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November 2, 2022

Quarterly highlights – Q3 2022

 
October 20, 2022

A part of us died last winter

MEET KHADIJA Khadija standing outside the tent where she lives in the Bekaa valley Before the war, life was normal and easy. There was safety and we didn’t need anything. We lived in our own houses and didn’t have to […]
September 9, 2022

Bringing much needed joy and beauty to life

MEET JANA Jana and her musical therapist at our partner Child Friendly Space in Homs My family and I live in a crowded neighborhood in Homs, which was subjected to many painful events during the war. This led to a […]
July 29, 2022

Finally able to catch my breath

MEET OMAYA Omaya and her two children with MERATH’s church partner My name is Omaya and I am from Egypt. My mother is Lebanese and my father is Egyptian. I was born in Egypt and when I was 3 months […]
July 15, 2022

The Lord will provide

MEET ABISSA Abissa and her youngest son drinking milk We are from Afrin, Syria. The war broke out and everything around us got destroyed so we had to leave our home. We have been living in Lebanon since 2018 with […]
April 29, 2022

Behave, or you won’t go to school!

MEET WAFAA Wafaa and her youngest daughter Dounia in front of the church’s education center My name is Wafaa and I am from Syria. We emigrated because of the war and we have been in Lebanon for 10 years now. […]
April 20, 2022

Regaining our value as human being

MEET KHALED Khaled and his family in front of their tent in Syria, greeting the church’s representative visiting them. My name is Khaled and my wife and I have eight children. Before the conflict, my family and I were considered […]
February 25, 2022

Whatever comes from God is good

MEET NAJWA Najwa and her son Samir at the Little friendly space he is enrolled in My name is Najwa, I have 7 children. I am from Aleppo. We fled the suffering and the war and came to Lebanon since […]
January 14, 2022

Knowing that my work will help someone

MEET LEILA Leila preparing canned food to be distributed to vulnerable families in her neighborhood When armed forces entered our area in Syria and began raiding homes, burning places, arresting and killing people indiscriminately, we fled with one bag for […]
December 15, 2021

We feel like we are renovating our house ourselves

MEET HAMID The lack of proper accommodation remains an obstacle for many Syrians who are considering moving back to where they lived before the beginning of the war. In the past 5 years and in collaboration with FMEEC, we have […]