September 7, 2026
MEET MIRA My parents, my brother, and I came to Lebanon shortly before the war in Syria started, and we settled here in the Beqaa valley. We went through many difficulties. I used to work, and I would come home […]
June 22, 2026
MEET FIRAS My name is Firas and I am from Aleppo, Syria. I have three children who attend the church’s education center: my daughters who are 14 and 10 years old, and my son who is 9. I also […]
June 3, 2026
For more than a decade, all that children in Syria knew were the sounds of bombings, displacement, loss, financial restraints, and ongoing crisis, leading to severe trauma and psychological needs. Amid these harsh realities, MERATH[1] has been supporting three child-friendly spaces (CFS) in Syria, helping […]
March 31, 2026
The escalation of conflict in Lebanon has severely disrupted education nationwide. MERATH-supported learning centers, serving around 1,200 children across multiple locations, have had to adapt quickly to maintain continuity of learning. Some centers have reopened with strict safety measures, allowing students to attend in-person classes. […]
February 2, 2026
MEET IBRAHIM Dounia is a speech therapist at one of our partner child friendly spaces in Syria, which welcome children with disabilities. In her dedication, she recently learned sign language to be able to serve children with hearing impairment. She […]
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2025
Recognizing the risks Within the last few years of crises in Lebanon, all types of gender-based violence (GBV) have been on the rise, and refugee women and girls are at disproportionate risk of suffering from it. Refugee girls and women […]
June 2, 2025
MEET KAMALA My name is Kamala and I am from Homs. Unfortunately, I barely knew my mother, as she left me when I was only two years old. My marriage was arranged by my uncles and stepmother at the time, […]
June 2, 2025
MEET HALA My name is Hala. I have been teaching adult literacy to Syrian refugee women for years. Some were really starting from scratch and didn’t even know the letters. Some others went to school in Syria for a few […]
May 5, 2025
MEET AMINA We lost our home very suddenly in the war, as a shell fell on it and turned it into a pile of debris. We came out from under the rubble, in complete shock. We walked for a long […]