Our recently concluded mission to Syria was one of the toughest we have faced.
We left Italy with two doctors who, together with us, crossed the border from Lebanon to enter Syria. During the first days, we worked alongside them, coordinating and securing hospital appointments where they will soon return to perform free surgeries for children in urgent need of care. After five intense days, the doctors went back to Italy, while we continued our mission.

We then took part in the final pitch of the ESPERO project, where three young Syrian engineers were awarded for their projects. It was a deeply moving moment: despite some connection issues, we were all gathered at our Help Point, connected online with mentors and donors from around the world. Now, these three young women will bring their ideas to life on the ground, turning them into real hope for their communities.

In the following days, we continued the distribution of milk and aid for orphans, meeting many familiar faces and discovering new cases in urgent need of help. Some children require immediate medical treatment, and our case manager is currently arranging hospitalizations and surgeries. Others, sick or injured, have just been added to our support program.

Later, we traveled south of Damascus, to visit the internally displaced families fleeing from As-Swaida. What we found was heartbreaking: families living in ruined houses, often with only three walls standing, exposed to the wind, without food, water, or care.
We spent a whole day with them, listening, observing, understanding.

And by the end of it, the decision was clear: we will provide tents, to give them at least a roof, a first small step toward dignity.

We returned through Beirut, carrying exhaustion and sorrow, but also the deep certainty that every gesture, every encounter, every child we meet gives meaning to what we do.
In Syria, staying human is an act of courage and we will keep doing it, together.