Saint-Joseph University Foundation Beirut Inc.

Friends, our LEBANON needs your HELP now!

We have all seen, over and over, the terrible images of the massive explosion that rocked the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, devastating a large part of the city and destroying countless lives, homes and essential institutions, such as hospitals and food storage facilities. Hundreds of thousand of families are now left with precarious shelter, meager food supply and limited access to medical care.

The burden of this terrible tragedy is amplified by the worst economic crisis Lebanon has seen and by a medical and social system already strained and overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

We have received many messages from the Lebanese Diaspora and our friends in the USA asking “how can we help”? We are so grateful for these messages and have initiated a fundraiser, the Saint-Joseph University (USJ) Foundation Emergency Funds. Your donation will be used to:

•Support the wounded and displaced, providing psychological support, shelter and house repairs

•Provide essential food supplies for families in need

•Support Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, which is currently treating hundreds of injured from the blast

• Provide scholarships to students in need and restore the USJ Campus to make it a safe place to seek higher education

Thank you for your help! Thank you for helping families, institutions and a country with desperate needs.  Thank you for giving the Lebanese people the gift of SOLIDARITY and HOPE they so desperately need! All Donations are 100% tax deductible.

 

The Saint-Joseph University Foundation is part of the Saint-Joseph University (USJ), which was founded in 1875 by the Order of the Jesuits with the mission to provide education and humanitarian relief through many charitable programs. The University is one of the most prestigious academic institutions in Lebanon and the Middle East. Continuously, it is and has been a strong advocate of the ethno-religious diversity of Lebanon. The USJ Institution includes Hotel-Dieu de France, one of the largest Academic Hospitals in Beirut, which delivers high quality of care to many patients of the region.

 

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Friends,

OUR LEBANON needs your HELP now more than ever before!

We have all seen countless of terrible images and videos of the destruction that happened in the port of Beirut, August 4th, 2020 due to the explosion that rocked a devastatingly large portion of the city, destroying hundreds of lives, leaving thousands injured and countless of our fellow Lebenese homeless.

To make matters even worse the institutions that we have set up to help people who are injured, homeless and struggling due to the explosion have also been destroyed. Hospitals and food storage facilities have been obliterated.

Due to this, thousands of families are now left with out basic human necessities like, shelter and food. Many of our fellow Lebanese men, woman and children are sleeping in the streets barely able to find meager amounts of food and can not even access any form of modern day medical care.

The burden of this terrible tragedy is amplified by the worst economic crisis Lebanon has ever seen. With an already crippled medical and social system strained by the overwhelming amount of people struggling to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.


We have received many messages from the Lebanese Diaspora and our friends in the USA asking “how can we help”? We are so grateful for these messages and have initiated a fundraiser, the Saint-Joseph University (USJ) Foundation Emergency Funds. Your donation will be used to:

•Support the wounded and displaced, providing psychological support, shelter and house repairs

•Provide essential food supplies for families in need

•Support Hotel-Dieu de France Hospital, which is currently treating hundreds of injured from the blast

• Provide scholarships to students in need and restore the USJ Campus to make it a safe place to seek higher education

Thank you for your help! Thank you for helping families, institutions and a country with desperate needs. Thank you for giving the Lebanese people the gift of SOLIDARITY and HOPE they so desperately need! All Donations are 100% tax deductible.

My uncle happened to be driving by the port of Beirut, Lebanon when the horrific explosion occurred. His car was thrown almost 10 meters out of the road, all the glass from his windows sliced through his body, and he emerged from the scene bloody and in traumatic shock. He was driven to two different hospitals by strangers before eventually being accepted into one, where the doctors operated on him for hours. This story is one of many stories; 4,000 people have been injured by this tragedy and over 300,000 have been displaced from their homes. The money raised from this fund will go to the Saint-Joseph University Foundation Beirut Inc - On Mission, which is a US based charity to support the wounded and displaced through Saint-Joseph University in Beirut . 

More information about Saint-Joseph University Foundation Beirut Inc:
Saint-Joseph University is a Jesuit Institution, College, Hospital, School, and Humanitarian Organization. Saint-Joseph University was founded in 1875 in Beirut, Lebanon to provide education, health care, and enrichment programs and other charitable, religious, educational, and scientific purposes.