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Report of Marie Lucey, OSF on
Catholic Relief Service's Delegation of Women Religious to Lebanon and Syria |
A shelter for mothers and children houses Iraqi families near Beirut , Lebanon .. It's estimated that between 40,000 and 60,000 Iraqi refugees now live in Lebanon . Photo: Laura Sheahen for CRS |
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Two girls stand in a shelter near Beirut for Iraqi refugee mothers and their children. The Iraqi refugees living in Lebanon are not allowed work permits. Photo: Laura Sheahen for CRS |
In Damascus, an Iraqi refugee boy stands beside his mother and her registration certificate from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Iraqi refugees must register with UNHCR to receive humanitarian aid like medical care and to be processed for resettlement in other countries like Canada. Because getting a visa to another country can take years, and because they are not allowed work permits in Syria, many Iraqi refugees in Syria have become increasingly destitute. Photo: Laura Sheahen for CRS |
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An Iraqi refugee girl is held by her mother, who fled the violence in Iraq with her husband and children. The mother and her children live in a shelter near Beirut. Photo by Laura Sheahen for CRS |
An Iraqi refugee father of 10 sits in his family's one-room apartment in Beirut , Lebanon . This refugee's family of twelve12 left Iraq in September 2007. The family is Christian and fears violence if they return to Iraq. Photo: Laura Sheahen for CRS |
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An Iraqi refugee mother stands in her family's temporary apartment in Beirut , Lebano . Photo: Laura Sheahen for CRS |
| A Syrian sister of the Good Shepherd stands in a bedroom of a shelter for refugee mothers and their children in in Damascus, Syria . The shelter provides housing for refugee mothers and children, including women who are victims of domestic violence. The Good Shepherd ministry reaches out to the 1.5 million Iraqi refugees now in Syria . Photo: Laura Sheahen for CRS |
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Marie Lucey, OSF talks with Marie-Claude Naddaf, a sister of the Good Shepherd in Damascus.
Photo: CRS Staff |
Simone Campbell, SSS, NETWORK executive director, left, and CRS staffer Vivian Manneh Photo: Laura Sheahen for CRS |
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