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September 17, 2026

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Building bridges of love and trust with a hurting community

MEET PASTOR PHILEMON “I currently serve as the pastor of a Baptist church in Khartoum and as president of the Evangelical Baptist Churches Alliance in Sudan. Believing in the importance of leadership development and discipleship, I recently founded a ministry […]

September 25, 2024

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Quarterly highlights – Q3 2024

June 21, 2023

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“Don’t worry, it is just an earthquake”

MEET HUSSEIN Illustrative picture © Lisanne van der Schors for Medair My name is Hussein and I am from the Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria. I have three sisters and two brothers, most of them married and living with their […]

May 6, 2023

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There is deep and lasting joy in giving

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 […]

July 12, 2021

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Quarterly highlights – Q2 2021

July 8, 2021

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Where does our help come from?

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 […]

April 15, 2021

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Are there really people like this in the world?

MEET CHEIKHA My name is Cheikha. I am Lebanese and I have four grown-up sons whom I raised as a single mother. My son Charbel suffers from autism and despite being 30 years-old now, he is still in a […]

March 19, 2021

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Quarterly highlights – Q1 2021

March 15, 2021

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The light shines in the darkness

It is hard to believe that the ongoing Syrian civil war started 10 years ago. This is an anniversary we all wish we did not have to commemorate. As the situation for families affected by the war keeps on getting […]

February 5, 2021

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Winter warmth

After a relatively warm December, winter hit Lebanon and Syria hard in January and is expected to continue bringing heavy rains, hailstorms, and snow at higher altitudes. As many vulnerable families in both countries lack indoor heating, we are thankful […]