Escalating since October 2019, the political and economic crisis is driving Lebanon to the brink of bankruptcy. The tragic situation has been exacerbated by a gigantic explosion of chemicals stored in Beirut’s seaport. The middle class has virtually ceased to exist. Educated citizens are fleeing hyperinflation, rising unemployment, power cuts and fuel shortages.
01.01.2022
The last gift bags for the children in Lebanon have been handed out, and we cannot help but marvel at how huge your support has been this year.
We would like to thank Agnieszka Sienkiewicz-Bauer, Ula Dębska and Mariusz Jakus, as well as you, our Good Factory family. You have managed to bring hundreds of smiles to the little heroes – the kids who with incredible calm and composure are coping with the catastrophic economic crisis in Lebanon, which is turning the daily lives of children and their parents into a real struggle for survival.
Thank you for your selfless donations which have brought so many smiles and we wish you a wonderful New Year!
10.02.2022
True friends are made in poverty and illness. Meet Dr. Elias, with whom we set up another Factory of Good in Lebanon a few months ago! Dr Elias is a dentist, although everyone calls him the Doctor of Hearts. He devotes every spare moment to 260 sick Lebanese people (including those suffering from serious cardiac […]
04.01.2022
“In our house there is no Christmas tree without a nativity scene. There is a crib under every tree. Sometimes even bigger than that. There might not be a Christmas tree, but there must always be a nativity scene.” explains Rita, our co-worker in Lebanon, as she saw that we were surprised. We have grown […]
23.12.2021
“By listening. Not acting, not running around, not by organising anything and not even by providing treatment. Listen first. Look into the eyes, understand.” This is how Dr Elias answers the question of where to start helping. We visit the Lebanese people with Dr Elias Harouny, for whom illness and the escalating economic crisis in […]