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Impact Stories

The Humanitarian Coalition members are taking care of basic survival needs and helping people rebuild their lives when their homes, schools and livelihoods have been devastated by a disaster. Learn more about these crises and meet people who have benefited from your support.

Sami gets back on his feet

The injury turned out to be a fractured ankle that cost Sami his job in home renovation, and his ability to provide for his family. Sami faced a very difficult time.

Zakaria’s tuk-tuk is back

All of his family members suffered minor injuries in the blast. His windows were blown out and his doors were destroyed. His tuk-tuk was damaged and his livelihood came to a halt.

Delivering food, sustaining hope

When the explosion shook the city of Beirut on August 4, it damaged her home, and Randa did not have the means to pay for the repairs. She and her family had to live without electricity and a working kitchen.

Baby Isra’a is finally eating

The 24-year-old mother, her husband and four children are now living in a settlement for displaced people in northwest Syria, staying in an unheated tent and doing what they can to stay warm and survive.
Ahmed speaks to an aid worker

“Help from strangers gives us hope”

Ahmed and his family lost everything -- pictures, clothes, memorabilia -- when they were forced to leave their home in Syria to flee the shelling.

Getting Beirut back in business

Avo’s shop was completely destroyed in the blast. The windows were broken and the ceiling, shelves and products were damaged. Avo did not have the means to make the necessary repairs to maintain his business.

Hygiene kits help protect families from COVID-19

“I lived through various conflicts in Lebanon but what happened to us from this explosion is more catastrophic,” said Walid Chandin AL-Sa’id.
Man standing near a water tank

New water tanks collect water, bring hope

In April 2020, a category 5 tropical cyclone devastated the Penama province of Vanuatu. Power lines went down, trees were uprooted, roofs were ripped off, homes and gardens were destroyed, and roads were washed out.

A small investment for a great harvest

On May 31, 2020, Reina Isabel and her family were startled awake in the middle of the night by Tropical Storm Amanda.

Meet Hagop and Anaheed, from Beirut

My name is Hagop. I am 90 years old. I am Lebanese and Armenian and I used to be a professional director. I live with my 80-year-old sister Anaheed, who used to design clothes, in this apartment near the port that we have been renting for the past years.

2020: a year in review

In 2020, thanks to the support of the Government of Canada and generous Canadians, the Humanitarian Coalition responded to 14 humanitarian emergencies around the world.

Families in Beirut receive food aid

Garry and Kate Mayhew were cleaning up after dinner in their Beirut, Lebanon apartment when they felt the ground shake beneath them. Then they heard a boom so loud and so powerful it threw them to the floor.