A little girl in a center for the displaced in Sour, South Lebanon. (Credit: Mohammad Yassine/OLJ)
There are those who have been killed or injured by Israeli army bombings in Lebanon, those who have lost their homes, and those whose loved ones have been decimated by the ongoing conflict or from whom they have been separated. Among those who have escaped death but now find themselves isolated are children — exactly 27 between Sept. 23 when the Israeli offensive on Lebanon intensified, and Nov. 11, according to Amira Succar, president of the Union pour la protection de l’enfance au Liban (Upel), (Union for the protection of childhood in Lebanon).Both Upel, a key organization tasked by the Ministry of Justice with monitoring unaccompanied children, and the international NGO Save the Children are working throughout Lebanon to address this issue. In addition, the Ministry of Social Affairs reports that two other organizations provide...
There are those who have been killed or injured by Israeli army bombings in Lebanon, those who have lost their homes, and those whose loved ones have been decimated by the ongoing conflict or from whom they have been separated. Among those who have escaped death but now find themselves isolated are children — exactly 27 between Sept. 23 when the Israeli offensive on Lebanon intensified, and Nov. 11, according to Amira Succar, president of the Union pour la protection de l’enfance au Liban (Upel), (Union for the protection of childhood in Lebanon).Both Upel, a key organization tasked by the Ministry of Justice with monitoring unaccompanied children, and the international NGO Save the Children are working throughout Lebanon to address this issue. In addition, the Ministry of Social Affairs reports that two other organizations provide...