March 21, 2019
MEET ROULA “I was living in a nice house with my husband, our newborn son, and two daughters. One day we were told that ISIS was coming to our neighborhood. I left the house immediately with my children. As we […]
March 8, 2019
In 2018-2019, Lebanon and Syria went through one of the harshest winters in many years as they were hit by intense storms, heavy rain, and snowfall leading to floods and freezing temperatures that severely affected numerous families living in makeshift […]
December 5, 2018
MEET PASTOR AMAL “When my wife and I started serving in our building, it wasn’t a church at all. We noticed the tension between the Syrian refugees and the Lebanese community here, and we perceived that the refugees were living […]
February 17, 2018
MEET HALA “My name is Hala. I am married and have two daughters, respectively 5 and 4 years-old. We left our village in the Aleppo countryside in Syria 10 months ago. Our house was destroyed. I was afraid for my […]
December 19, 2017
MEET FATHER ANDREAS “I am a priest in an orthodox church in the North West of Syria. We started working with FMEEC/MERATH (Middle East Revive and Thrive) three years ago, providing cash aid, winterization items (blankets and mattresses), then food […]
November 10, 2017
MEET NADA “When I started working at my church relief center in Syria, I was myself internally displaced from the old city of Homs. Due to my father being an American citizen, I had the opportunity to flee to […]
October 28, 2017
MEET NOUR “I remember I was sitting in the house during Ramadan and then suddenly shells started falling next in my neighbourhood. The people outside were yelling ‘if you don’t leave now we will kill you!’. I was sitting […]