Support refugees in Lebanon

I've just received a request for donations for refugee relief in Lebanon from my friend Sam Rizk who runs the Forum for Development, Culture and Dialogue, an arab peacebuilding NGO which works across the region but is actually based in Beirut. They are trying to raise $150,000 for initial work providing food, hygiene and bedding to 1500 refugees from the South. This document provides the background for the relief project and includes details of their account for donations. One of the great dangers of the Israeli assault is that it could re-ignite the civil war. This project which is bringing together Lebanese churches and Islamic NGOs to provide relief to the mainly Shia refugees is the sort of initiative which can help bind Lebanese society together at this difficult time. Please make donations and encourage your churches, mosques, workplaces etc. to take collections for it.