What we do
Through local partners, MERATH implements relief and development projects for thousands of displaced and vulnerable families in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq in the fields of basic needs, education and child protection and livelihoods.
Our goal is of course to respond to the basic and urgent needs of the most vulnerable, but also to provide education and protection to out-of-school children and more generally to help families walk toward a sustainable and more hopeful future.
Meet some of our friends
Find out more about some of our beneficiaries touching stories!
Meet Hassan
These food vouchers really are our daily bread. Our life would be much harder without them. All in all, I thank God for the church and that I’m still alive to be there for my young kids...
Meet Faycal
It broke my heart to see my only son sad and desperate. Thanks to your help we stood on our feet again and the most important thing is that Fayçal will continue his study and live a normal childhood. Thank you for bringing the smile back to his precious face...
Meet Nour
We arrived in Lebanon in the beginning of winter and it was really cold. Our neighbors told us that there was a church helping Syrians. I decided to go and once I did, something touched my heart and I felt comfortable. They gave me help without any conditions and....
Meet Adnan
I was a 54 year old man working as a taxi driver in Syria, living with my wife Amena and our three children. On one tragic day, I lost my wife in a missile strike. Tarek, my second oldest boy, was also wounded and doctors had to amputate his right leg. After that...
Meet Sana
Seeing her smiling again and excited to go to the center gave us enormous hope and healed our grieving hearts. Our 10 year old can be a child again and has prospects of a better future!
Meet Mahmoud
When our children were able to enroll in the church learning center, it had been two years since they had attended any school at all. My wife and I were overwhelmed with joy and hope when our children could finally get an education again...
Meet Nawal
This child friendly space is the only place where he can breathe! And I feel comfortable knowing he is there. I trust that he is safe and protected there, and can play as much as he want. For the first time in this place I met people who...
Meet Samar
Through the church we receive monthly food assistance and my children are finally back in school. The education program at the church has helped them catch up on the four years they missed and has changed them a lot. They are now...
Meet Ahmad
The people in this center showed me that we are humans who deserve support and respect. They don’t just hand out money and send us away. They give us dignity.
Meet Hala
If it wasn’t for this income-generating sewing project I benefited from, my life would be so difficult. I am so blessed that this aid has come my way. I paid off all the relatives and neighbours that we had borrowed from and am debt free now, thank God!...
Meet Ghassan
I am deeply thankful for this new agriculture project. We did not dream something like this could happen. This project will help the entire community and gave us a new hope in the future. We had the land, the water, and the necessary expertise. All it needed was...
Meet Rima
One day at a parents/teachers meeting I was told about the hair dressing learning center. I have always been passionate about hair dressing, since I was a little kid, so I could not believe it at first. I did not hesitate one second! My husband is very supportive of the project and he...