Empowering Refugees: Ahmed’s Journey of Learning Against All Odds

Meet Ahmed, an 11-year-old refugee who fled the war in Syria with his family a decade ago, seeking safety in Lebanon. Ahmed and his family now live in a makeshift tent made of tarpaulins and various scraps, near a cashew nut farm owned by their landlord. During school breaks, Ahmed and his siblings work on the farm in exchange for their monthly rent, as their father can no longer work due to chronic leg pain

The flight of Ahmed Mohamed 

Pastor Ahmed Mohamed knelt by the side of the dusty road where he, his wife and three children had paused to rest.

The Good Hygiene Jingle

Papy, an ADRA Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) technical assistant, wrote the song to inspire people to develop new sanitary habits.

Bucaramanga? 

“Bucaramanga?”, my friend Mike chuckles1, “nope, never heard of it – but I’m amused to learn that a place called Boo·kaa·ruh·maang·guh even exists!”

A Garden Better Than Gold

Standing in the middle of an endless field of vegetables, Maro Jeanine recalls how her village was years ago.