July 25, 2023
In response to the brutal worsening of the economic situation in Lebanon, which led to massive unemployment and food insecurity, MERATH initiated in 2021 sustainable agriculture projects through three local partner churches in Lebanon. The goal was to provide much […]
July 24, 2023
MEET BAHAA My name is Bahaa and I am in charge of overseeing the sustainable agriculture project our church is working on with MERATH. Prior to that, we had already been working with MEARTH on winter distributions, which helped us […]
July 12, 2023
This month, around 1,600 children successfully finished the school year in the 8 learning centers we support in Lebanon. We believe the impact of the education centers in the children’ lives and communities will help them be less vulnerable through […]
July 7, 2023
MEET VIVIENNE The pediatrician at our partner health center who takes care of Vivienne’s sons. My name is Viviane and I have two sons, Hamid who is three years and two months old, and Nadim who is one year and […]
July 5, 2023
MEET MAHA Maha practicing her newly acquired sewing skills. I am Maha and I am from Raqaa in Syria. Because of the war, my husband fled first to Lebanon, to prepare for our arrival. I later joined him with our […]
July 3, 2023
MEET JANA Jana (right) and her siblings and mother at the education center’s 2022-2023 graduation My name is Jana and I am 14 years old. I have 2 older brothers and 4 younger siblings (10, 8, 2, and 1 year […]
May 15, 2023
MEET RAJA Raja giving an Arabic lesson to his students in MERATH’s partner education center in the Beqaa valley. My name is Raja and I am myself a Syrian refugee in Lebanon. I was a teacher in Syria for five […]
October 8, 2021
After two years of learning being disrupted by COVID-19 lockdowns and the multiple crises Lebanon is facing, about 1,600 out-of-school children have gone back to study in person in the eight learning centers we support in the country. Despite the […]