Meet Ayla and Samya. Ayla runs her own beauty salon, while Samya has started a hairdressing business from her home in Homs. Both businesses are still in their infancy but the fact they exist at all is a testament to the women’s bravery, resilience and hard work. Both Ayla and Samya are survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV)…

Dr Ruth Valerio, Embrace’s new Programmes, Partnership & Advocacy Director, recently travelled to Egypt to meet our Christian partners. She witnessed the deep need in Egypt but also the amazing work that our partners are doing to bring love and light into people’s lives…

Our partner Tahaddi run an education centre in an informal settlement on the edge of Beirut. Since the start of the war, life for the children and the staff has been turned upside down. But despite the challenges, lessons are continuing…

This Advent we invite you to join us in shining a light in the darkness of war by signing our petition calling on the UK government to suspend arms sales to Israel. We’re taking this stand because of our Christian faith - and here is why…

This Advent we invite you to join us in shining a light in the darkness of war by signing our petition calling on the UK government to suspend arms sales to Israel. We’re taking this stand because we believe it’s the only way to uphold human rights and international law - and here’s why…

Lack of tourists, strict movement restrictions and rising insecurity have crippled the West Bank economy. Bethlehem is particularly hard hit and so Embrace is funding a new project to create much-needed employment opportunities and support local businesses and services.

"The lives of the Palestinians, especially in Gaza, are not collateral damage; they are human beings, enduring unspeakable violence…” words from our Christian partners in Gaza and the West Bank reveal the crushing grief felt after a year of violence, fear, loss and death. But they continue to live out their faith.

Against a backdrop of prolonged and escalating conflict in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and Lebanon, it is hard not to feel overwhelmed by the violence and suffering. As the conflict and violence persists, how can we continue to trust in God? How can we be steadfast in prayer, even when circumstances appear hopeless? 

Our partner MERATH has already been supporting families displaced by the Israel-Hezbollah conflict for many months. Claudette, one of their volunteers, told us what they’d been doing and how the escalation in the violence has made what was an already extremely difficult situation, a critical one.