by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
In 1978, the Karantina neighborhood, where families, known as “Arab Al-Maslakh”, Kurdish families, and other poor and marginalized groups were living, was displaced. It was well known that there has been a “Centre de Protection Maternelle et Infantile” at Karantina...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
The idea of “Restos du Coeur” was born at one social worker’s home, Mrs. Antoinette Kazan, at the beginning of the 1975 war, when many children who lost their families during the war were welcomed at the dinner table(X). After the death of this social worker’s mother,...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
The experience of the “Mouvement Social ” preceded the Lebanese war, as it was founded in 1957, yet it responded to the call of relief work at the beginning of the war through the social workers and volunteers who worked there and adhered to its principles. It...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
Caritas Liban, whose first branch was established in the south in 1974, had a significant role in relief work across Lebanon. The large number of social workers who worked at Caritas, in collaboration with volunteers and other workers, played a crucial role in...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
Between 1984 and 1988, there was a pioneering experience at the Lebanese Red Cross Center-Mreijeh by the social worker in charge who gathered around forty field volunteers from the local community, who left their parties and volunteered in the humanitarian relief...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
During the 1975-1990 war, primary healthcare centers played a significant role in providing health care, social assistance, and relief services (Mrs. Neemat Kenaan, 1977), despite the diversity of their names (healthcare centers, social and healthcare centers,...