Mowatinun: For Lebanon's sake, Solidarity is the key!

The following is a report i wrote for the TV station i work for about a non-political organization mobilized to help the displaced Lebanese. For more info : check http://mowatinun.blogspot.com


They are one group of Lebanese citizens who made a choice. Even if some of them have a dual citizenship, they decided to stay in Lebanon during war time and help those less fortunate.
You can find them facing the Sanayih Public Park. The cant be missed. A group of around 60 enthusiastic students will strike your eyes deploying all possible efforts to humanitarian aid for more than 3000 displaced families in Beirut. Muwatinun, or citizens, is a group created 15 days ago, the day the Israeli aggression on Lebanon started with one humanitarian, non-political mission, provide help and relief to the refugees who fled the regions under attack as well as to strengthen solidarity between the citizens of Lebanon regardless of political or religious affiliations.
Most of those students, who for the most experience the war for the first time, dedicate their time to buying, collecting, packing and delivering the supplies to the unfortunate families who lost everything they possess.
Around 6 in the afternoon, Muwatinun members begin to mobilize to start another round of delivery. We joined Wael Mansour, one of the many students and “Muwatinun” members that tours the different families in Beirut to supply them with water, dairy products, hygienic materials, cooked meals and medications.
We reach a building in Hamra Street. We enter an apartment on the ground floor where around 30 families have been living since they fled the Israeli attacks. We were received in one room. One room, four walls, a12 m2 area became the only shelter over the head of a family of 27 people from Southern Lebanon.
And as Lebanese children were one of the targets of Israeli assaults, Muwatinun created an entertainment unit for kids in order to help them overcome the trauma they might have passed through while fleeing their houses under the harsh Israeli attacks. (July 26th,2006)