Hiba Jaber, Gender and Protection Manager for CARE International in Lebanon describes the experience of providing crisis response while living through the crisis yourself.
“I couldn’t sleep all night, staying awake with my two sons as the airstrikes shook our home. This morning, alongside my colleagues, I am preparing the distribution of meals, soap, shampoo, water, mattresses, and other essential items for children who are forced to sleep on the sidewalks with their mothers and fathers. Their fear, their uncertainty, their needs, it drives me to do everything I can. No child should have to face this, and no family should face this alone.”