April 1, 2026
MEET CAROL When the war started on March 2, I was in shock at first. I did not expect this to happen. I wondered “Why is this happening again?”. I started receiving phone calls as soon as the first airstrike […]
Meet some of the inspiring people who work with to provide unconditional, life transforming, assistance to people in great need.
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 15, 2025
MEET PASTOR BASSEM Our church is located in an area that was affected by the recent renewed violence. Some people wanted by the internal security forces were residing in nearby villages, and clashes happened during the search operations. Between 14 […]
September 24, 2024
MEET CLAUDETTE I am Claudette from the Brethren Church in Lebanon. I serve people in need in our community, in collaboration with MERATH and other Christian NGOs. I have been working with MERATH for years, and it is beautiful how […]
September 12, 2024
MEET REVEREND FOUAD In general, the economic situation in Syria is terrible. It is also the case in our region, where agriculture and oil are the main activities. Most people are struggling to make ends meet and are in a […]
February 19, 2024
MEET REVEREND MAAN In Syria, the situation was already terrible before the earthquake but got even worse after it. We had already been helping vulnerable people for years so we were quick to respond to this new catastrophe. We went […]
February 2, 2024
MEET PASTOR ABDALLAH During the war, Aleppo suffered a great deal. It was besieged and a huge part of the city was completely destroyed. At the time of the earthquake, people who had long been displaced were starting to come […]
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 […]
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 […]
May 6, 2023
MEET NOUR Badee (left) and Nour (right) are in charge of the relief projects of their church in Tartous, Syria My name is Nour and I help Badee, who leads our church in Tartous, with the relief projects of the […]