Social Work in the Face of Crises and Disasters - Part One

  • This paper aims to identify the most prominent events that Lebanon has gone through during the years 1975-1990 and after the explosion of August 4th, 2020, events which have had an effect on social work. The study looks on the aftermath of the explosion as well as scrutinizing it from a historical perspective. Experiences and initiatives of social workers in time period 1975-1990 were scrutinized by interviews with Lebanese social work pioneers. These findings were then compared with the experiences from the social interventions after the August 4th explosion in Beirut. The report provides insights into the development of Social Work in Lebanon and professional perspectives about Social Work in crisis contexts.

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Author:Hiam Samaha Kahi, Aimée Ghanem
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:863-opus-30073
Subtitle (English):A case study: Lebanon in the years between 1975 - 1990 and after the Beirut Explosion, 4th of August 2020
Series (Volume Number):Perspectives in International Social Work (1)
Editor:Hannah Reich, Lisa Mends, Aimée Ghanem
Document Type:Report
Language:English
Year of publication:2021
Publishing Institution:Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Creating Corporation:FHWS
Release Date:2023/07/24
Tag:Beirut Blast; International Social Work; Lebanon; Social Work history; crisis context
Pages/Size:20
Institutes and faculty:Fakultäten / Fakultät Angewandte Sozialwissenschaften
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC-SA - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International
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