Hussein El-Hajj tells of how getting to work is impossible because of the destruction of the roads. Those who can’t work are welcoming and accommodating refugees from South Lebanon.

Children are increasingly being traumatized by the images of war. Naba’a has initiated several educational programs to help children cope.
Extreme fear has haunted Lebanese citizens in general, especially the children during the war, because of how civilians were targeted – whether this was experienced personally or witnessed on the TV news stations. The images of [...]

The children express their feelings about the war through their drawings.

I am 11 years old and from Tyre. I drew the sun because the world is sad. I remembered my grandmother when she used to tell us how they left Palestine, and how now we left our home in South Lebanon.

- Malak Abdul-Hamid

I am [...]

Often these days in Lebanon, when you ask anyone about their opinion of the situation, you will get the feeling that the next three days will be decisive, before Thursday that is – this is what is coming from all the news sources. It seems as though it is almost almost a certainty that demonstrations [...]

Hiba Fattoum describes the anxiety she feels during the bombing and her desire to return to her home.
This is my second war. The first one I was just two months old but this one I am 19 years old. The day before the war began – it was Tuesday – I was in the internet [...]

Looking through the rubble, Mahmoud Al-Adawi can imagine the portraits of the people who once lived there.

For the first time since the fighting ended, Mahmoud Al-Adawi returns to Dahiyah to find much of it destroyed.
Walking through Dahiyah was like visiting some site mentioned in holy texts – stories about sinful cities that were punished by some relentless god. The scene was so overwhelming that it required more than a pair of [...]

By: Naba’a – Development Action without Borders
The largest burden during conflict are on mothers, who are responsible for the security of the children and food.
They are six children, the oldest 13 years old, and they all refuse to leave the room where they have been sheltering with their parents in one of the sheltering stations. [...]

By: Mahmoud Al-Adawi
In the current upheaval, Palestinian refugees ponder their political situation and notice that democracy in the Occupied Territories has yet bring the stability and prosperity that was promised them.
Daily life in the camp goes on like everywhere else on earth: work, unemployment, people argue with each other, or talk about travellers, newcomers and [...]

By: Olfat Mahmoud
Director, Women’s Humanitarian Organisation (WHO)
You may be aware that many Palestinians live in Haret Hreik, informally known as the ‘southern suburbs of Beirut’ and the most devastated area from the recent Israeli war against Lebanon. So, many families who were living there have been forced back into Bourj camp and have joined their [...]