Medical care for vulnerable populations in Lebanon

Dear Friends,

We’re really excited to let you know that so far, our project is a total success.

We unveiled the bus at the beginning of the summer in a refugee camp located in Zahle, in the east part of Lebanon. This camp is largely made up of Syrian families who can’t access most services and the humanitarian help.

Until now, we mostly focused on the psychosocial support with a team of psychologist, animator and social worker. In this way, we can have a better understanding of the situation and prepare the ground for the medical support.

To be efficient we tried to focus on only 30 kids per session. Unfortunately the needs are a lot, and the entertainment is so rare in this camp, that it’s merely impossible to keep the other children at a distance. We’re trying to solve this “problem” by including as much kids as possible in our program while working with smaller groups on the psychosocial issues.

Most of the children in this camp have experienced trauma and distress and have left their country of origin in fear. Many of them suffer from different troubles from psychosomatic disorders to a low self-esteem. Unfortunately, living in a refugee camp doesn’t help them in getting better. Each session allows us to have a better understanding of the scope of the problem and of the disastrous consequences of living in this environment.

We’re now well-known in this refugee camp and have the trust of the inhabitant, children and families. This confidence will help us to go deeper in the psychosocial support and to be more efficient. 

After this successful implementation in this camp we’re now entering an expansion phase. We already have some refugee camps in mind, from the north to the south of the country.

With your donation, Insan has been able to offer to more children an access to a psycho-social support and purchase needed equipment.
On behalf of the entire team, I sincerely thank you for your generosity, for your solidarity, and for your support.

We look forward to bring you more information about our project.

Warm regards,

Insan Team