Winter is here. We're all going through our closets, exchanging flip flops for boots, and t-shirts for sweaters.
This year, while rifling through your clothes, please consider donating those you don't need and helping someone less fortunate than you brave the stormy months ahead.
We've created a list for you to go through, and to help make the donation easier. Please consider donating and helping someone!
Keep a refugee warm with Sawa for Development & Aid
Who you'd be helping: Syrian refugees
How to get to them: You can call Sawa at 70-488 407 or message them on [email protected] or on their Facebook page
Sawa for Development & Aid was one of the first initiatives to help Syria with Sawa4Syria, and since then have provided some of the most notable efforts to provide relief and psychosocial support for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Their aim is to help refugees lead a dignified life.
Help Lebanon's most vulnerable communities with The DAFA Initiative - حملة دفى
Who you'd be helping: The most improverished people in Lebanon
How to get to them: You can call DAFA at 76-099 234 or contact them on their Facebook page.
The DAFA Campaign is concerned with distributing donations across the country to those identified by the Social Affairs Ministry or humanitarian organizations as the most impoverished, regardless or nationality or religion.
Syrians in the Bekaa encampments could use your coats via UNCHR - The UN Refugee Agency
Who you'd be helping: Refugees in the Bekaa Valley
Here's how to get to them: You can call UNHCR at 01-849 201 or contact them at donate.unhcr.com/warmth
The UNHCR in Lebanon helps families in the Bekaa valley keep warm during the winter because of the sub-zero temperatures. This winter they ask you to "donate warmth."
Give a refugee child a jacket with Jackit
Who you'd be helping: Children in refugee camps
Here's how to get to them: to help or volunteer with Jackit you can contact [email protected] or visit their Facebook page
Jackit is a charity whose sole purpose is to raise money to buy warm clothes for children in refugee camps. It is entirely run by volunteers and all the money raised goes to helping the lives of the children.
Give Lebanon's deprived families something to smile about with Bassma
Who you'd be helping: Deprived families
Here's how to get to them: You can drop off your clothes at Bassma's office from Monday to Friday in Badaro.
Contact: You can call them at 01-393 077 or message them on their Facebook page
Bassma is an organization that focuses on empower the most deprived families to reach self-sufficiency, so the family can live in dignity and finally enjoy life.