Curnow Vosper's famous painting.

-That painting

-has hung in many Welsh homes.

-Endaf Emlyn recorded an LP

-based on the painting.

-One of the great songs from that LP

-is going to be sung by Al Lewis.

-Here's Salem Yn Y Wlad.

-# I return to the painting

-# That echoes old prayers

-# From the beginning

-of the century

-# Salem

-# Over in Meirionnydd

-# From the meadows of Cefn Cymerau

-# Voices from the past

-# Salem

-# The magic of the mind

-# Takes us into the scene

-# To meet the old faithful

-# Salem

-# Sian from Ty'n-y-fawnog

-# Owen Sion from Garleg Goch

-# Robert from Cae'r Meddyg

-# And Laura

-# We go to Salem

-# Salem in the country

-# We go to sing the old hymns

-# We go back to my father's house

-# We go to Salem in the country

-# We go to Salem in the country

-# The river Artro flows to the sea

-# The age of man is like its waters

-# We return to the source

-# Salem

-# The river is our life

-# The mill wheel turns

-once in a while

-# Boulders come to break us

-# Salem

-# The plains come

-# To slow down the river flow

-# We hear the waves crashing

-# On the shores

-# Every river runs its course

-# But the water flows into the sea

-# Just like our souls to Jerusalem

-# We go to Salem

-# Salem in the country

-# We go to sing the old hymns

-# We go back to my father's house

-# We go to Salem in the country

-# We go to Salem in the country

-# Salem

-# Salem

-# Salem in the country

-# Salem

-# Salem

-# Salem in the country

-# Salem

-# Salem

-# Salem in the country #

-We return to Blaenau Ffestiniog

-to share the experiences...

-..of one of the group

-who went to volunteer in Greece.

-My name is Caron Dukes

-from Blaenau Ffestiniog.

-I started with CEFN

-soon after it started.

-Three women

-had had a rant on Facebook.

-After that, lots of goods

-had arrived at the church.

-I'd never volunteered before.

-I saw all these people getting off

-the boats. Mothers and children.

-Mothers who'd lost children too...

-..in Syria and on buses

-on the way over from Turkey.

-What I saw...

-..was chaos, in a word.

-I expected to be collecting clothing

-like I'd done here.

-But the demand was so high.

-I was inside the actual centre

-where the police were...

-..helping to give out

-food, clothes and shoes.

-At one stage,

-the weather was so awful...

-..there was nowhere

-for people to go.

-Just a hut with a countless number

-of people including little babies.

-I boiled kettles for them.

-Volunteers had to feed them.

-A child had turned up

-with one of the charities...

-..Habitat for Humanity...

-..wearing a carrier bag for a nappy

-with sores all over.

-I spoke to one woman

-who had come from Aleppo.

-Her son had been killed by a bomb.

-The electric wire had hit him

-and he'd been electrocuted.

-She was travelling with a boy.

-I took it that he was her son.

-But he wasn't her son.

-He'd been travelling alone...

-..and she took him under her wing

-and looked after him.

-They lost their children not only

-in the war but on the journey...

-..and then on the boats.

-I witnessed a lot. It's changed

-my life and my attitude.

-When people say they can't come here

-and there's no room for them...

-..how would they feel if they lived

-in a city that had been destroyed...

-..and their families destroyed?

-They are no different to us.

-They have a life.

-There's nothing left for them there.

-"Each man alive is knit

-within God's secret net

-"The full web's unity

-o I, and Thou, and He

-"I, Thou, as one

-despite the world's fractions

-"His world He unites."

-The task

-in the hymn-writing competition...

-..at the Pontypool

-National Eisteddfod in 1924...

-..was to write a Welsh hymn suitable

-for League of Nations meetings.

-The author of one of the hymns which

-came joint first was D Tecwyn Evans.

-"Duw a thad yr holl genhedloedd,

-o sancteiddier d'enw mawr"

-Thank you for joining us.

-I hope you'll join us next time.

-Until then, goodbye.

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