A call for action against COVID-19 – Experience of the Social Workers’ Syndicate in Lebanon

Abstract

In Lebanon, 365 social workers formed 25 crisis cells, assessed 2000 families, 3000 women and 1000 elderly impacted by the COVID-19, and developed 10,000 awareness sessions and promotional videos to support families, children and elderly. The virtual mode of interventions and building a strong base of coordination among different stakeholders was hard. Staying alert about the government decisions is a necessity. Working with an interdisciplinary team and managing social worker volunteers are hard-to-reach targets. Maintaining the hard work, providing greater attention to the most marginalized and poorest communities within a lack of services as well as advocating for social justice constitute a challenging missions.