Lebanon
Lebanon: When hard work is not enough
Taha and his family have moved in with his 67-year-old mother after he lost his job and could no longer afford to pay rent for his own home. He works two or three days a week as a taxi driver, but the cost to rent the car often exceeds the money he makes driving it.
Read MoreFarming in Lebanon: “This isn’t a country of dreams”
This isn’t the country of dreams; it’s the country of misery. Really. We are without electricity, medical care. We are deprived of everything. There’s nothing. So, my dreams for my country? For it to become a just country among all the Lebanese people.
Read MoreWafaa’s Story: “In my house, there is nothing at all”
Wafaa, a 41-year-old single mom, lives in an apartment in Lebanon with her three boys. They are at the center of many crises. The financial crisis came first. It began in 2019, and since then Lebanon’s currency has lost 99% of its value, and more than two-thirds of the population lives below the poverty line.This crisis — and then the 2020 port explosion — has only fueled an already dire hunger c
Read MoreLebanon: ‘What do they call those who no longer have a city?’
As the two-year anniversary of the Beirut port blast approached, CARE's Patricia Khoder, a lifelong Beirut resident, wrote this diary to capture the loss and uncertainty she experiences each day. Patricia often mourns the city she knew before the blast. Poverty, severe shortages of medicine and other consumer goods, and the slow pace of rebuilding are daily challenges.
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11 years of conflict. 11 years of lost childhood.
Millions of children were born in Syria since that country's civil conflict began more than a decade ago. Many are regularly exposed to violence and explosive weapon attacks. Thousands have lost family members and been forced to flee their homes to camps in faraway places and across neighboring countries. Most continue to experience daily, numerous violations of their basic rights to health, educ
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