Hygiene training for schoolchildren in Lebanon

Quality education begins where children feel safe and are provided with basic hygiene needs. As part of our joint project to improve the school environment, our partner ADRA Lebanon has implemented a series of hygiene trainings in the regions of Bikaa and Baalbek/Hermel in the east of the country. 1,131 pupils (Lebanese [...]

Repairing schools in Lebanon

Saving schools in Lebanon: Why do children need working toilets and solar panels? Lebanon is in a deep crisis that has plunged more than 80 % of the population into poverty. Public schools in the vulnerable areas of Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel are overcrowded, neglected and often in a state of disrepair. Doors are missing, roofs leak, and particularly non-functioning and separated toilets threaten [...].

Aid for children in Beirut

Our partners at ADRA Lebanon handed over 160 school bags filled with school supplies, water bottles and hygiene items directly to children in schools in Beirut. This aid was part of the humanitarian shipment of the Slovak Republic, which we implemented in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic and the Embassy in Beirut. [...]

Collection for Lebanon and Syria

We are launching a public collection to help people affected by the war in the Middle East. As a result of the daily bombing and escalating violence in Lebanon, over 1 million people are on the run, a third of them children. Many schools and universities have been closed to serve as temporary shelters, but thousands are still sleeping on the streets, traumatised and uncertain of what [...]

Safe water for families in Lebanon

The unavailability of safe drinking water in Lebanon poses a challenge not only for Syrian refugee families, but also for the local Lebanese community. Many households are forced to use water stored in ponds, tanks or reservoirs that are unsafe and lead to various health problems such as cholera, hepatitis A and scabies. The distribution of 1,082 plastic [...]

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