January 15, 2026
January 10, 2026
MEET HANNA My name is Hanna and I serve in the relief team of the church, here in the Beqaa valley. In partnership with MERATH, we serve vulnerable people, including many refugees who have been displaced from Syria. As a […]
June 30, 2025
June 30, 2025
Recognizing the risks Within the last few years of crises in Lebanon, all types of gender-based violence (GBV) have been on the rise, and refugee women and girls are at disproportionate risk of suffering from it. Refugee girls and women […]
June 2, 2025
MEET KAMALA My name is Kamala and I am from Homs. Unfortunately, I barely knew my mother, as she left me when I was only two years old. My marriage was arranged by my uncles and stepmother at the time, […]
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 […]
April 16, 2025
April 16, 2025
Easter feels different this year. For what seemed to last an eternity, the situation in Lebanon only went from bad to worse, plummeting with the war between Hezbollah and Israel. But the ceasefire and the nomination of a new President, […]
February 14, 2025
MEET LEILA Leila and two of her sons in their tent We are from Homs in Syria. I have six children, five boys and a girl. I was pregnant with my younger son Abdallah when my husband disappeared. He was a […]
January 15, 2025
MEET FATOUMA Lana at our partner education center after the ceasefire in Lebanon My name is Fatouma and my husband and I have a son (15) and four daughters (13, 10, 7, and 3). We have been in Lebanon for […]