REFUGEE CAMP FOR CHRISTIANS - Among the some 300,000 Palestinian refugees
in U.N. camps in Lebanon, Dbayeh outside Beirut is home to three generations of Palestinian
Christians and their families who fled the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. What unique
challenges does this small community face in a host country which denies them citizenship
and many social and employment rights? MICROCREDIT LEARNING CURVE - After
visiting the Palestinian refugee camp Dbayeh in Lebanon, Tracey McClure determined
to try to help the jobless community help themselves. Her first problem: how, without
any assets, to set up a microcredit program to finance a small business?