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USAID/Lebanon Acting Mission Director William D. McKinney presenting check at the US Embassy Beirut to seven Lebanese organizations.

USAID Supports Seven Lebanese Organizations

May 26, 2009

USAID/Lebanon Acting Mission Director William D. McKinney presented checks totaling $315,254 to seven Lebanese organizations at the U.S. Embassy on May 26, 2009. The organizations are: Missionary Sisters of the Saint Sacrament in Beit Habbak received $45,000 for kitchen equipment; Friends of the Public School Paradis d’Enfants in Ghadir $50,000 for computers, chairs, tables and other equipment; Groupement Social Scout $50,000 for computers, and multi-media and office equipment for the Father Chalhoub Scout House’s training center in Ghosta; Social Relief and Welfare Association in Saida $43,000 to establish a computer laboratory; Lebanese Association of SOS Children’s Villages $50,000 to install a heating system at its Ksarnaba center in the Beqaa; Forum of the Handicapped in Zahle $32,645 for computers and equipment for the candle workshop and physiotherapy center; Contact and Resource Center in Beirut $44,609 for computers and office equipment to improve the center’s operations. This assistance will benefit students, orphans, youth, women and people with disabilities.

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