Rehabilitating homes, rebuilding lives

MERATH’s local church partners continue to rehabilitate homes in Syria, enabling needy families displaced by the conflict to live in their homes once more. By providing safe homes to live in and much needed work for local people, MERATH will enable vulnerable Syrian families, who have been through much hardship, to start rebuilding their lives and look to the future.

Syria has been torn apart by more than eight years of conflict, while fighting and population displacement continue in certain parts of the country. Millions have been displaced internally and outside the country and the number of those fleeing the war continues to rise.  Many neighborhoods have been destroyed by shelling and fighting, making it difficult for families to return even when local conflicts have subsided. On top of this, a law requiring homeowners to show the deeds to their homes as proof of ownership makes it difficult for individuals whose deeds may have been lost or destroyed to return home. They might just lose legal claim to their property and land.

Building on years of successful emergency response in the Middle East, MERATH’s local church partners in one prominent Syrian city continue to respond to the desperate need for improved housing. With support from MERATH, and in partnership with the Fellowship of Middle East Evangelical Churches (FMEEC), they are rehabilitating dwellings, enabling needy families to live in their homes once more. Beneficiary families are chosen with priority given to female-headed households, individuals with individuals with disabilities, and large families, using similar guidelines that MERATH and its partners already use for other relief activities.

Under this program, families are receiving material support to make their dwellings habitable once again. When possible, community members provide the labor to renovate the properties and are compensated for their efforts.

By providing safe homes to live in and much needed work for local community members, MERATH and its local church partners arel enabling vulnerable Syrian families, who have been through much pain and hardship, to start rebuilding their lives and look to the future.

Last updated on July 2, 2019

PLEASE PRAY

That this project to renovate homes in a Syrian city would be successful and meet its goals and can continue to be replicated in other parts of the country where there is a need

That fighting would stop everywhere in Syria and that appropriate conditions can be met so that Syrians who wish to can go back to their home villages, towns and cities

That very few properties and lands will be seized under existing property law

That the support for refugees in the Middle-East does not decrease due to the length of the crisis

That many churches in Syria can contribute to the rehabilitation of their communities and the reconciliation process, while continuing to respond to the huge basic needs of vulnerable populations in their midst.

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