September 25, 2024
June 21, 2023
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
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
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 […]
April 15, 2021
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
March 15, 2021
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
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 […]
January 11, 2021
MEET PASTOR NEHAD When my wife and I saw in the news that a refugee settlement in North Lebanon had been set on fire by Lebanese youth[1], it just broke our hearts. We have been living in Lebanon for a […]