Three months ago, our NGO launched the initiative “Help Us to Help” to respond to the catastrophic events in Beirut and Lebanon. Our aim is to create empowering spaces and engage in setting up community relief hubs in Beirut’s neighborhoods affected by the blast.

Together with the Latin Church we are in the final construction phase for a project that transforms a demolished shop into the community center “Crossing Together”. Reaching out to one thousand families, ‘Crossing Together’ intends to become a hub providing, food supplies, psychological, and emotional support to the elderly and traumatized individuals, assistance to persons who suffer from inequalities and violence, particularly women and children, educational activities, scholarships, and stationary to children and young people who cannot afford equipment needed to pursue their online studies from home during the COVID pandemic. Beneficiaries are from all age groups, ethnical, and religious backgrounds.