Al Ahli Hospital has been a beacon of light amid the devastation in Gaza, with dedicated medical staff serving patients in great need – despite severe shortages of medicine and…

“The civilian population is paying a heavy price, a cost the Gaza population can ill afford, a cost I don’t believe we should accept,”  writes Embrace’s CEO Jamie Eyre. “More arms…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

“Most Lebanese did not sleep last night, their rest shattered by the relentless roar of jets and the deafening…” Staff from our partner Thimar/LSESD sent us this update following the…

Thousands of people in Lebanon have been displaced by the escalating Israel-Hezbollah conflict. Many have had to leave without time to pack essentials and are seeking shelter wherever they can.…

2024 has been an extraordinarily difficult year so far for all our partners in the West Bank as tensions, restrictions and violence continue to increase. The Jerusalem Princess Basmas Centre…

Embrace has had the privilege of partnering with the Al-Kafaàt Foundation since its foundation in the 1960s. Serving through many years of civil war and, more recently, economic and political…

In difficult times, we face difficult questions. Written by staff at Embrace’s partner MERATH, this blog discusses what it’s like to live with the threat of war in Lebanon and…

Against the backdrop of a crippling economic crisis and a gaping political vacuum, tensions are growing in Lebanon between Syrian refugees and host communities. With a marked rise in intolerance…

Before 7 October 2023, there were around 1,000 Christians in Gaza. After nine months of fighting, around one third of that number have left or been killed. Rhiannon de Laune,…

It’s been over 8 months since the war in Gaza began. Nader Abu Amsha, Executive Director of Embrace partner DSPR, tells us in this searing and personal blog what the…

“The scale of the destruction I witnessed is unbelievable.” Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, reflects on what he saw during his recent visit to Gaza.

Finding a job in Iraq is incredibly difficult, as Kat from Embrace’s programmes and partnership team explains. She recently travelled to northern Iraq to visit a project that is helping…