Eleni was in the home of her sponsor in Mar Mikhael when everything collapsed. She lost consciousness and sustained massive head trauma and a leg injury.

6 meters square, a broken refrigerator, devastated closets, and shattered windows, this place hosts Leila, her sister Sabah and 2 of their relatives.

“I was a taxi driver and I spent day and night working to put my 4 kids in a private school, and now look at us; their back-to-school will be in a..."

Khalaf Faraj, stands with his family of 6 in what is left of their home. It’s been a month since the blast occurred and they're still removing the rubble.

Mutaz, a Syrian port worker, sits with his three children on the makeshift bed that they have been sleeping on outside of their destroyed home.

This is Lea, a 4-year-old with heart problems necessitating medical attention every now and then. Her 8-year-old sister Abir also has a condition, severe asthma.

My son was filming the explosion when it happened. He was on his shift as a taxi driver and was severely injured, with 7 broken chest bones.