STORIES
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THE DIFFERENCE WE’VE MADE
Thanks to your support, we’re helping people facing poverty, injustice and marginalisation transform their lives. Some of those people have been kind enough to share their stories.
Giving deaf children in Lebanon the best start in life
10-month-old Layla is the youngest child enrolled at the Learning Centre for the Deaf’s Early Intervention Programme…
Overcoming cancer in an informal settlement in Beirut
“Without Tahaddi’s help and God’s grace, my children wouldn’t have an education, and I might have succumbed to cancer.”
Helping to rewrite futures in Egypt
“Every time I see a child or a woman whom I’ve helped, it encourages me to continue.” Magy, a young Egyptian Christian, tells us about her work as the educational programme coordinator at the Episcocare’s community centre in Alexandria.
Specialist disability care for Syria’s Children
“I am now receiving the emotional support I was greatly lacking”. Find out how the Embrace-supported Child Friendly Space in Syria helped not only Rania’s three children, but Rania herself.
Refugee week: Thriving against the odds in Lebanon’s education emergency
Meet 13-year-old Noura, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon. She was unable to attend school because she didn’t have official registration papers - until our partner, the Joint Christian Committee, stepped in.
Refugee week: The Syrian refugees rebuilding family life in Lebanon
Walid and his father ended up in Lebanon after being forced to flee from their home in Syria. Life was bleak - until Walid’s father made a surprising discovery.
Supporting specialist education in Lebanon
VIDEO: Meet the children of the 'Best Steps Class', run by Embrace partner Tahaddi, and find out how lessons are adapted to support their special educational needs.
Learning to speak at the Lebanon’s Learning Centre for the Deaf
Three-year-old Wasim received a cochlear implant after being diagnosed with profound hearing loss. Since starting speech therapy sessions at the Learning Centre for the Deaf, Wasim’s spoken language skills have been rapidly improving.
Helping Palestinian children to rewrite their futures
Little Aya was bullied and labelled as disruptive in her old school. But her life completely changed when her parents enrolled her in Palestine’s only specialist school.
*The names of some of the individuals features have been changed to protect identities.