We are proud to announce a new partnership with Danish Muslim Aid (DM-Aid) to deliver direct cash assistance to some of the most vulnerable Palestinian refugee children in Lebanon.

This project is built around a simple but urgent truth: when a child lives with a disability, the financial pressure on their family is not just heavy, it is relentless. Therapy sessions, transportation, specialized care, and daily needs stack up against incomes that barely exist. In Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, where poverty is already structural and rights are already limited, this pressure becomes unbearable.

Through this partnership, Taawon and DM-Aid will provide $63 monthly for five consecutive months to those children with disability, prioritizing food security and basic needs assistance. The program will reach 155 Palestinian children in Buss Camp and 155 Palestinian children in Nahr El-Bared and Beddawi camps, a combined total of 310 children who will receive direct, dignified support.

Why Them

The children at the center of this project are not new to Taawon. They are already enrolled in therapy at the Community-Based Rehabilitation Association (CBRA) in Nahr El-Bared and Beddawi camps, and Women’s Humanitarian Organization (WHO) in Buss Camp, partner organizations that Taawon has long supported through staff trainings, therapy sessions, and institutional capacity building.

We know these children. We know their families. We know what they carry.

This cash assistance is a recognition that while those children are getting the therapy they need, they have to be supported from other areas, such as their nutrition and basic assistance, so they can respond to therapy better and grow rather than just survive. 

From the Ground

Mohamed Zouri, Project Coordinator at Taawon, who will be leading implementation on the ground, puts it simply:

"These families are doing everything right. They are bringing their children to therapy. They are committed to their children's development. What they need is just a little bit of extra support so that their children get all their needs.”

Mohamed adds: "When we talk about disability in refugee camps, we are talking about an invisible crisis. These children are often unseen by the broader humanitarian response. This project is a step toward changing that, toward making sure that the most vulnerable within the most vulnerable are not left behind."

What This Project Represents

For Taawon, this partnership with DM-Aid reflects something we have believed for over four decades: that real impact requires knowing your community deeply, staying present long after the cameras leave, and designing support that respects the dignity of the people it serves.

Cash assistance, when given directly and without excessive conditions, is one of the most effective and dignified forms of humanitarian support. It trusts families to know what they need. It removes barriers. It restores a measure of agency to people whose agency has been systematically stripped away.

For 310 Palestinian children with disabilities across three camps in Lebanon, this project is five months of stability in a country where stability is rarely guaranteed.

A Note of Gratitude

We thank Danish Muslim Aid for their trust, their commitment to the Palestinian community in Lebanon, and their belief in community-centered approaches to humanitarian response.

We look forward to sharing updates from the ground as this project unfolds.