Our Missions
In Lebanon
Accommodation
SHELTERS FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN DIFFICULTY
IN LEBANON
Over 125 years in the fight against injustice, violence and mistreatment
Population: 4 million (2016, World Bank)
Registered Syrian refugees: 1 million
Registered Iraqi refugees: 6 thousand (2017, UNHCR)
Today, the Good Shepherd Sisters’ mission is carried out through:
- Shelters for women and children, including one for underage girls
- A primary healthcare center
- Social and community centers
- A school
Since 1935, GSS shelters welcome women and children victims of domestic violence.
Our mission with mistreated women is:
and with children and young girls:
Our mission with mistreated women is:
- To receive, protect, aid, and ensure the safety of women victims of injustice and violence;
- To provide them with psychological, social, and legal support to enable their emancipation;
- To defend women’s rights by helping them exercise such rights;
- To reinforce and develop their professional skills;
- To guide them towards improved social and familial reintegration.
and with children and young girls:
- To protect vulnerable children and give them a safe place to live;
- To guide them;
- To defend their rights and help exercise them, particularly rights regarding education and development;
- To ensure that they have a good quality of life and an adequate educational program to help them face life’s difficulties and offer them access to a dignified future;
- To fortify the family structure for stable reintegration.
CONFIDENT AND INDEPENDENT WOMEN
Dedication, service, and a determination to change make all the difference
