Syria | Iraq | Lebanon: Refugee work in the Middle East: Misereor

The Middle East is characterised by complex crises. Millions of people have lost everything and political stability is still not in sight.

Thanks to your donation, refugees receive medical and psychological care, schooling and supplies of essential everyday goods.

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Middle East

Thematic focus:

Protecting refugees and migrants

The need is acute for many people in the Middle East and help is vital, especially for those who have lost everything. Misereor partner organisations are providing food, drinking water, medical care and everyday goods.

The Syrian clinic run by the Jesuits is one of the few health centres still functioning in Aleppo. Injured and sick patients are treated here, births are attended and pregnant women and newborns are cared for.
Misereor uses your help to support the care of destitute patients in particular and finances bandages and life-saving medication. The clinic helps all those in need, regardless of their religion. Christian and Muslim women and men work hand in hand here.

In the midst of the destruction, the partner organisation Pro Terra Sancta, together with the Franciscan Care Centre in Syria, is providing people with the most basic necessities.

Every month, emergency aid is provided for thousands of families - boxes of food, blankets, hygiene equipment, etc.

In addition to paediatrician Randa Makhoul, dentists, gynaecologists, ophthalmologists and general practitioners help to provide holistic care. The Karagheusian Centre currently provides care for around 5,000 people.

Syrian children lack the language skills they need to go to school in Lebanon. Social workers therefore teach English and French.

Refugees, IS, Islamic State, Yazidis, Migrants, Religion, SIngarbebirge, Persecuted people

The JRS distribution centre in Aleppo provides emergency aid for thousands of families every month - baskets of food, mattresses, blankets, hygiene equipment, etc.

Delivery of humanitarian aid supplies to Aleppo

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is committed to ensuring that refugee children do not become a "lost generation". In Lebanon, the JRS project offers children and young people an opportunity for education and a regular daily routine. The children attend kindergarten, preschool or primary school five days a week, receive remedial lessons and take part in leisure activities such as sport, music and theatre. This not only gives them an education, but also hope and the opportunity to come to terms with their traumatic experiences.

Muhammad, a boy who had to flee from Syria to Lebanon with his mother, was traumatised after the murder of his father and began to stammer. At the JRS school Dar-Al-Hanan, he not only received lessons, but also urgently needed psychosocial support. Thanks to the close cooperation between the teachers, social workers and his mother, Muhammad was able to regain his self-confidence. Today, he is a confident pupil who is proud to speak up in class.

With your support, people who have been subjected to incredible suffering know that they are not alone. Every donation helps children to learn, heal and take their future into their own hands. Women and men can finally find hope.

235 boys and 230 girls with refugee experience attended a school in Lebanon
20 JRS employees took part in inclusion training
All schoolchildren at the JRS schools received a daily meal

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A hot meal costs 3 euros.

When donating by bank transfer, please state the project number "P30058" in the reference.

Sometimes we receive more donations for a project than was granted to the legal holder of the respective project. The projects listed here are examples of the work Misereor supports all over the world. If donations for a project exceed the amount granted to its legal holder, we allocate the surplus to other projects with a similar concept.

Our local partner organisations

JIYAN Foundation for Human Rights

The JIYAN Foundation for Human Rights is a non-profit and non-governmental human rights organisation that helps internally displaced persons and victims of violence in northern Iraq through medical and psychosocial trauma work. Jiyan is Kurdish and means "life". The trusted Misereor partner also organises legal assistance and social counselling.

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is active worldwide for refugees and internally displaced persons. In the Middle East, it has been active for many years in emergency aid and in social and educational work for refugees in Syria and Lebanon.

Pontifical Mission Lebanon

The pontifical aid organisation Pontifical Mission Lebanon is active in several Middle Eastern countries and was originally founded for the Palestinian refugees of 1948. In Lebanon, the organisation coordinates aid for Syrian refugee families, while in northern Iraq, Pontifical Mission provides important basic healthcare.

Franciscan Relief Organisation ("Associazione di Terra Santa", ATS)

The Franciscan relief organisation ("Associazione di Terra Santa", ATS) is providing comprehensive emergency aid through social centres in Syria. One focus is on healthcare in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo.

Miriam Thiel

Donor Communications

Telephone: +49 241 442506
E-mail: miriam.thiel@misereor.de

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War, flight and displacement have interrupted the educational life of children and young people. Many have not been to school for months, sometimes years. This is one of the most disastrous long-term effects of armed conflicts.

Reverend Toni Calleja
Jesuit Refugee Service

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