Lebanon

Asma Abou Ezzeddine Rasamn, Founder of Malaak and Class 6 MELI Fellow dedicates her work providing safe settlements for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. Even before Covid-19 and Lebanon’s current revolution unfolding, these refugees have been living through a pandemic of their own for the past 8 years.

On October, 17th 2019, Lebanon saw a series of protests led by the people that called for political and economic reform. What could be characterized as a political revolution creating intense civil unrest became the backdrop when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Without a stable government structure, civil society has stepped in to fill the gaps.