It's no surprise that in country in as much financial difficulty as Lebanon, that the people who have the least amount of rights have the least amount of anything, including basics such as safe street lighting and regular power. It's not possible to just simply step out of your front and walk safely to friends, or relatives or the shops at night. Even when there is power (which is sporadic and infrequent) there are very few areas of the alleyways and passages that are well lit. If you are lucky you will pass a house that has left a light outside, that light will have been provided for by the house owner at their own expense. As you can see from the video filmed by one of our team on the camp of Ein Il Helweh, you are taking a risk just by going out after it gets dark. Remember to take a torch We have many things we would like to do on the camp, help sort the refuse out, power, health issues but one of the simple things we could do is to help provide decent lighting for...
