When Mikhail, a Syrian refugee in Iraq, contracted meningitis, his mother lost hope. But thanks to Embrace funding, his story didn’t end in tragedy.

Aisha was desperately worried about her toddler’s health. But she was living over 1,000 miles away from her hometown and she didn’t know where to turn…

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.

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.

Nadia and her young family recently crossed the border into Egypt, but like so many fleeing the violence in Sudan, they had had to leave everything behind and had nothing to survive on.

Khadija fears the coming winter: ‘We desperately need blankets and mattresses.’ Life in the Syrian refugee camps in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, is becoming increasingly unbearable.

Through our partner Refuge Egypt, we are helping people like Samir, who’ve lost everything because of war.

The crippling economic crisis in Lebanon is having a devastating effect on many families, but particularly refugees. MERATH’s winter relief programme, supported by Embrace, is a lifeline for many, like Nour and her family.