Syria Crisis: Sidon, Lebanon

This avocado farm in southern Lebanon sells seedlings to local farmers. Support from Mercy Corps provided an irrigation system that helped the business plant an additional 24,000 trees and hire new farmers, including Moufideh, a Syrian refugee.More than 150 local farmers buy their trees from this business, which has grown rapidly thanks to Mercy Corps’ support.
Sidon, Lebanon, August 2018

This avocado farm in southern Lebanon sells seedlings to local farmers. Support from Mercy Corps provided an irrigation system that helped the business plant an additional 24,000 trees and hire new farmers, including Moufideh, a Syrian refugee. 

More than 150 local farmers buy their trees from this business, which has grown rapidly thanks to Mercy Corps’ support.