Childhood disability affects families in every country on the planet. For the Coughlan family in our community, it is a daily reality. Through their engagement in the International Cerebral Palsy Society (www.cpint.org), they know the work of many, mostly small-scale organisations around the world dealing directly with the needs of children in their local community. SESOBEL is one of them.

The Covid-19 pandemic was just the latest in a series of shocks for this charity: the nation’s financial crisis, civil unrest, more refugees from neighbouring Syria per capita than any other country… and then came the explosions that devastated Beirut on 4 August 2020.

SESOBEL is doing essential work under very difficult circumstances. Here is a list of how your donations could help them:

• Food batch for a family of 4 persons: 100 EUR/USD
• Hygiene package per family: 100 EUR/USD
• Diapers/nappies for 1 child or 1 youth per month: 30 EUR/USD
• Chronic medicines per child or his parents per month: 50 EUR/USD (not included cancer, epilepsy, sclerosis or degenerative diseases medicines…)
• Individual or group psychological intervention session: 100 EUR/USD
• Respiratory physiotherapy session at home: 40 EUR/USD (including protection accessories)
• Sponsoring a child per month: 1000 EUR/USD
• Any donation during this very difficult time that enable SESOBEL to carry on.

Click here for an update following the explosions on 4 August: Help Request – Beirut Blast.

You can donate in two ways:

• Directly to SESOBEL: Sesobel account details
• Through the Coughlan family’s fundraising page (using a Luxembourg-based payment provider): gogetfunding.com/childhood-disability-in-lebanon/