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

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 basic supplies and families can’t afford the transport to get their children to school.

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 project is so important in helping women overcome disadvantages they face.

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 work that they do.

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 recent visit to one of their learning centres and the increasing hardships of the children she encountered there.

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 what it was like seeing with her own eyes the positive difference we are making.

Embrace works closely with a number of different organisations in Beirut and across Lebanon. Our dear friend and partner Sylvia Haddad, who works as the Director of the JCC, shared this touching update from the midst of a refugee camp during the Covid 19 outbreak.

With a population of over 19 million people, Cairo is a city that teams with life. Cars, trucks, minibuses and small motorbikes, often overloaded with passengers, compete with each for dominance on the congested highways that crisscross the city.

There will be countless lessons that we take away from this time of isolation brought about by Corona Virus – many positive, as well as some less so.