by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
Probably the social worker’s experience, Mrs. Takla Wakim, at “Terre des Hommes-Lausanne” who suffered with her family from displacement more than nine times during the Lebanese war, without being discouraged from working, was the greatest evidence of professional...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
One of the experiences that is worth mentioning is that of Mrs. Wadad Gemayel Chehab at Deir El Salib, who challenged the risks and difficulties of maintaining the quality of social intervention with people suffering from psychiatric and mental illnesses, and drug...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
Working with marginalized groups, such as homeless children, those prone to deviation or delinquency, girls exposed to violence and exploitation, and other marginalized groups, constituted a major challenge during the war years. Mrs. Nathalie Chemaly, accepted the...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
The “juvenile delinquents” sector did not survive the horrors of war; hence the “Warwar Observation Center” was closed, as well as the “Rehabilitation Institute in Yarze” and the “Gemmayzeh home in Beirut”, which welcomed the juveniles as soon as they left the...
by Majd Rajeh | Oct 13, 2025 | Pioneers EN
Due to the large number of disabled people in the Lebanese war, including fighters and civilians who were injured by shelling, sniping, and explosions, the “Beit Chabeb Center for war disabled” was established in early 1976. One of its essential goals was the...
by Majd Rajeh | Sep 14, 2025 | Pioneers EN
At the end, it is necessary to pay a respectful tribute to the memory of Jesuit Father Nicolas Kluiters whose experience as a social worker continued until he passed away. He obtained his social work certificate in 1970 from the “Ecole Libanaise de Formation...
