Migrants and Safe Shelters
Since 1994, Caritas migrant’s department has helped more than 300,000 migrants regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity, and political beliefs.
After coming to Lebanon, female migrant domestic workers are facing many problems: papers confiscation, no freedom of movement, difficulty of communication, non-payment of salaries, physical, sexual & moral abuses … For the protection of the migrant workers, we offer various services: social, psychosocial, legal, medical, educational and informational.
Centers / Shelters / Schools
Cedar shelter for GBV survivors.
OAK shelter receiving unaccompanied adolescents girls.
Presence 24/7 in the Retention Center for Foreign Detainees.
Laksetha temporary shelter and community center for migrants.
Beth Aleph School for migrant and refugee children in partnership
with the social office of Vincentian Fathers in Achrafieh.
Safe House, Olive shelter receiving the female women migrant
domestic workers survivors of trafficking, exploitation and abuses.
Services / Sectors covered
Education
At Beth Aleph:
3 grades: Nursery, KG1, KG2
Awareness on child rights and child protection.
Regular daily classes in Arabic and English, reading, writing, drawing, mathematics, and science.
IT Academy:
Computer sessions within CL’s.
Protection
Pre-departure orientation training.
Psychosocial activities and psychological assistance.
Reintegration services and referrals in the countries of origin.
Distribution of linguistic guides and booklets of Rights at Beirut Airport.
Awareness on Migration and trafficking, rights and responsibilities of migrants.