by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
A new cycle of violence occurred inside residential neighborhoods in Beirut between 1989 and 1990. Several initiatives came to help the residents of these neighborhoods to cope with the situation, one example is the pioneering experience that was spontaneously and...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
A new practice can be identified in some periods of the 1975 Lebanese war, which was the “car bombs” that exploded in residential neighborhoods, which, in addition to killing in its most horrible manifestation, displaced hundreds of families, left behind a mass of...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
Many initiatives were done in the south of Lebanon, as all associations and social centers have been involved in relief work. Perhaps, the experience of the “NGOs Platform of Saida” deserves to be considered, in 1980, after the Israeli invasion, and through the...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
Another experience that deserves to be considered follows the displacement of the Damour people and their arrival by sea in small boats to Kaslik beaches. Many associations and individuals rushed to shelter and assist them, including the head of Rabieh...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
The issue of disability was one of the most prominent problems created by war, and one of its negative consequences was the suspension of work at many social welfare institutions for people with special needs or people with solid wills. Subsequently, an appeal...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
During the war years, the prevailing security situation did not prevent social workers from fulfilling their obligations despite the risks they were exposed to. We mention here the active presence of Mrs. Wafa Soueid Kanaan, who supported the displaced families...
