In two of Lebanon’s refugee camps, where residents have grown accustomed to the sounds of violence and despair, there is a new and welcome noise: the giggles of children in a newly renovated preschool.
ANERA’s renovations of two kindergartens in Burj El Barajneh and Ein El Helweh camps were made possible through a grant from UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) for early childhood education and emergency response for refugees from Syria. The preschools, already overcrowded before the influx of refugees, are now hosts to a large number of Palestinian refugee children from Syria. Both schools were in dire need of repairs and upgrades to provide a safe environment for the children and help them cope with the new arrivals.
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