Category: kindness

A man was asked to paint a boat. He brought his paint and brushes and began to paint the boat a bright red, […]

“It is difficult to find the words to express what I experienced in Anta Akhi. It was magnificent! Words  cannot really say what I received during these ten months, but I will try to share my testimony anyway.  Anta Akhi is a bubble of tenderness in which it is easy to love. Love draws from a source, otherwise it is  empty. The source from which “the young” draw their love is Christ.   The fragility of the young people with disabilities brought to light my own fragility. They are not perfect  and neither am I. At their contact, I learned not to be a “know-it-all” anymore, but to listen and let  myself be taught. Holiness is simple and joyful, it makes no noise, that’s how we live in Anta Akhi. With  all of you, and with so many life companions, I learned that. Anta Akhi is a place of truth.  At the “Home of Tenderness” I saw that we could not pretend or appear. We are asked to be. Be  ourselves. I liked being a servant of joy, sharing my love of humor, making the “young people” and the  members of this large family laugh. I also felt honored and powerless to share the suffering and distress  of the Lebanese people and those with whom I shared my daily life.  I deeply believe that friendship has no borders, and the one I created this year at Anta Akhi will remain  engraved. Thank you wonderful family of Anta Akhi for everything I received, thank you dear “young  people” for showing me the way to follow, thank you Lord for calling me to Anta Akhi. Pardon me for my  lack of courage and love. Be all blessed and be all holy!”  Learn more about Anta Akhi, an NGO […]

“Peace begins with a smile” In an unprecedented and intensifying flood, 60 million people around the world have become refugees, often escaping war […]

Volunteers from various NGOs and organizations teamed up today to give back to Hamra some of its glow by cleaning up the area […]

For Giving Tuesday, we asked all of the former volunteers who spent one day in our home of tenderness, to send a photo […]

(Image: University students who volunteered to help clean damaged homes and give other assistance, pass in front of a building that was damaged […]

Journalist Vivian Yee, who is the Middle East correspondent for the The New York Times, shared the image of the man on social […]

In Lebanon, a group of anonymous volunteers set up a “wall of kindness” to help those in need. It encourages people to hang […]

‘If it were not for Lebanese solidarity, we would have lost all hope,’ says Hala Okeili Hala Okeili was two minutes away from […]