Help Lebanon As Lebanon finds it self in

Help Lebanon! As Lebanon finds it self in the crossfire, this presentation will hopefully encourage you to act and help in stopping the violence and madness in the middle east. P. S. : This presentation contains painful images, please exit if you wish not to proceed.

Lebanon is a democratic, multicultural, multi-ethnic, multi-religious, tolerant, recently reconstructed, fragile, and historic small country of four million people in the Middle East. A beautiful country with wonderful beaches, mountains, valleys, cities, and villages.

A liberal multicultural country

A mosaic country of different ethnic and religious groups living in harmony…

A country that paid billions of dollars and spared no effort to reconstruct and reestablish itself as the pearl of the Middle East. A beacon of hope!!

A majestic country that cherished the returns of tourists from all over the world

A country of origin for more than 12 millions people of Lebanese ancestry worldwide

A country that started experiencing hell again on July 12 th, 2006

Crowded cities, airports, seaports, fuel storage tanks, villages, grain silos, bridges, main roads, communication masts, and light houses, …. . were all attacked

Tens of thousands of foreign nationals either working in or visiting Lebanon were trapped At least: 70, 000 nationals from the Arabian Gulf, 25, 000 Americans; 25, 000 French; 22, 000 British; 40, 000 Canadian; 25, 000 Australians; 4, 500 Swedes; 4, 500 Germans; 35, 000 Filipinos, …. .

Many escaped the Israeli shelling. Many were able to make it out from Lebanon and re-unite with family

But others…. . , were not that lucky! • 370 dead civilians • More than 1, 000 wounded • More than 500, 000 displaced ( or more than 15% of the Lebanese population) • Tens of Billions of dollars in civilian infrastructure and economic losses in the recently rebuilt Lebanon As of 7/22/06

Stop the destruction! Stop the mayhem! Stop this humanitarian disaster

• Every loss of human life is a tragedy. • Act to stop the violence, madness, and aggression in the Middle East • Call, email, or visit your elected officials and encourage them to act on stopping the hostilities and brokering peace in the Near East. • Call or email the media outlets and encourage them to cover more the human suffering and the possibility of brokering peace. • Call the embassies and consulates of countries involved and demand an end for the hostilities • Support humanitarian organizations Peace and prosperity are possible www. berro. com