Our work to build healthy communities, families and individuals is at the heart of HCI’s vision for social change. By partnering with a range of partners, from village health committees to government agencies, we help build the means to improve maternal, newborn and child health, ensure proper nutrition and combat infectious diseases.
Health and Sanitation
The recent turmoil in Libya pushed the healthcare system beyond breaking point; many hospitals, clinics and ambulances were destroyed, others were not sufficiently equipped to cope with the demand for medical care and medical supplies were running out. As the events evolved the hospitals were overwhelmed by the large number of casualties. According to official [...]
HCI’s New Children’s Clinic in The Nahr el Bared Refugee Camp
Children, Featured Stories from the Field, Health and Sanitation, Lebanon, Youth
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Feb 072012
In the first few weeks since it opened its doors, 280 underprivileged children under the age of fourteen received access to health services at HCI’s recently launched Children’s Clinic in the Nahr el Bared camp. The clinic is managed by our local partners the National Institution of Social Care & Vocational Training organization. HCI fully [...]
Helping Young Disadvantaged Cancer Patients in Egypt
Egypt, Featured Stories from the Field, Health and Sanitation
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Sep 082011
Human Concern International has been active in the universal cause of raising awareness and funds to combat cancer, which remains one of the leading causes of death. Now, we are continuing our effort by supporting Egypt’s largest and most effective children’s cancer hospital for the second time, The Children’s Cancer Hospital Egypt (57357). In Egypt, [...]
Aug 242011
HCI’s latest intervention in Libya is timely as the conflict in Libya spreads and the number of casualties and people needing medical help has increased in recent days. HCI is proud to announce that a shipment of life saving medical supplies put together in Canada has reached the port of Benghazi and is waiting to [...]
Health and Sanitation in 2010, the HCI Way
Egypt, Gaza Strip, Health and Sanitation, Lebanon
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Apr 122011
Health is widely recognized as a cornerstone of human development because it underpins the gamut of human functioning. But health is also essential to human security, since survival and protection from illness are at the core of any concept of people’s wellbeing. There are many in the Middle East with little or no access to [...]
This International Women’s Day, HCI and its local partners in Gaza celebrated together with a group of breast cancer survivors the launch of the Entrepreneurship Support for People with Special Needs project in Gaza which will provide breast cancer patients and other women entrepreneurs with special needs in Gaza the support and training needed to [...]
Comprehensive Healthy Eating and Living Guide for Lebanese Children
Children, Farm to School, Health and Sanitation, Lebanon
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Mar 032011
Fact: There are now more than 1 billion obese people on earth. Fact: In the Middle East, obesity rates have tripled over the past three decades. Fact: Obesity is linked to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, stroke, and certain forms of cancer. It is one of the leading causes of preventable death worldwide. Fact: Physical activity [...]
Equal Treatment for All: Helping Disadvantaged Child Cancer Patients in Egypt
Children, Egypt, Health and Sanitation
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Feb 042010
Today, February 4th, is World Cancer Day. All around the world people and organizations are marking the occasion by raising awareness and funds to combat what remains one of the leading causes of death. Human Concern International has been active in this universal cause. Recently, we encouraged breast cancer screening for women in Gaza in [...]
Active People for Active Change: HCI’s Healthy Living Campaign and the Beirut International Marathon
Children, Education and Empowerment, Health and Sanitation, Lebanon, Youth
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Dec 102009
Last Sunday the streets of central Beirut were transformed by the Beirut International Marathon. For one day they were devoid of traffic, as people of all ages, religions, ethnicities, and nationalities walked and ran side by side. They turned the streets into a sea of people, all of them willing to sacrifice their time and [...]
A Day in the City: Touching Lives and Engaging Minds
Children, Farm to School, Health and Sanitation, Lebanon
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Oct 282009
Jabal Akroum is one of the poorest and most marginalized areas of Lebanon; it is remote, difficult to reach and underdeveloped. It is located high up in the mountains of the Akkar district which has seen several conflicts back-to-back; in 2006 there was the July War in which all of Lebanon was affected and in [...]
