Charity

Lebanon Diaries: Day 1 – The Shatila Refugee Camp

Our first stop was the Shatila refugee camp on the southern side of Beirut. After the glitz and glamour of the capital, the long road to the camp quickly gave way to clear signs of deprivation and severe poverty. Shatila refugee camp was set up for Palestinian refugees in 1949.…

We’ve arrived! – Lebanon 2016

After months of eagerly anticipating this visit, earlier this week fundraisers from Interpal’s UK offices to embark on their tour of the charity’s projects in the region. On our first morning we started the day with a visit to the Lebanon Field Office where the lovely team briefed us on…

#SunnahSmiles – Supporting the General Children’s Fund

#SunnahSmiles is a campaign promoting our General Children’s Fund. In simple terms, this is a pot where donations are combined and distributed to wherever the need is most acute. This might cover the cost of an urgent operation for a sick child, fund specialised tutoring for children with disabilities, or…

Supporting Children with Special Needs in Gaza City

We are pleased to offer our support to the Sanabel School in Gaza City to develop services for children with disabilities. Our project supports psychological, rehabilitative and integrated educational activities for children in Gaza City, helping this generation to become future leaders. Students with learning difficulties, language delays and autistic…

A #ChanceToLive for Palestinian refugees

This Autumn we provided specialised dental devices for refugees in Lebanon who would otherwise not be able to access this level of care. The aims of the project were to Providing specialised medical dental services to Palestinian refugees in the Nahr al-Bared camp. Improving the general dental health of the…