In the midst of a harsh winter season — one of the harshest winter seasons in twenty five years, as the conflict in Syria continues, the number of Syrian refugees continues to escalate in Lebanon. In the second week of January alone 5,400 new Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR in Lebanon. Lebanon is now hosting [...]
HCI is continuing its relief work with Syrian refugees in Lebanon, reaching out to more and more stranded Syrian families. Together with our local partners, we have stepped up our efforts and provided hundreds of relief items specially tailored to cover what these families are most in need of, basing our work on an extensive [...]
Nadia, is a 55 year old who suffers from diabetes, she is a mother of 3 children and wife of a 65 year old cancer patient; Hanaan, is a 31 year old refugee with 3 young children, including an 8 month old infant; Salma, is a 55 year old single mother of 3 children; the [...]
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 [...]
Each year HCI makes it a point to honor and celebrate the traditions of the communities we serve; understanding the culture and living conditions of the local communities we work with is part of HCI’s philosophy while serving these communities, especially at times such as Ramadan and Eid Al Adha when great importance is placed [...]
For decades HCI has been promoting interaction and the sharing of ideas and resources among children in marginalized communities and their peers from different areas as a “discrete” tool that eventually leads to greater understanding of the other, which addresses the bigger headlines of coexistence, tolerance, pluralism and nonviolence. Using its years of cumulative experience [...]
About 5 years ago it came to HCI’s and its partners’ attention that many of the high school graduates of Lebanese villages were dropping out of university despite the fact that many of them had great educational potential and very good grades, because they were unable to afford the tuition fees. Many of these students [...]
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 [...]
Millions of individuals in the region face discrimination, persecution, and even violence solely because of their ethnicity, beliefs, language or social class. Their path out of poverty is especially challenging. HCI helps them to be heard and recognized so they can exchange oppression for opportunity. In 2010, HCI built the capacity of a diverse group [...]
Education is the foundation of progress, but it is often interrupted by extreme poverty, war and other crises. As a result, individuals and their communities often can’t reach their full potential. HCI works to bring access to education to women and men of all ages and economic groups to help ensure a better future for [...]
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