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Christmas is the time to give back to the community by supporting the local NGOs in Lebanon. Your support can go a long way in helping them help those in need.

Right after the devastating blast in the port of Beirut, Lebanon’s civil society swung into action, its skills well practiced after a series of national crises created or made worse by chronic political dysfunction. The result, one year later, is the emergence of a vigorous and competent movement that has seized the reins of rebuilding and convinced donors to bypass corrupt government institutions. “Civil society managed to organize themselves into a pseudo-government. ... It was extraordin...

How Millions Raised to Rebuild Beirut Is Forcing Families From Their Homes Tessa Fox © Provided by The Daily Beast Chris McGrath/Getty Images BEIRUT—Sitting in a one-room basement apartment in this city’s Fassouh neighborhood, Waad Hariri explains how her family lost their home following the catastrophic port explosion last year. As her three young children run circles around her, and her husband sits calmly by her side, Hariri told The Daily Beast they had watched their ...

Beiruts Young Artists & Designers Deserve a Future After the Blast, Beiruts Artists & Designers Want Their Future Back Mikella Younes This year has been devastating, but nowhere more so than for Beirut. Somewhat miraculously, the Lebanese capital had clung to its status as a progressive enclave – with the most vibrant club culture and irrepressible, self-organized art scenes in the region – despite episodic bouts of violence and chronic political instability. Then, a chemical explosion brou...

Days before Christmas, residents of the Karantina area in Beirut hope to celebrate the festival at the neighbourhoods century-old church. A group of volunteers, commissioned by Offre Joie, a local Lebanese NGO, is on a mission to rebuild the Saint Mary Maronite Church that was damaged in the deadly port explosion. killed more than 200 people, injured thousands, and caused destruction in large parts of the capital. The damage is estimated to be $15 billion. “The goal is to rebuild it resp...

Volunteer leads race to rebuilt damaged Beirut church by Christmas Eve Miriam Berger and Nader Durgham, The Washington Post Dec. 16, 2020 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Worshipers gather outside a local Maronite church in the Karantina neighborhood in Beirut in August 2020, days after its structure was heavily damaged in a massive port explosion.photo for The Washington Post by Lorenzo Tugnoli.Show MoreShow Less 2of3Worshipers gather outside their Maronite church in Beirut to attend ma...