My 3rd day of volunteering was not an easy day. It was exciting and I learned a lot but it was far from easy. Hani told me something at the end of the day that stuck with me: “it is not always La vie en rose…”.

As a Palestinian-Lebanese citizen who is always inspired to be a hand to those in need, I opened ABAAD’s website seeking a volunteering position for the summer as I was so fond by their work throughout the years. A couple of months after applying and filling their volunteering format online, I got a phone call