In one day, 18-year-old Rubin went from hanging out with his friends at high school, to learning mathematics at home under lockdown in Albania. But within days, CARE Balkans and their partners mobilized and innovated new activities for young people, including Zoom group calls, yoga sessions, live lectures with psychologists, Instagram contests, mobile counselling and even a new Youth Podcast. Read their story.
A father, daughter and dozens of others from their nearby town drive in daily offering food and other support. Farouk Darwish, 52, survived the blast by miracle. On Tues., Aug. 4, at 6 p.m., he was in a downtown Beirut parking lot facing the port. Farouk lives in Chekka, a coastal town north of Beirut. He’d come to the city for a meeting and brought along his wife and daughter. Read their story.