In this long-read, Embrace’s Rev Su McClellan shares a vivid personal account of her recent trip to Lebanon. She describes the lasting impact of the recent Israel-Hezbollah war, and how…

Experiencing arrest and imprisonment by the Israeli authorities has left many children and young people across the West Bank with profound psychological wounds. Embrace supports a Rehabilitation Programme run by…

From beekeeping and river swimming to science projects and crafts, our Lebanese partners tell us about the activities they have run this summer to help refugee children get away from…

The staff of Notre Dame inclusive school in Lebanon tell us about their school and why it is so special.

Watch Dr Thabet Abu Ras impassioned speech at a judicial reform protest in Tel Aviv, in which he calls for justice, democracy and a united approach in ending the violence…

Many children in Lebanon are being deprived of vital schooling as crisis grips the education system: teachers have been out on strike; schools are unable to cover the cost of…

On Sunday, 22 January, Sally Azar made history by becoming the first female Palestinian pastor. A few days before her ordination, she spoke about her faith journey, the struggles faced…

Aviv Ministry provides shelter, warm meals and care to people living with addictions on the streets of South Tel Aviv. The shelter is run by a team of volunteers who…

Embrace supports the Life Schools project in Egypt, run by our partners Think & Do. Anat, a teacher at the project, tells us how she became involved and why the…

Our Programmes and Partnerships Manger Kat Brealey has been visiting some the project we support in Egypt. Whilst out on location, she sent us this report about one of our…

Embrace Trustee Katharine von Schubert writes of her recent trip to Embrace-supported projects in Egypt, of the strength of faith of the Christians she met and of witnessing the transformative…

As the economic situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate, our partners are seeing more and more families struggling to put food on the table. Daniella Daou of LSESD describes her…

Our Programmes and Partnerships Manger Kat Brealey recently visited Boshera Village in Egypt, where we’ve been supporting a community development project run by our partner BLESS. Here she reflects on…

For the first time since the pandemic began nearly two years ago, Embrace was able to bring a group of volunteers to the Holy Land to assist with the planting…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been difficult to travel to the regions in which we work to meet with partners. Recently, we have been able to begin travelling again,…

Rami Khader is the Director of the East Jerusalem YMCA’s Rehabilitation Programme. Here, Rami explores the long term effects that home demolition in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has on Palestinian…