FROM BELFAST TO BEIRUT AND THE BEKAA VALLEY

AMANDA FERGUSON in Lebanon

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Professional pics by photographer Hazar Al Zahr.

Trócaire invited me to check out their work in Lebanon - through SAWA and Women Now - with Syrian families displaced by war.

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Thanks to BBC Radio Ulster Sunday Sequence, The Sunday Life, U105 Frank Mitchell programme, and The Irish News for helping me share the stories:

Sunday Life: ‘I hope one day the world will see us as more than numbers... don’t just call us refugees. I am a human. Call me my name’ Trocaire changing lives and giving hope to displaced Syrians living in Lebanon

Irish News: Syrian families in Bekaa Valley at risk of death this winter as temperatures plummet and tented homes deteriorate Amanda Ferguson visited Lebanon with Trócaire to speak with humanitarian aid workers, Syrian refugees, and women's groups.

Some of my Instagram pics here: https://www.instagram.com/amandafbelfast

And I have uploaded the broadcast audio to Youtube: To follow... https://www.youtube.com/@amandajournalist

To support Trócaire's work in Lebanon and elsewhere visit: https://www.trocaire.org or call 0800 912 1200.

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