{"id":19262,"date":"2020-08-13T19:42:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T19:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.org\/?p=19262"},"modified":"2020-08-14T02:19:46","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T02:19:46","slug":"beirut-explosion-a-qa-with-adra-and-adventist-church-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.org\/pt\/beirut-explosion-a-qa-with-adra-and-adventist-church-leaders","title":{"rendered":"Explos\u00e3o em Beirute: Perguntas e respostas com a ADRA e os socorristas adventistas no terreno"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"19262\" class=\"elementor elementor-19262\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6a2ee05e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6a2ee05e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ea34984\" data-id=\"4ea34984\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bbf8402\" data-id=\"6bbf8402\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a09acca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a09acca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On Monday, August 10, Gunther Wallauer, director of ADRA Middle East and North Africa (MENA), joined Rick McEdward, president at the Middle East and North Africa Union of Seventh-day Adventists and board chair of ADRA MENA, for an interview with Sam Neves of Adventist News Network. They discussed the Beirut explosion, including their personal experiences and how ADRA and the Adventist church are collaborating to respond.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Both Wallauer and McEdward have lived and worked in Beirut for several years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df8a768 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df8a768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-13-at-3.18.52-PM-e1597347611549-1024x501.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19272\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-13-at-3.18.52-PM-e1597347611549-1024x501.png 1024w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-13-at-3.18.52-PM-e1597347611549-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-13-at-3.18.52-PM-e1597347611549-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-13-at-3.18.52-PM-e1597347611549.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d69f81e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d69f81e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=302285750863285\">To watch the full interview, click here.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e97416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0e97416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7534b8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7534b8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q: What has been the impact to the church in Beirut?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f0ef1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4f0ef1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00480c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00480c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>RICK:<\/em> I was sitting in my office when the desk started shaking. I thought it was an earthquake and many of our people rushed outside when the impact of the blast caught up with the blast. All the ceiling panels above my desk jumped up about a foot and then crashed back down.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Very quickly we started receiving news about the impact on our churches, schools, communities and homes.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7596729 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7596729\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e9b18f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e9b18f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q: What was your reaction during the blast?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b07677 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9b07677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2216123 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2216123\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>RICK<\/em>: We didn&#8217;t know at the time whether it was an air attack. We weren&#8217;t sure what was happening. We were looking at the sky. <b>Some people ran to bomb shelters that were used during the Lebanon civil war several years ago.<\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">In our home we lost some windows<strong>\u2014<\/strong>they blew in. We had shards of glass all over our house.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The impact, though personal for us, is much greater on those that have been closer to the blast zone downtown.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Many have lost their lives. Many have been injured and lost their homes.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3555b3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3555b3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0ac7f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a0ac7f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q: What does downtown Beirut look like now?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3b174c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a3b174c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4d634b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4d634b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>RICK:<\/em> You go to downtown Beirut right now and it&#8217;s full of buildings that have no windows, the offices have been blown through. <b>Buildings who had a lot of employees, large buildings, apartments buildings are all destroyed.<\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Gunther and I have visited residential communities where many, many people have lost their homes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498afc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"498afc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b26ba7f elementor--h-position-center elementor--v-position-middle elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-slides\" data-id=\"b26ba7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:8000,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;transition_speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"slides.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-slides-wrapper elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slider\" dir=\"ltr\" data-animation=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper elementor-slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-fac9dee swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 3.20.24 PM\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Bouchrieh Seventh-day Adventist school, located one kilometer from the Adventist union office. <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-4ebf9aa swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 3.20.34 PM\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">The Corporation of Electric Board for the nation of Lebanon, located in the downtown sector.\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-ad54d1c swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 3.21.29 PM\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Photo taken across the street from the explosion site. Along the highway and in every community near the explosion, all you see is destroyed cars. In the background of this photo are destroyed apartment buildings. \n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-af81b9f swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 3.23.15 PM\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">Lebanon' granaries, which are now completely destroyed. A fire commander said, \"I've been working with this unit for 25 years, even during the war I have not seen such destruction with just one blast.\"\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-8956b1d swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 3.24.31 PM\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">The young lady in this banner is a firefighter who lost her life in the explosion while battling the original fire. \n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-repeater-item-dca79f9 swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\"><div class=\"swiper-slide-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Screen Shot 2020-08-13 at 3.25.55 PM\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide-inner\" ><div class=\"swiper-slide-contents\"><div class=\"elementor-slide-description\">The firefighter camp and rest area ADRA assisted in setting up. <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Vorheriger Slide\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"N\u00e4chster Slide\" data-no-translation-aria-label=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1303810 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1303810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b93e06d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b93e06d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q: What was ADRA's immediate response to the blast?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a72788e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a72788e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a904ee8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a904ee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>GUNTHER<\/em>: The first thought we had is that we knew there would be rescuers, fire fighters and civil defense in the area to search for survivors.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We knew that they would be working around the clock. <strong>So we thought, l<em>et&#8217;s take water for them and other volunteers we might find. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-603f207 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"603f207\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d546fdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d546fdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PHOTO-2020-08-05-15-43-47-16-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19280\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PHOTO-2020-08-05-15-43-47-16-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PHOTO-2020-08-05-15-43-47-16-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PHOTO-2020-08-05-15-43-47-16-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PHOTO-2020-08-05-15-43-47-16-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">ADRA teams immediately responded by distributing water to first responders.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2da29b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2da29b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ccbd65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ccbd65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">As we went to the explosion site we realized there were blockades set up by the army to prevent the general population from getting close to the blast site. We talked with the army and reached the fire fighter headquarters.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We talked with the fire fighters and they helped us get to the site where the blast happened.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">They were starting to put a tent<strong>\u2014<\/strong>the firefighters and rescuer teams from France and Poland<strong>\u2014<\/strong>and they gave us a list of supplies they needed. <strong>We managed to purchase the things they needed and set up a rest camp for first responders.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The second thing we started to do almost immediately is distribute water and food to the population affected.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5d28f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a5d28f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c99497d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c99497d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q: What is ADRA's plan for long-term response?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bae0d8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bae0d8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5881fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d5881fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>GUNTHER<\/em>: Currently we are developing reports and proposals for long-term response. We have been receiving donations and we connected with other NGOs in the area to continue coordinating the distribution of food and cash vouchers so that families can purchase food or tools to repair their homes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9af9bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d9af9bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6dc818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e6dc818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19279\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A basic need for families affected is finding a way to secure apartments which no longer have windows or doors.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d26bcd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d26bcd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a4657a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a4657a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The basic need right now isn&#8217;t just food and water but also security.\u00a0<\/b>Lots of homes don&#8217;t have doors or windows. We&#8217;ve interviewed people who are rotating with family members to keep watch during the day and night to protect their homes.<\/p><p>So we are working to provide families with resources to help secure their homes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4ba3a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c4ba3a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ae645 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"78ae645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/donations.adra.org\/disasters-ws\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">FUNDO DE EMERG\u00caNCIA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1dac77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d1dac77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-510e1c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"510e1c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q: Inflation has skyrocketed so food is very expensive, and the blast has set in motion a sequence of events where the government has now resigned. But the difficult situation didn't start with the blast, did it?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3116f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f3116f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca18555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ca18555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>RICK<\/em>: About 9 months ago I arrived back in the country after some travel. When I arrived back I could not get a taxi from the airport to my home because all the streets in Beirut were blocked. There was burning trash and tires blocking streets and there was a popular protest amongst sincere Lebanese who wanted to see the country reorganized. <b>Almost every political party recognized this as a positive demonstration to say, &#8220;We Lebanese want to improve our country.&#8221;<\/b><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Over several days the protest changed but it launched simultaneously with an economic crisis where the banks were closed for about a month. And the currency began to spiral out of control.<b> It went from 1,500 lira to the dollar to up to over 10,000 lira to the dollar and it&#8217;s varying now.<\/b> So we lost about 85% of our purchasing power in the country. All of the food in the markets and supermarkets increased in their cost so that <b>the average Lebanese person doesn&#8217;t have what it takes to purchase food and to stay afloat during this crisis.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fe7b5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0fe7b5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be25222 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"be25222\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19278\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Even before the explosion, ADRA was aiding families affected by the economic downturn. Since the explosion, ADRA's response is even more critical.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4af4c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d4af4c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2fee0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2fee0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then, the COVID crisis hit. In March we were on lockdown for 6 weeks with no one going out of their house.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">Restrictions started lifting, but then the crisis returned about a week ago and we started on lockdown again because the COVID case load is increasing. So currently we have faced political, economic and health crises which have brought the nation of Lebanon to its knees economically.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c145a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9c145a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0ec47b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0ec47b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q: What does the situation in Beirut look like now?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d11b6ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d11b6ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4b5fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b4b5fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>RICK<\/em>: Before the explosion the expectation was that the hospitals would be full of COVID victims by August 20. Suddenly, the blast happened and\u00a0 took out 2 major hospitals completely. <strong>One of them that had the best critical care unit in the country and is now reduced 20% of its original capacity.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">And a large portion of downtown Beirut cannot function now either which will mean more jobs gone. <strong>What is estimated at 50% unemployment right now will probably go up by 10-15% because of the large office buildings that have been put out of commission for a while.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a177d30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a177d30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f9f51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25f9f51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q: Is ADRA receiving donations right now?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1945fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a1945fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c800747 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c800747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>GUNTHER<\/em>: We are planning our long term response and receiving donations. <strong>We received one ton of food from Slovakia in a government plane.<\/strong> So we are in the process of packing the food to distribute it in the next days.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd1ed16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"bd1ed16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-625d71e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"625d71e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PHOTO-2020-08-11-10-51-20-3-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-19281\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PHOTO-2020-08-11-10-51-20-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PHOTO-2020-08-11-10-51-20-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PHOTO-2020-08-11-10-51-20-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adra.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PHOTO-2020-08-11-10-51-20-3.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">ADRA received a donation of one ton of food from Slovakia.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-546f101 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"546f101\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7b04f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e7b04f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>It&#8217;s critical right now to coordinate with other organizations who are on the ground for us to identify the areas in which we need to continue to work.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">ADRA Lebanon has a strong history in the education sector, so <strong>we want to identify 1 &#8211; 3 schools to assist in their rehabilitation and also work in the surrounding communities.<\/strong> This is also a high priority because there are 300,000 children without homes now.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">We want to focus funding in these sectors.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06d356d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"06d356d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2200fd elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d2200fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/donations.adra.org\/disasters-ws\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">FUNDO DE EMERG\u00caNCIA<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9cfb4f 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Now it&#8217;s even worse. The assistance isn&#8217;t only immediate but it has to be for more months.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>And if we get further funding, another important aspect is mental health support.<\/strong> The Lebanese population has gone through difficult times in the past. So many people are affected mentally by the blast because it brings up past trauma.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">If the funding comes in we are going to create teams to provide mental health support to people.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab266f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ab266f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb1abed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb1abed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q: How can I help in Beirut? <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1aa841 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"d1aa841\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15d805a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"15d805a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>GUNTHER<\/em>: The needs are huge. <strong>If you want to help ADRA as we help the people in Beirut the easiest way is to donate.<\/strong> Now is the time for us to share the comfort that we are experiencing elsewhere to help the people in Lebanon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fa9f389\" data-id=\"7fa9f389\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, August 10, Gunther Wallauer, director of ADRA Middle East and North Africa (MENA), joined Rick McEdward, president at the Middle East and North Africa Union of Seventh-day Adventists and board chair of ADRA MENA, for an interview with Sam Neves of Adventist News Network. 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