Who we are
MERATH is a Christian NGO in Lebanon who comes alongside 50 local churches and faith-based organizations to help them implement relief and development projects for vulnerable individuals and families in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq.
Through relationship, the local Church unconditionally demonstrates God’s love within their communities, and the most vulnerable around them are holistically cared for and dignified.
IMPARTIALITY
We believe that God calls us to love and serve all, even our enemies. Thus, we seek to work unconditionally, for the benefit of the most vulnerable irrespective of colour, creed, gender or race, and without placing any obligations on our beneficiaries.
DIGNITY
We believe in the intrinsic worth of humanity as creatures created in the image of God. Thus, we seek to uphold human dignity through a holistic approach that prioritizes the emotional and spiritual needs of human beings as well as the material.
STEWARDSHIP
We believe that the skills and resources we have are gifts from God to be stewarded on behalf of humanity. Thus, we seek to empower local faith communities to invest their financial, spiritual, and social capital in the service of the vulnerable and oppressed.
For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
And I will bless and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.