The Beqaa Valley is the spot in Lebanon that takes in the most Syrian refugees, one million of the five million that have escaped from Syria. At the same time, Lebanon continues to recover from more than 15 years of civil war and from the effects of its war against Israel in 2006.<\/p>\n
In spite of everything, the generosity of the Lebanese have made it possible for the Syrians to find safe refuge in centers like this one of the Order of Malta.<\/p>\n
This hospital, run by the Sisters of Divine Charity of Besan\u00e7on, offers them free medical assistance. Here, the only requirement is tending to the needs of the human beings they have in front of them. <\/p>\n
SR. MARIA JOSEPHA ABOU HAIDAR \u201cThe staff we have at this center are composed of Shiites, Sunnis, Druzes and Christians. They all understand one another well. We have seen the improvement, with the population and with the staff we have here. There is a great acceptance. No one lives closed in himself or herself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThere isn\u2019t any problem. Muslims and Christians are the same to us. In Syria, we didn\u2019t know what the difference was between a Muslim and a Christian. We only knew that we were children of Adam. We didn\u2019t differentiate between them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The hospital, founded in 1992, takes in many Syrian refugees who live in nearby towns. The situation of these people in Lebanon is very uncertain, and places like these are their only hope for receiving decent, sanitary assistance. <\/p>\n RIHAB DABBOUS \u201cWe treat everyone equally, whether rich or poor; Syrian or Lebanese; Muslim or Christian. Everyone equally, and that\u2019s why people like to come here.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The Order of Malta is a humanitarian power at the service of the weakest and where it is needed most. In Lebanon, the group doesn\u2019t only take care of them, but also goes to them. It does so with this mobile medical unit. Dr. Jammal, a Shiite Muslim, has been working with the Order for 26 years. <\/p>\n JAMMAL ISMAIL \u201cIn this institution, we don\u2019t ask the denomination, the color or the ethnicity; we ask about your needs and meet them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Lebanese geography is sprinkled with small refugee lands like this one, hosting 2,500 people. In this settlement, the Order of Malta is the only one that lends help to these families that have escaped the war and who are, for the most part, Muslims.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t have the possibility of going to a center. We don\u2019t have money to go to the doctor or buy medicine. They help us a lot. No one else offers that to us. May God help them because they help us a lot, if it wasn\u2019t for them\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n His wife is 40 years old and his young son doesn\u2019t speak, as a result of the trauma caused by bombs. It's not only the medicine this service provides which heal the wounds of these victims of war. <\/p>\n \u201cThis is mercy: love, compassion and care\u2026 it is something good. We didn\u2019t expect this type of care and love.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n While other countries with greater resources are limiting their help or close their doors to these refugees, Lebanon, a small country with a post-war economy, is taking them in and trying to offer them the most acceptable living conditions as possible. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cWe didn\u2019t expect this care and love,\u201d assured a Muslim refugee from Syria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":28190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IplR0Dv30ik","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstdispensariolibanoeng.mov","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstdispensariolibanoint.mov","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNun from the Charity of Besan\u00e7on<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nCenter employee<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDoctor<\/strong><\/p>\n