March 29, 2007

Caritas Lebanon inaugurated the Love and Charity Center for the Support of Elderly Palestinian Refugees on Wednesday in the town of Taalabeya, Bekaa. The project is supported by the Humanitarian Aid Office of the European Commission and Caritas Austria. 

The president of Caritas Lebanon, Father Louis Samaha, said that the center was meant to assist "each and every" elderly Palestinian here, especially in the absence of minimum social and healthcare insurance. 

"It has been decided to open the center here in the Taalabeya region in the Bekaa after we perceived the needs of the elderly for healthcare and social centers and for a constant follow-up in order to reduce the burden of their sufferings and to spark of hope in their lives," Samaha said.
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A representative for Austrian Caritas, Andrea Steval, said she was happy to have contributed to such "a humanitarian project." 

The center is the first in a series of nine centers that will offer moral and healthcare support to elderly Palestinian refugees across Lebanon. Centers will also be a gathering place for the elderly to meet and socialize, "with the hope of bringing a bit of fun and hope to their lives," Steval said.

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