Blog: Lebanon

Refugees in Lebanon

Refugees in Lebanon

Refugees in Lebanon

House of Sara's School

The school project has been launched, developed and adapted to provide the best education for our students since 2019. At the present moment, our school is following hybrid learning. Students are receiving their everyday classes online, taking their weekly worksheets from the school, and having their exams on campus while the country is still in lockdown.
 

Refugees in Lebanon

At the start of the year, there was a new lockdown in the country which led to the closure of our educational centre. The rest of the centre was receiving more refugees than could be accommodated.

Refugees in Lebanon

January was not an active month due to the lockdown in Lebanon. The situation is very bad. Twenty-one percent of the examinations are positive. On top of that, we had a strong snow storm. The camps were affected badly. Our medical and dental clinic are both still working. 

Refugees in Lebanon

Lebanon’s COVID-19 numbers are increasing insanely. We had a lockdown again for two weeks, but with some exceptions. GHNI’s team managed to benefit from this closure, preparing, decorating, and preparing some new tools for the classes. Children are always feeling at home at our centre. They always enjoy coming, learning, having fun, and doing more activities regardless of the situation we are all going through.  

Because of supporters like yourself, the initial fundraising goal of $30,000 has been exceeded! 

Since the August 4th explosion, GHNI has been able to send relief teams to Lebanon to distribute food packages and supply home repairs for explosion victims. The remainder of the disaster funds will go towards more home repairs and food distribution, as well as funding more trips to help relief in Lebanon.

Each team had the following objectives:

Refugees in Lebanon

Refugees in Lebanon

Maya* is one of our sewing course graduates. She is a Syrian refugee from Homs. She lost her parents in Syria during the war, and her brother lost his two legs fighting with the Syrian army. Finding herself lost and alone, Maya decided to move to Lebanon. She had a very hard time at the beginning, but later she married a man who became our carpenter teacher at the House of Sara. 

Refugees in Lebanon

Forty days have passed since one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in the history of the world devastated Beirut. As we watch the daily news, the scenes seem more like a Hollywood film than reality. Victims and casualties are everywhere, and yet the visible damage is just the tip of the iceberg.