This is a program that provides cash assistance for 1000 families. The program surveyed 1300 families in the Mount Lebanon area.

This is a project, conducted in both the South and in Mount Lebanon areas, that is offered for vulnerable beneficiaries such as Syrian and Iraqi refugees as well as vulnerable Lebanese.

This project targets children who have never been to school or have been out of school for many years due to their refugee status.

This program, supported by many donors and MECC itself, provides affordable primary care and mental health services for vulnerable persons living in Mount Lebanon.

Home care is a livelihoods training course for both Lebanese and Syrian refugees. This high in-demand project utilizes professional teachers from the University of Balamand Faculty of Health Sciences and teaches participants skills

The Middle East Council of Churches participated in the meeting held by “La Maison du Futur”, in collaboration with “Wilfried Marten’s Centre for European Studies” and “Al Quds Centre” at Maison du Futur, Sérail Bikfaya. The conference entitled “Do Christians Have a Future in the Middle East?” aimed to discuss the future of Christians in the Middle East, bringing together an elite of political activists, intellectuals, and clerics from Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon.

Secretary General in the Middle East Council of Churches Dr. Souraya Bachealany participated with in Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies on “Inclusive Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa”, which was opened today in Abu Dhabi and lasts until November 15. The Forum, held in partnership with Wilton Park Association, affiliated to the British Foreign Ministry and Adyan Foundation, brought together over 50 prominent Muslim, Christian and other religious scholars from the Middle East, along with a number of policy makers from 11 countries around the world.

The Middle East Council of Churches is participating in the Third ACT Alliance Assembly in Uppsala –Sweden (28 October- 1 November), through its delegation headed by the Secretary-General, Dr. Souraya Bechealany, and the Director of Ecumenical Relief Service Samer Laham.

The Middle East Council of Churches called the world to pray for the victims of the floods at the Dead Sea area in Jordan, especially the children who perished when the floods took over their school bus.

MECC Secretary General Dr.Souraya Bachealany, condemned the Israeli police assault against Coptic Deir al-Sultan monks outside the Holy Sepulcher Church in Jerusalem’s Old City and their interference on the Monastery grounds, saying: “Once more the Israeli occupation shows its blatant violations to all conventions, agreements, human rights and international laws on all levels, not only including violation against sacred Christian symbols, but also Islamic symbols as well. Therefore, we appeal to the international community for a conscientious stand to protect these sacred symbols and the rights of the Palestinian people”.

Represented by Reverend Father Gabriel Hachem, Director of the Theological and Ecumenical Department, the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) participated in the International Conference held by the United Bible Societies (UBS) under the title “The Holy Scriptures in the Changing World” in Etchmiadzin-Armenia.

Secretary General Gives Condolences Over the Phone to His Holiness Pope Twadros II

The Middle East Council of Churches expresses its sorrow over the loss of its Executive Committee member, His Eminence Anba Bishoy, Metropolitan of Damietta and Kafr El-Sheikh and the Monastery of Saint Demiana, Barrari-Belkas, who passed away on October 3, 2018, aged 76.

MECC SG Souraya Bachealany: We Choose to Fight Against the Killing Indifference Towards the Middle East

The Middle East Council of Churches Secretary General Dr. Souraya Bachealany called the world community for more serious efforts to ensure peace in the Middle East.

Within MECC “Cash for Work Program”, a Waste Management campaign was implemented in Dara’a responding to an urgent request received from the people of the region to remove the accumulated wastes from the area.

One of the major goals of the MECC is to improve the psycho-social wellbeing of children affected by the crisis, through training teachers in trauma resilience strategies.

Mireille Girard UNHCR representative in Lebanon visits the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC): Working together for the Human Dignity
MECC General Secretary: While stressing the importance of relief programs for the refugees, displaced, and migrants, of development programs within the host countries, I insist upon the need for effective measures to help these populations return home, under decent humanitarian and security conditions

Dr Souraya Bechealany, Secretary General of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) participated in the conference organized by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development on September 13-14 in the Pontifical Urban University.

Message from the Conference
“Xenophobia, Racism, and Populist Nationalism in the context of global migration”
organized jointly by the Dicastery for promoting integral human development (Vatican City) and the World Council of Churches (Geneva) in collaboration with the Pontifical Council for promoting Christian Unity (Vatican City)

At a global conference on xenophobia in Rome, a panel of four religious leaders from, respectively, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu and Islamic traditions, spoke candidly about how xenophobia can sometimes be woven deeply into the fabric of these traditions.

Middle East Council of Churches Evangelical Family President, Rev. Dr. Habib Badr, attended on behalf of the Council the first ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom hosted by the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. 23-26 July, 2018.