We believe in the power of prayer. MERATH Prayer Focus is your opportunity to pray for our work in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Every quarter we focus on a different aspect you can support, providing you with information and prayer points so you can pray with insight, with your churches and communities.
April 6, 2022
This past month and a half were marked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq, we know too well what it is to experience war and care for refugees and internally displaced people, and our hearts […]
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 […]
July 8, 2021
Lebanon has been enduring a severe and prolonged economic depression, and it is hard to imagine that the situation could still get worse. Yet it does, every single day, and an even bigger storm is coming. In the midst of […]
August 18, 2020
We are supporting our church partners on the ground as they respond to some of the many needs identified after the Beirut explosion: food supplies, hygiene items, masks, and psychosocial support. We need all the help we can get as […]
July 1, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the education centers we support in Lebanon have been closed for the past three months. Thanks to the motivation and hard work of the educators, we have helped them implement distance learning, enabling about 1,200 […]
March 24, 2020
The coronavirus is now officially spreading in Lebanon, Iraq, and Syria, as well as in other countries in the Middle East. This comes on top of a harsh winter and unprecedented economic and financial crisis that have already severely impacted […]
March 6, 2020
The war in Syria is far from over: since early December, over one million people from the Syrian province of Idlib have been displaced and have nowhere to find refuge. Most of them are women and children. We ask our […]
December 18, 2019
A few weeks in the Advent season, most of us have started decorating our house and putting up our Christmas tree. Listening to our favorite Christmas songs playlist, we might already be “dreaming of a white Christmas”. But for refugees […]