Lebanese SOS Children's Villages

During spring of 2006 Nadine Saab went to Lebanon to
conduct Minor Field Studies for her Bachelor of
Social Science. She decided to focus on the SOS
Children''s association because it was a field that
was unexplored.
She could only find basic information about the
association on the website, but wanted to know more
about the women that worked within the association
as mothers to the children being taken care of. That
is why Nadine felt that this field could provide a
great deal of input as to how the Lebanese society
is built and adapted by the inhabitants.
The ambition with this thesis was to shed light on
individual experiences of how village mothers viewed
their own lives at present and what meaning life had
given them by becoming village mothers.
Among other conclusions that were drawn after this
field trip were that the women are very vulnerable
to the social situation in Lebanon; most of the time
they need someone to support them since men are the
primary providers. If the women could not find
someone to marry they would need to find another
source for provision, and the SOS Children s
Association is one way to go.

Autorentext
Nadine Saab origins from Lebanon but was born and raised in
Sweden. She has recently attained a Masters degree of
Intersectionality and has written her thesis about
diversity and discrimination.
Her respect for human rights shines through her social
engagements and her aim is to work towards achieving equality
among people.