Response to COVID-19 at Safe Spaces Lebanon Center
April 2, 2020
Alongside the rest of the world, we are ever vigilant about keeping the children, families, staff and faculty safe at our center. As such, we wanted to provide you an update on how they’re doing and what they’re doing in the midst of the pandemic. Please read below for a wonderful update as provided by Lama Charif, our new content writer and graphic designer.
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After Safe Spaces regional director Ghaleb el Charif attended a conference by the UNHCR in regards of the dangers and precautions to be taken against COVID19, he reached out to the organization to discuss the services they offer to refugee camps. He arranged a cooperation between them and the relevant municipality that entailed sanitizing the Naddaf shelter, and the distribution of helpful printed materials.
Seeing that many local residents’ incomes, including families of Safe Spaces, have been suspended for some time now, and are indefinitely so, Mr. el Charif organized a food supply distribution initiative. 36 boxes of nutrition supplies, including sugar, flour, and other basic kitchen needs were distributed to all 29 families in the Naddaf shelters and all teachers and employees of Safe Spaces.
Safe Spaces continues to be dedicated to ensuring the most comfort and safety it is capable of to its family. Soon, we will be able to enjoy days in the park with our students again. Until then, stay safe!
