COMMUNITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST
In a region as complex and volatile as the Middle East, helping to nurture and develop communities is vital. Embrace’s Community development work spans a wide range of projects, including vocational training programmes, women’s empowerment and reconciliation work.
LATEST UPDATES FROM OUR COMMUNITY PROJECTS
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Lebanon: The prolonged impacts of a war that still simmers
September 2026 Six months ago, the informal settlement of Hay el Gharbeh, on the edge of Beirut, was in the middle of an evacuation zone. IDF airstrikes were hitting across Beirut’s suburbs as the latest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah…
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Seeds of reconciliation planted by Israel’s Teachers
‘Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness’ – James 3:18 Two teachers sit across the room from one another. Before today they have never spoken. Despite living only miles apart, their experiences of conflict, identity, and belonging…
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Lebanon: The prolonged impacts of a war that still simmers
September 2026 Six months ago, the informal settlement of Hay el Gharbeh, on the edge of Beirut, was in the middle of an evacuation zone. IDF airstrikes were hitting across Beirut’s suburbs as the latest conflict between Israel and Hezbollah…
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Seeds of reconciliation planted by Israel’s Teachers
‘Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness’ – James 3:18 Two teachers sit across the room from one another. Before today they have never spoken. Despite living only miles apart, their experiences of conflict, identity, and belonging…
PERSONAL STORIES FROM OUR COMMUNITY PROJECTS
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“My greatest desire was simply to learn how to read”
FUKAYNA’S STORY “My greatest desire was simply to learn how to read, so I’d be able to find my way if I went somewhere unfamiliar, read my own name at the hospital, and not remain illiterate.” Like many women in…
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Extraordinary Mothers: Refusing to give up on education
In the second in our series of stories featuring extraordinary mothers we meet Auset. Like many women in rural Egypt, gender discrimination meant Auset was not able to access adequate education as a child. This left her isolated, limited in…
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Giving deaf children in Lebanon the best start in life
10-month-old Layla is the youngest child enrolled at the Learning Centre for the Deaf’s Early Intervention Programme…
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Refugee week: Life-saving medical care for refugees in Iraq
When Mikhail, a Syrian refugee in Iraq, contracted meningitis, his mother lost hope. But thanks to Embrace funding, his story didn’t end in tragedy.
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Refugee week: Medical help for marginalised refugees in Egypt
Aisha was desperately worried about her toddler’s health. But she was living over 1,000 miles away from her hometown and she didn’t know where to turn…
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Refugee week: Thriving against the odds in Lebanon’s education emergency
Meet 13-year-old Noura, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon. She was unable to attend school because she didn’t have official registration papers – until our partner, the Joint Christian Committee, stepped in.