’Changed forever’ by unwavering faith of people who have no security, no food and no proper homes

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Lebanon is home to half-a-million Palestinian refugees and one-and-a-half million Syrian refugees. Hasina Kathrada shares stories of people in need who remain brave and still dare to dream and hope.

It is just after sunset as we walk up a narrow, dark pathway to the home of two sisters and a father in Lebanon’s capital city, Beirut. Seven months ago, they lived in another home with their mother, an older sister Dima, and the youngest, Jude. But life changed for thousands of people in this city on August 4, when approximately 2 750 metric tons of ammonium nitrate ignited and set off a massive blast, killing 250 people.

Diaana is still taking her first steps with a walking aid, so Dima shows us around the new home. We gather around Dima’s phone to watch a video of little Jude dancing. On Dima’s dressing table, we see a teddy bear, which Dima tells us was Jude’s favourite and which she, Dima, managed to salvage from the ruins. Their dad watches without saying much. His eyes swell as the girls show us a recent picture of their mum with her all daughters except Dima.

One of those homes belonged to Mirna. A single mother in her thirties, Mirna works two jobs to provide for her parents and for her young son, Chris. AMA has rebuilt Mirna’s home, fulfilling her wish to remain in the place where she grew up. The group’s aid extended to eye surgery for Mina, as well. She tells us her story.Mirna recounts that on the day of the explosion, she had dashed with Chris to buy her son some milk. Suddenly, there was nothing but chaos. And Mina couldn’t find Chris.

The tent-speckled Bekaa Valley in the north is home to 40 percent of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Here, improvised shelters, often covered with plastic tarps, are pitched between fields and bushes. At Abrar refugee camp, we meet a family who walked from Syria -- through the night -- to make a home in Lebanon eight years ago. Seventeen-year-old Abdulla and his mother were both injured in the Syrian war, and now, Abdulla has only limited use of his right hand.

I pray that 13-year-old Fathima Zahra fulfils her dream of becoming a human rights lawyer, and that 16-year-old Fatima makes award-winning photography depicting the life of refugees.

 

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