Migrants | Caritas Lebanon

After coming to Lebanon, female migrant domestic workers are facing many problems: papers confiscation, no freedom of movement, difficulty of communication, non-payment of salaries, physical, sexual & moral abuses …

For the protection of the migrant workers, we offer various services: social, psychosocial, legal, medical, educational and informational.

Centers / Shelters / Schools

Beth Aleph School with the social office of Vincentian Fathers – Achrafieh
Pine shelter for mentally ill and physically injured migrants.
Laksetha temporary shelter and community center for migrants
Cedar shelter receiving mainly women and children referred by the General Security and the Embassies.
Safe House – Olive shelter receiving the female women migrant domestic workers survivors of trafficking, exploitation and abuses.

Services / Sectors covered

With the support of Caritas network, European Union and other parties, and in collaboration with Embassies, Ministries, governmental organizations and International and local Non-governmental organizations, we provide:

Education at Beth Aleph School

Protection

3 grades: Nursery, KG1, KG2
Regular daily classes in Arabic and English, reading, writing, drawing, mathematics, and science.
Vocational training in shelters.
Awareness on child rights and child protection.
Awareness on Migration and trafficking, rights and responsibilities of migrants.
Pre-departure orientation training.

Providing shelter for up to 150 migrants in 4 shelters including women, children, sick and elderly.
Procuring legal assistance for shelters beneficiaries as well as freelance workers and SGBV cases.
Reintegration services and referrals in the countries of origin.
Psychosocial activities and psychological assistance.

Health	Basic assistance
Insuring medical assistance whenever needed in the 4 shelters (psychiatric consultations, hospitalization, general consultations, medicines, nursing care) and in Beth Aleph school	Distribution of food, hygienic items, and clothing in the shelters and in Beth Aleph School.