Terre des Hommes Foundation - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 06 Jun 2019 05:08:44 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Terre des Hommes Foundation - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Planned Lebanon demolitions put 15,000 Syrian children at risk of homelessness https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/06/06/planned-lebanon-demolitions-syrian-children/ Thu, 06 Jun 2019 07:53:48 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=118159 At least 15,000 Syrian children will be at risk of homelessness if the Lebanese government goes ahead with the planned demolition of "semi-permanent structures" built by refugees in eastern Lebanon, aid agencies warned on Tuesday. Save the Children, World Vision and Terre des Hommes Foundation said in a joint statement the government made a decision Read more

Planned Lebanon demolitions put 15,000 Syrian children at risk of homelessness... Read more]]> At least 15,000 Syrian children will be at risk of homelessness if the Lebanese government goes ahead with the planned demolition of "semi-permanent structures" built by refugees in eastern Lebanon, aid agencies warned on Tuesday.

Save the Children, World Vision and Terre des Hommes Foundation said in a joint statement the government made a decision in April that dictated all structures made of materials other than timber and plastic sheeting will be knocked down in the border town of Arsal.

Syrians have until June 9 to make the necessary changes to their structures, after which they will be demolished, the statement said. Read more

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