Within the framework of our Sponsorship Programme for children in conflict or post-conflict zones, which has programmes in Iraq, Serbia and Kosovo, is also 'Family Happiness', a sponsorship for Palestinian children in Lebanon.
The project is shared by associations from 12 countries (Japan, Switzerland, USA, France, Belgium, Great Britain, Egypt, Qatar, Norway, Finland, Germany and Italy) and implemented thanks to our local partner Assomoud, which has been present in the country's refugee camps since 1976.
In Lebanon, half of the Palestinian refugee population is under the age of 18, but only 35% manage to complete primary school. Boys and girls grow up in refugee camps, in a context characterised by severe limitations in access to essential services, including health and education.
The right to health and education for Palestinian people in the country are still denied, even though they have been living in camps since 1948.
For years, together with our partner Assomoud, we have been running the sponsorship programme, which since 2013 also welcomes Palestinian SyrianÉ™ children who have fled the war in Syria and the camps in which they were living.
For them, we organise school activities and run small clinics to provide access to education and the right to medical care thanks to the contribution of many Italian families.
