During 13 years of the 1975 war, Mrs. Amal Harb’s initiative in Karm El Zeitoun was a milestone that affected many aspects of life, besides relief work and sheltering displaced people from various Lebanese regions as a result of shelling nearby residential neighborhoods, and the deteriorating security conditions in more than one region. There came healthcare, educational, and social programs, direct work with families, awareness programs with women and girls, mentoring and counseling programs with young men and women, recreational, cultural, and environmental programs with children, and development programs.

One of the most important achievements was purchasing and equipping a building in Karm El-Zeitoun to become a legitimate social center called the “Centre de Protection Maternelle et Infantile” of the Sisters of Charity in Lebanon, where this social worker played at that time a fundamental role in buying and equipping this building.

This experience was accompanied by plenty of diligence, patience, and overcoming difficulties. As Mrs. Harb said: “Mother Marie-Claire Saad and her insight were my support in many stages of work… I never stopped looking forward to getting out of temporary relief work and launching development projects with the participation of the neighborhood residents.”