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Clothes and Stationary for school children in South Lebanon

22 Jan 2007 14:12:21 GMT
Source: World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe office (MEERO)

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CIP Iman Ali Ahmad, 10, from Wazzani village, south Lebanon, happily showing her coupons.
World Vision MEERO, http://meero.worldvision.org

Over 1,500 children registered in World Vision programs are now benefiting from clothing and stationary coupons distribution made possible by a generous grant from an international pharmaceutical company.

These distributions are essential to the children who are returning to school in the challenging post-war conditions in South Lebanon. In Marjeyoun district alone, 32 villages were very heavily targeted by the bombings.

Every child registered in World Vision will get two US$30 coupons, one for clothing and one for stationary, provided that the child also attends school. If the child is not a scholar, he or she will only get a US$30 value clothing coupon.

'The children in Marjeyoun area were very needy of such a grant,' said Carine Al-Nachef, World Vision Lebanon field coordinator. 'It was so nice to see the happiness on the face of our sponsored children who felt that World Vision was giving them special attention in the way it was looking after them and providing them with the things they truly needed. I think that such grants help the children understand even more the true meaning of 'sponsorship,' and being part of the World Vision family.'

The Johnson and Johnson grant has also guaranteed funding for equipment for two child friendly spaces (CFS), an endeavor that will begin early February.

World Vision Germany has provided the necessary funds to cover the two physical structures of the CFSs.

Currently, many grants to World Vision Lebanon are being implemented in post-war relief activities, including winterization and the establishment of CFS in other affected areas such as Ain El Remmaneh ADP and some of the Palestinian Refugee camps.

[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]

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