Death Boats: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon Risk Their Lives
Oct 12, 2022
“I got into the death boat because I've been unemployed for 5 years. I want to get married but I can't because I'm without a job. I didn't find any...
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Eyewitness Account: MECA Projects in Lebanon
Jan 20, 2020
By Patrick O'Neill, Bookkeeper and Administrative Coordinator Shortly after completing my first year at the Middle East Children’s Alliance, I was presented the opportunity to see firsthand some of the...
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A Request for my 91st Birthday – from Noam Chomsky
Nov 27, 2019
Make a donation to MECA by December 7 for my birthday Dear Friend of MECA, On Saturday, December 7, I’ll be turning ninety-one. Back in 1969, when I wrote my...
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Refugee Women Earn Income with Traditional Foods
Sep 16, 2019
More than half a million refugee women from Syria are living in Lebanon with few ways to support themselves and their families. Lebanon allows refugees to work in only a...
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On Palestinian children’s day can you commit to donating 16 cents a day?
Apr 05, 2019
April 5 is Children's Day in Palestine Join MECA's Children's Circle with a monthly gift to help us meet the needs of Palestinian children every day Join today! UPDATE: Thanks...
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Extreme winter weather in Syria leaves 15 displaced children dead
Jan 17, 2019
Syrian refugees stand in a pool of mud and rain water at a refugee camp, in the town of Bar Elias, in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon CREDIT: AP Syrian refugees...
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Meet the children attending classes for refugees in Lebanon
Jan 14, 2019
MECA supports the Children of Al-Jalil Center (CJC) to provide academic classes, sports, psychological support, and humanitarian relief for Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Read the stories of a...
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A Visit to Lebanon: MECA Projects for Refugees from Syria
Jul 15, 2017
Close to 40,000 people live in this crowded, deteriorating camp. By Nancy Ippolito, MECA Staff In June, I travelled to Lebanon with my daughter, Lucia, to visit MECA’s projects in...
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