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"May God Bless the Hand that Works": Stories from Displaced Syrian Farmworkers during Covid-19

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Hasan tried to find a

job as a teacher, but

no one would hire him.

Lebanese schools prefer

to hire Lebanese

teachers.

In the end, Hasan

was employed as a day

labourer in agriculture.

Hasan has a disabled

child, whose medicine

is very expensive, so

the family needed the

income. UNHCR and other

NGOs in the camp provide

cash support to refugees,

but it is not enough.

Hasan found his job

through an agricultural

intermediary. The

intermediary is Syrian,

but he and Hasan have a

difficult relationship.

Before Hasan started

working, he was promised

a higher wage.

But Hasan and the

intermediary only have

a verbal agreement, so

there isn’t much he

can do...

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