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Total raised to date = £207,538
Total spent to date = £184,700
Cedar Home, Beirut - £35,680:
The Cedar Home provides a home for 30 girls who have lost at least one
parent.
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£2,680 provided emergency relief during the
crisis.
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£7,000 has provided humanitarian aid to help 20 families who have
lost their jobs as a result of the war in Lebanon. It will provide
food parcels and help pay for school fees.
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£3,000 will help cover the shortfall in donations to the Cedar Home,
caused by the war’s effect on Lebanon’s economy. It will buy
equipment such as schools bags, books, stationary and uniforms.
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£23,000 will buy a 30-seater bus urgently needed to replace a
broken-down vehicle.
The Al Kafa'at Foundation, Beirut - £65,000:
The Foundation cares for 4,500 people with varying disabilities.
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£15,000 provided emergency relief during the crisis.
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£50,000 will provide running costs for a new School of Adult
Education for one year.
This programme will provide 200 unemployed adults with training.
Already planned before the war in Lebanon, it will now meet an ever
greater need of those who have lost their jobs as a result. The Al
Kafa'at Foundation is relying solely on donations to implement this
programme.
JL Schneller School, Bekaa Valley - £12,500:
The School provides an education for over 300 children and boarding
facilities for around 200 children in the Bekaa Valley.
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£10,000 provided emergency relief during the crisis.
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£2,500 will provide basic necessities for students from very
deprived backgrounds whose needs are much greater as a result of the
war.
Beit-el-Nour, Beirut - £21,300:
This Centre offers care to deprived teenagers in Beirut.
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£5,000 provided emergency relief during the crisis.
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£16,300 will go towards the operating costs of various preventative
and rehabilitation programmes. Director of the project, Robert
Caracache writes:
“We keep being impressed by the spontaneous and generous response
of people abroad, following the tragic events that Lebanon went (and
still) is going through … in the name of the whole staff and
beneficiaries of Beit-el-Nour, we express to you … our deep
gratitude for your faithful support.”
Habitat for Humanity Lebanon - £26,420:
This organisation helps low-income families to build and rebuild
affordable housing for themselves.
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£26,420 will help up to 27 low-income families in Qana village to
repair their war-damaged homes. During the war, 140 houses in Qana
were either completely or partially demolished. These funds will
prioritise families who are either sheltering families whose homes
were totally destroyed, or who have vulnerable members (the elderly,
young children, or people with disabilities).
Dar el Awlad - £7,800:
This is a Christian Care Centre for children at risk.
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£7,800 will fund the first year of a literacy programme (equipment,
furnishings, a teacher and the rent for a classroom). In response to
growing needs among children following the war, Dar el Awlad has
opened a care programme for children at risk in Nabaa, a very poor
area of Beirut where there are a significant number of social and
economic problems.
The Union of the Armenian Evangelical Churches (UACNE),
Beirut - £10,000:
The Evangelical Swiss School,
Mejdelanjar - £6,000:
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