Celebration of 5 years of the Veterans for Lebanon Foundation!

Schalkhaar, October 5, 2025  

🎉 5 years of the Veterans for Lebanon Foundation!
It started as an idea from solidarity, gratitude and the feeling of having to do something for a country that is in a huge economic crisis. The last straw to set up a foundation was the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020.

In the meantime, the VVL Foundation has grown in five years into a strong, enthusiastic group of people with one goal: to provide lasting support to Lebanon and its people. In those five years, we have achieved a lot together:

📦 Humanitarian aid
Shipping dozens of sea containers full of relief supplies. From clothing and medical supplies to toys and school materials – collected in the Netherlands, personally handed over in Lebanon. Making homes of the elderly liveable and providing warm places to sleep and various aid projects in schools.

🤝 Connection between people
We brought people closer together. Not only here in the Netherlands, but also provided renewed contacts between veterans and the always hospitable and grateful families in southern Lebanon, to whom they offered help during their mission.

✈️ Impressive return trips
Veterans went back to Lebanon with us to recognize, to commemorate, to help (each other) and often also to heal. These trips provided special encounters, in-depth conversations and many beautiful new memories.

We took every step together. With volunteers, donors, travel companions, and everyone who cares about our foundation. That involvement makes the difference.

💛 Thank you for five years of trust, commitment and support!
We look forward to the future in which, again with your support, we can set many great actions and hopeful initiatives in motion.

🖼️ Swipe through our photos, check out our stories about the return trips — images that speak of five years of commitment.

👉 Keep following us, share our story, continue to support us with your donation and help build hope. Together we are stronger.