On the bright side, we were able to donate to our partner the Association Najdeh, which runs 6 kindergartens in refugee camps. We visited two of them, in the camps of Shatila in the capital Beirut and Burj el-Shemali in the southern city of Tyre. The kindergarten are bright, clean and cheerful, exceptionally well run by very motivated staff. This money will help them to operate until the end of the school year next month. These kindergartens are really important, as they offer a safe and peaceful environment to children highly traumatised by the war, who otherwise spend their lives in the camps, which are all overcrowded, poor, dirty and sometimes violent. Also, the children receive some initial education, in Arabic and English. And last but not least, these kindergartens also provide access to the families themselves, so that social workers can intervene in case they detect serious problems.