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“Youssef” and the Wish for Tomorrow

While the world slowly moves on after Ramadan, many families are still living through uncertainty, fear, and displacement.

But inside a hospital room, 9-year-old Youssef is facing something even more urgent.

Youssef is battling leukemia.

During Ramadan, instead of being surrounded by family, warmth, and prayer, Youssef spent his days between treatments and quiet moments by the window—holding on to hope.

With colored pencils in his hands, he draws what he misses most: his home… his family… a sky filled with stars instead of fear.

Sometimes, he pauses and whispers:

“I just want to go back home.”

Suddenly, Youssef finds himself facing two wars: the war in Lebanon… and his own war against cancer. And while the world waits for war to end… cancer does not wait.

The children are trying to dodge death not once, but twice, not only escaping bullets and missiles, but also fighting cancer in the midst of war, displacement, fear, and destruction.

Every single day without treatment puts a child’s life at risk.

And right now—Your Donation can make the difference between delay and lifesaving action:

75 AED – Covers 1 child’s weekly doctor consultation

150 AED – Covers essential blood tests for 1 child

250 AED – Covers 1 X-Ray

500 AED – Covers 2 ultrasound sessions

1,000 AED – Covers emergency care for 1 child

1,800 AED – Covers 1 MRI scan

2,500 AED – Covers critical diagnostics for multiple children

5,000 AED – Cover all CT Scans needed for 2 weeks for all CCCL’s patients

If we don’t act, their treatment stops.

If their treatment stops, their fight stops.

For more information on CCCL's  work, please visit: www.ccccl.org.lb

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