Families
Selection Process
The families were selected by our Lebanon-based partner Al Majmoua based on financial and humanitarian needs.
Most families have been recipient of microcredits through Al Majmoua, and had their situation deteriorate dramatically over the last year. Al Majmoua knows each family, and has vetted them for severe financial needs whereby $200/month will materially improve their livelihood.
Currently Sponsored Families: 65
The list of families currently sponsored by generous donors is here
Sponsoring a Family for US$200/Month over 6 Months
Review the families profiles below. Names are redacted for privacy
To donate, click the button next to your chosen family and enter your credit details on Paypal
We will charge you US$230 every month for the next 6 months (total donation = US$1,380). US$200 go to the family, and US$30 covers the costs of payments and distribution of USD bills. See fees breakdown here
Donating a different amount
You can now donate any amount of your choice
We will aggregate the donations and release to a family once donations reach US$1,380 / 1,170 Euros ($200/month delivered to the family for 6 months)
The family will be randomly selected from the list below
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US$230/month for 6 months
MPK81 - Mother of one; forced to stop working to care for an elderly family member; income barely sufficient to cover rent and basic needs. Household: 4, Kids: 1, Female, Dora. Click to expand
Situation
The person seeking help was forced to stop working to care for an elderly family member. Her income is insufficient to pay rent and buy basic needs.
Professional background
Administrative Services
Monthly income: 0
Other income: LBP 1,200.000
Personal Profile
Age: 31
Location: Dora
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Education: Vocational Training
Total household: 4
Kids: 1
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: No
GAI90 - Widow and a mother of two; forced to close her hair salon due to lockdown; expensive medical bills. Household: 3, Kids: 2, Female, Chtoura. Click to expand
Situation
A widow and a mother of two, she used to run a hair salon before the lockdown but now her income decreased. She used her husband's cab to work as a taxi driver and has expensive medical bills and basic family needs.
Professional background
Taxi Driver
Monthly income: LBP 450,000
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 46
Location: Chtoura
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widow
Education: Secondary
Total household: 3
Kids: 2
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
AMM24 - Heart disease patient with a weak sight; income not enough to buy the needed medications. Household: 2, Male, Douris. Click to expand
Situation
After having a heart attack, the candidate did the open heart surgery and his sight is getting weaker. His income is not enough to buy the needed medications.
Professional background
Calligrapher
Monthly income: LBP 1,200,000
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 56
Location: Douris
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: College
Total household: 2
Kids: 0
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
DMS73 - Lives with her mother and is the sole provide in the family; works at a hospital's kitchen for LBP 500,000 and her mother's medication cost LBP 400,000. Household: 2, Female, Halba. Click to expand
Situation
The person seeking help lives with her mother and earns a very low income from working at Rahal hospital's kitchen, which is not enough to cover her mother's expensive medical bill (LBP 400,000). She walks to work daily to save transportation cost and she might be losing her job soon.
Professional background
Worker at a hospital's kitchen
Monthly income: LBP 500,000
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 42
Location: Halba
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Education: Vocational Training
Total household: 2
Kids: 0
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: Yes
NKA88 - Provides on-demand cleaning services and is the sole family provider; unemployed husband requires medical surgery. Household: 3, Kids: 1, Female, Chtoura. Click to expand
Situation
The person seeking help provides house cleaning services. She is the main family supporter and her husband is sick and requires a medical surgery, but she is unable to pay for it or for their house rent.
Professional background
Cleaning Services
Monthly income: LBP 600,000
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 58
Location: Chtoura
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Education: Intermediary
Total household: 2
Kids: 1
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: No
MNS91 - Sole family provider; decreased income due to lockdown and the financial crisis; sick mother. Household: 3, Female, Marjaoun. Click to expand
Situation
She is her parents' sole breadwinner and her income decreases after the financial crisis and the lockdown. Her mother suffers from an incurable disease and has medical expenses.
Professional background
Perfume and Accessory Shop Employee
Monthly income: 600,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 24
Location: Marjaoun
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Education: Intermediate
Total household: 3
Kids: 0
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
RNA44 -Previously a tattoo artist but work was suspended due to the crisis; husband was laid off and children are not registered in school. Household: 6, Kids: 4, Female, Dahiyeh. Click to expand
Situation
Previously a tattoo artist but work was suspended due to the crisis; husband was laid off and she was forced to sell her work equipment; children are not registered in school and the relies on food aid.
Professional background
Tattoo artist
Monthly income: 0
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 36
Location: Dahiyeh
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 6
Kids: 4
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
MTT45 -Decreased income due to the current situation; son suffers from electrical cerebral disease. Household: 5, Kids: 3, Male, Qana. Click to expand
Situation
Decreased income due to the current situation; son suffers from electrical cerebral disease and treatment is expensive.
Professional background
Transportation
Monthly income: 700,000 LBP
Other income: 400,000 LBP
Personal Profile
Age: 41
Location: Qana
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Primary
Total household: 5
Kids: 3
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: No
FSA48 -Suffers from multiple sclerosis and sells vegetables to support his family; wife is Syrian and unable to work. Household: 3, Kids: 1, Male, Koura. Click to expand
Situation
Suffers from multiple sclerosis with difficulty walking and chronic dizziness; unable to practice his profession; sells vegetables to support his family; wife is Syrian and unable to work to help with the daily expenses.
Professional background
Electricity Technician
Monthly income: Small amount, not specified
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 29
Location: Koura
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Technical School
Total household: 3
Kids: 1
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
FNN49 -Fingers amputated in a work accident and insignificant salary. Household: 5, Kids: 3, Male, Beirut. Click to expand
Situation
Fingers amputated in a work accident but was not compensated for the accident; monthly salary became almost insignificant.
Professional background
Part-time Employee
Monthly income: 650,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 52
Location: Beirut
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Primary
Total household: 5
Kids: 3
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: Social Security
KBY79 - Father of five, stopped working due to a health condition; income not enough to pay house rent and the basic needs. Household: 7, Kids: 5, Male, Dora. Click to expand
Situation
He has five children and a wife to support but due to a heart problem, he stopped working and is no longer able to pay rent and basic needs for the family.
Professional background
Unemployed
Monthly income: 0
Other income: LBP 1,500.000
Personal Profile
Age: 65
Location: Dora
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 7
Kids: 5
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: No
HAS50 -Income affected by to the pandemic closures; family member suffers from physical disability. Household: 6, Kids: 4, Male, Nabatieh. Click to expand
Situation
Works as a school janitor in a school and paid based on working days; income affected by to the closures due to the pandemic; 4 children, one of them suffers from a physical disability and lack of oxygen in the brain; wife suffers from kidney cysts.
Professional background
School Janitor
Monthly income: 700,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 48
Location: Nabatieh
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 6
Kids: 4
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: Yes
HRH51 -Worked as a clothes salesman but stopped due to a corneal operation. Household: 4, Kids: 2, Male, Nabatieh. Click to expand
Situation
Worked as a clothes salesman but stopped due to a corneal operation.
Professional background
Sales
Monthly income: 800,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 54
Location: Nabatieh
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 4
Kids: 2
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
FFK82 - Both parents unemployed; daughter with a low income and old mother requires medical attention. Household: 6, Kids: 3, Female, Dora. Click to expand
Situation
The person seeking help must take care of her 90-year old mother who requires medical attention. Her daughter is a low-wage worker and the husband is no longer working.
Professional background
Unemployed
Monthly income: 0
Other income: LBP 1,000.000
Personal Profile
Age: 56
Location: Dora
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 6
Kids: 3
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: No
LYJ52 - Unemployed and husband work decreased by 80%; rely on aids. Household: 4, Kids: 2, Female, Nabatieh. Click to expand
Situation
She works as a private tutor, but has lost the few students she had, and currently is not working. The husband works in the field of home cooking . His work has decreased by 80%. Currently, they live from the assistance of associations and sometimes the help of her brother in law.
Professional background
Private Tutoring
Monthly income: 500,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 34
Location: Nabatieh
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Education: High School
Total household: 4
Kids: 2
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
MKC53 - Work declined due to the crisis; husband stopped working and facing difficulties supporting their family. Household: 4, Kids: 2, Female, Marjayoun. Click to expand
Situation
Work declined due to the crisis and no other income; husband stopped working in a restaurant and facing difficulties supporting their family.
Professional background
At-home Hairdresser
Monthly income: 600,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 37
Location: Marjayoun
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 4
Kids: 2
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
TYF83 - Sole family provider; responsible for her mother and can't afford to buy enough food. Household: 5, Female, Koura. Click to expand
Situation
Being the sole provider in the family, the person seeking help is taking care of mother who requires an urgent medical surgery. The family relies on planted produced near the house as they are unable to buy stored food.
Professional background
Nursing
Monthly income: Half a salary
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 43
Location: Koura
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Education: Vocational Training
Total household: 5
Kids: 0
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: Yes
SMY55 - Daughter with special needs and requires an expensive surgery; husband is laid off. Household: 6, Kids: 4, Female, Ain el Helweh. Click to expand
Situation
Daughter with special needs and requires a surgery that costs 27 million LBP; in addition to the costs of a device and post operation physical therapy; husband was laid off and working as bread distributor.
Professional background
Sales
Monthly income: 500,000 LBP
Other income: 1,000,000 LBP
Personal Profile
Age: 43
Location: Ain el Helweh
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Education: High School
Total household: 6
Kids: 4
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: No
SMY56 - Laid off and currently selling vegetables for a living; unable to pay the house rent. Household: 3, Kids: 1, Male, Ain el Helweh. Click to expand
Situation
Laid off and currently selling vegetables for a living; unable to pay his house rent.
Professional background
Vegetables Sales
Monthly income: 500,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 30
Location: Ain el Helweh
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Primary
Total household: 3
Kids: 1
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: No
NRA77 - Unable to pay his business rent which might lose him his business; expecting his first baby soon. Household: 2, Male, Dora. Click to expand
Situation
This soon-to-be father is unable to pay for his business rent, which puts him at risk of losing the location. Due to the country's situation, his business is not generating enough income to support him.
Professional background
Restaurant and Coffee Shop
Monthly income: 0
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 34
Location: Dora
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Education: College
Total household: 2
Kids: 0
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
HMI57 - Unemployed husband and wife. Household: 7, Kids: 5, Male, Saida. Click to expand
Situation
Had two jobs (one at a pastry shop and one at a municipality); wife managed a small candy shop; lost both jobs and wife's income is insufficient so they closed the shop; currently lives with his parents and wife working as a cleaning lady.
Professional background
Chef/unemployed
Monthly income: 0
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 38
Location: Saida
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 7
Kids: 5
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
MSK59 - Lost his job and health insurance; wife works in a bakery. Household: 9, Kids: 7, Male, Tyre. Click to expand
Situation
Lost his job at a supermarket and his health insurance; owns a minivan to transport employees for a monthly income of 900,000 LBP; wife works in a bakery for a monthly income of 600,000 LBP; has 7 children and insufficient income.
Professional background
Transportation
Monthly income: 900,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 49
Location: Tyre
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Illiterate
Total household: 9
Kids: 7
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
AHM60 - Suffers from chronic diseases and requires permanent treatment; injury forced him to stop working. Household: 3, Kids: 1, Male, Sarafand. Click to expand
Situation
Suffers from chronic diseases (diabetes, high blood pressure) which led to a stroke in his foot and requires permanent treatment; injury forced him to stop working.
Professional background
Bakery Worker
Monthly income: 500,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 47
Location: Sarafand
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: High School
Total household: 3
Kids: 1
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
AAA64 - Husband and wife unemployed. Household: 5, Kids: 3, Female, Tyre. Click to expand
Situation
Sold clothes at home and stopped due to her inability to purchase new items and collect debts from her clients; husband work as a delivery man was suspended.
Professional background
Sales
Monthly income: 700,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 36
Location: Tyre
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 5
Kids: 3
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
GHM65 - Wife has special needs and in charge for her sick mother; currently unemployed. Household: 5, Kids: 0, Female, Baalbeck. Click to expand
Situation
She has special needs (mobility) and is responsible for her sick incapacitated mother; currently unemployed.
Professional background
Condolences Services
Monthly income: 100,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 54
Location: Baalbeck
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Education: College
Total household: 5
Kids: 0
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: No
MMH67 - Heart patient and partially unemployed due to his illness; dependent mother with medical expenses. Household: 7, Kids: 4, Male, Chtoura. Click to expand
Situation
Heart patient and partially unemployed due to his illness; his sole income comes from renting out two rooms for the sum of 600,000 LBP; mother lives with him and has medical expenses.
Professional background
School Bus Driver
Monthly income: 0
Other income: 600,000 LBP
Personal Profile
Age: 48
Location: Chtoura
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 7
Kids: 4
Elderly / Disabled: 1
Health insurance: No
HSA71 - Two sons with poor health condition and low income. Household: 5, Kids: 3, Male, Douris. Click to expand
Situation
Has two sons in poor health condition (7-year-old son has nerves problems and 10-year-old daughter has heart problems and requires an open heart operation before she reaches the age of 21); reduced salary to half.
Professional background
Employee
Monthly income: 600,000 LBP
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 41
Location: Douris
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 5
Kids: 3
Elderly / Disabled: 2
Health insurance: No
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