ST BARBARA LEBANON RELIEF FUND
Food Vouchers distributed in Mina/Tripoli May, 2026
Twenty families in need received $25 food vouchers, with the help of the Orthodox Youth Movement to buy groceries at a local supermarket in Mina/Tripoli.
OUr Work in july 2025
Archdiocese of Mount LEbanon, Jbeil and Batroun
$10,000 was sent to the Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon and with the help of Metropolitan Silouan the aid was distributed as follows:
- Program I – allowance of $500: the cooperative kitchen of the Parish of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Mansourieh.
- Program II - allowance of $1,500: medicines, (Socio-medical Dispensary of Al-Nabaa)
- Program III - allowance of $3,000: hospitalization fees, about $300 to $500
per case.
- Program IV - allowance of $5,000: helping with tuition for the children of parish priests in the Archdiocese. This will be distributed in the fall when schools begin again.
Orthdodox youth movement (OYM)
$10,000 was sent to the OYM and was distributed as follows:
$7,000, to the OYM Social and Medical Center in Sioufi, Beirut. The clinic in Sioufi distributed medicines on August 4th, 2025 to 600 individuals who came to the clinic on that day and received on average 3 different medicines for one month supply (see pictures and videos below).
$2,000, to the OYM, social work team in South Lebanon to pay the cost of medicine for individuals in need in different parishes in Tyre, Sidon , Ibl Alsaki, Ain Hursha, and Deir Mimas.
$1,000, to the OYM, social work team in Akkar spent on food vouchers ($50 each)
600 individuals Received Medicine on August 4th, 2025, through the Orthodox Youth movement social/Medical center in beirut
Archdiocese of Zahle aND Baalbek
$10,000 was sent to the Archdiocese of Zahle and with the help of Metropolitan Antonios the fund was distributed to families in need in his archdiocese to purchase Diesel for heating during the cold winter season.
Archdiocese of Tripoli and koura
$10,000 was sent to the Archdiocese of Tripoli and Koura and with the help of Metropolitan Kyriakos and the House of Family and Youth. The aid will be distributed as follows:
1. Purchasing medicine to treat chronic illnesses from Pharmaline with a 20% discount and distribution through the Archdiocese chancery to people in need that receive help regularly, around 150 individuals. These individuals come from many villages in Koura, Dinneyeh and Minyeh. The donation will also be used to help a wide group of individuals from Koura with the following needs:
- coverage of essential blood tests and medical imaging (scans, MRI..).
- provision of formula and diapers for children and elderly.
- psychological follows ups for individuals requiring mental health support.
2. Supporting the medical treatment fund in Mina, Tripoli (collaboration between the various Orthodox parishes and Orthodox organizations, headed by the priest of St. George's church, Father Michael Debs) that provides medicine regularly to between 50-60 individuals