Aviv Ministry provides shelter, warm meals and care to people living with addictions on the streets of South Tel Aviv. The shelter is run by a team of volunteers who travel from all over Israel to serve this often-forgotten community and share the compassion of God with them.

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.

Our Programmes and Partnerships Manger Kat Brealey has been visiting some the project we support in Egypt. Whilst out on location, she sent us this report about one of our newest projects, ‘The Rock’, which is playing a vital role in supporting families and preventing children from being separated from their parents.

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.

For the first time since the pandemic began nearly two years ago, Embrace was able to bring a group of volunteers to the Holy Land to assist with the planting of olive trees in Palestine. Here, our very own Rowena reflects on what it was like to return after such a long absence.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been difficult to travel to the regions in which we work to meet with partners. Recently, we have been able to begin travelling again, and Programmes and Partnerships Manager Bruce made his first visit to Lebanon - here, he reflects on what he saw and learned.

Rami Khader is the Director of the East Jerusalem YMCA’s Rehabilitation Programme. Here, Rami explores the long term effects that home demolition in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has on Palestinian families, particularly children.