DanChurchAid: Lebanon

Palestinians Brave a Hazardous Profession

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 09:47:15 GMT

Kamel Mohammed was pruning lemon trees last winter when his red electric saw detonated an unexploded cluster bomb, blasting shrapnel all over his body. After an operation to remove the metal shards from his chest, Mohammed, a 44-year-old father from the nearby Palestinian refugee camp of Rashidieh in south Lebanon, went straight back to work cultivating fields and chopping wood for coal.

Women in the Frontline for Clearing Cluster Bombs

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:54:42 GMT

"Mine action is a male dominated sector, but it doesn't have to be," declares Christina Bennike, the dynamic head of Danish charity DanChurchAid (DCA) in south Lebanon. "I really felt it would be important to address this from the beginning, then it would be natural instead of something different or unique."

A cold winter in Lebanon

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:05:52 GMT

The winter in the mountainous regions of South Lebanon is rapidly approaching. Though reconstruction is well under way after the 34 day war between the Israeli army and Hizbollah, people are in need of heaters and blankets.

Update on Lebanon activities

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 15:07:25 GMT

Among the greatest needs currently being expressed in villages in Lebanon are non-food relief items. DanChurchAid in Lebanon supports approx. 3,000 families with non food items and is also clearing mines and unexploded ammunition.

Water issues still plague villages

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:13:33 GMT

One hundred days after the cease-fire that ended the battle between Israel and Hezbollah, many Lebanese villages are still without running water.

Political assassination

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:48:11 GMT

The normally jammed-packed streets of Beirut during rush hour were even more frantic yesterday as residents scrambled immediately following the news that Christian politician Pierre Gemayel had been brutally gunned down in the streets of a Beirut suburb.

Material and mental healing get underway

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:16:14 GMT

Scan the faces of children gathered for a break outside Souane Elementary School and you see that life is slowly returning after the traumatic 34-day Israeli-Hezbollah conflict that left Lebanese villages bombed, roads destroyed and thousands injured and dead. DanChurchAid is currently clearing mines and unexploded ammunition in Lebanon.

Unexploded bombs

Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:01:54 GMT

The hidden fallout from conflict in Lebanon: For two hours, Mahmoud Yacoub sat disoriented in a field, waiting for help to come. The 36-year-old farmer had taken his herd of goats out at about 4 o�clock in the afternoon when he stepped on something that exploded. Bleeding and in pain, he made his way to a small shrub, where he sat and waited for rescue.

Pink against cluster bombs

Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:40:25 GMT

Pink, aka 27-year-old Alecia Moore, joins the fight against cluster bombs. Pink, who is known for her strong opinions, gave a concert on 24 October in Copenhagen, Denmark.

After the war in Lebanon

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:00:35 GMT

Muslims and Christians find bonds during the war between the Lebanese Hezbollah and Israeli forces. A million Lebanese fled the war zones to safer places in Lebanon. The majority of those who fled were Shia Muslims, many of whom received protection in Christian areas.