June 27, 2022
Visiting the Algasem family again more than four years after we initially met them left us with mixed feelings. As happy as we were to see this beautiful family again, we also felt sadness and discouragement as they were explaining […]
April 29, 2022
MEET WAFAA Wafaa and her youngest daughter Dounia in front of the church’s education center My name is Wafaa and I am from Syria. We emigrated because of the war and we have been in Lebanon for 10 years now. […]
February 25, 2022
MEET NAJWA Najwa and her son Samir at the Little friendly space he is enrolled in My name is Najwa, I have 7 children. I am from Aleppo. We fled the suffering and the war and came to Lebanon since […]
October 8, 2021
MEET IMANE Imane and her four children outside their appartment We are from the countryside of Aleppo, Syria, but we fled seven years ago, ever since ISIS came to our area. ISIS used to cut off heads in public. They […]
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 […]
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 […]
March 12, 2021
MEET RABIH My name is Rabih, I am from Aleppo in Syria. My family and I have been living as refugees in Lebanon for years. Living here is very difficult. I struggle to secure rent and to buy food and […]
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 […]