Stories
The story of Hanan, 14 years old, began a few years ago when her mother noticed in her daughter a slight bend in her back when she stood up. As Hanan grew, this curve soon increased significantly, accompanied by difficulties in walking and breathing.Read More...
Bisan Salim, 10 years old, is a beautiful girl from Gaza. She had hearing problems in both ears. Her mother said, “It was a shock for us when we realized our daughter’s problem. We discovered that three years after Bisan’s birth. She couldn’t speak at all.”Read More...
Several libraries in Palestine and Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon are becoming beacons for local community empowerment. These libraries are beneficiaries of the Libraries for Change project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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There are few things in the world as uplifting and as heartwarming as watching children break out of their shells, to become theRead More...
Jumana is a young girl in Gaza who, despite the challenges and hardships she’s been through, is full of hope, love and curiosity.Read More...
Being member of a big family, five members, in Burj Al Barajne, with her father as the only source of income, in 2010, Rana took the SAT out of her own initiative, studying for it, and passing with scores enabling her to get accepted into AUB.Read More...
This project aimed to improve the living conditions of the most marginalised families and their children in Jal El Baher gathering in south Lebanon through small grants.Read More...
The idea of the project is based on meeting the needs of those children and families who are undergoing difficult conditions. The preschool of Emelson Women Society works with 140 children aged between newly-born to six years.Read More...
In a first of its kind performance, 123 Palestinian refugee children from Jerusalem, Gaza, West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria sang together as part of one choir.Read More...
Through the Welfare Association’s support of the Amari Camp Women’s project’s training on sewing and embroidery, more than 40 women’s incomes have improved. The women can now work from home and generate an average of 150-200 USD a month.Read More...