It's Your Community - April 3, 2016

Apr 03, 2016, 10:00 AM

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Vanessa interviewed, Rafed Yaldo, owner of JohnPaul Homecare, about a new documentary that focuses on displaced Christians in Iraq. The film, called MARKED: The Untold Story of the Iraqi Christians, sheds light on how Iraqi people are been forced from their homeland and being persecuted for the faith. They talked about what Rafed experienced in his three trips to Iraq and how www.iraq.org was set up to help the Christians inside Iraq. Rafed's company, JohnPaul Homecare, is the official sponsor of the documentary. Rafed was also instrumental in the making of the film as he was one of the guests interviewed. They also discussed the footage he help secure for the documentary and the very difficult conditions in which many Iraqi Christians live in as a result of being driven from their homes. MARKED: The Untold Story of the Iraqi Christians will be shown locally on Wednesday, March 23rd before airing at theaters around the country. Rafed is also the co-founder of www.helpiraq.org. For more information on the documentary, log on to www.martomaproductions.com/marked.