She told me her first-hand experience over the past 16 years seeing people lose their homes.
“One story that really hit me hard was when we were in Lebanon. The team got a call very late at night alerting us of a family who had arrived from Syria – a family of six who had fled across the border with granny in tow and a 6 day old baby with nothing but the clothes on their back. This baby at 6 days old was going to be sleeping on the cold concrete. They had nothing. I mean not even a bottle of water to drink or wash themselves.
The people we deal with have absolutely nothing when we meet them. They are so grateful for something as simple as a blanket or a plastic covering to make a tent-like structure. The weather conditions are very harsh there too. About 25% of Lebanon’s population are refugees. It’s the size of Ireland so can you imagine about 1 million people there are refugees in such a small country”.
Gillian went on to speak about obstacles they face in sourcing supplies and accessing the refugees. You can listen to the interview in full below.
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