"It was there that they handcuffed me to a tree. It was a very uncomfortable moment. I wept, and I cried out to God ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'"

"Some of the families here in Jounieh, a town not generally regarded as being poor, actually go out early in the morning, in order not to be seen, scavenging food from the dustbins!”

"As a priest with a family, I am affected by the crisis too. We have stopped eating meat except for once a week when have chicken. We have cut down our electricity use and only buy fruit once a week. It’s not just to be in solidarity with the people. We really have no more money.”

"They called me a churi (low caste), an abusive term reserved for sanitation workers, and said they refused to work under a Christian."

This second massive wave of infections has caught the dioceses with empty coffers.

“We can help the families to start over, we give them a reason to stay, and a chance to rebuild their country."