#Youth

Rising above adversity: Jana’s journey from war to a brighter future

Jana has been on a journey from devastation to hope which reflects her incredible steadfastness and the transformative power of a peer education project, supported by MAP, that has instilled positive change in her life.

Residential workshop offers Palestinian refugees respite in Lebanon

Beit Atfal Assomoud, MAP's partner in Lebanon, recently organised a residential workshop for young Palestinian refugees and social workers living in Palestinian refugee camps.

How overlapping crises are affecting young Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) met with a group of young people from Burj el Barajneh and Mar Elias refugee camps, who volunteer in a MAP-supported peer education project run in partnership with Beit Atfal Assomoud. They spoke to us about the struggles young Palestinians in Lebanon are experiencing and how recent Israeli military violence across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) has impacted them.

“We will rebuild it”: MAP partner joins clean-up campaign in Gaza

Thousands of Palestinians came together to clean up the destruction caused by Israel’s 11-day military offensive, as part of the “We will rebuild it” campaign organised by the Municipality of Gaza with Medical Aid Palestinians (MAP)’s partner, the Social Developmental Forum (SDF).

Towards a brighter future for young Palestinian refugees: Life skills training in Lebanon

Read how MAP is working with a local partner to train peer educators to provide free health and life skills education for young Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.