1400 orphan boys at a camp eating in tin plates. One relief workers and supervisors are supervising them.
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Boys leaving for Jubeil
Boys leaving for Jubeil
Field day at Jubeil
Field day at Jubeil orphanage
Jubeil boys
Jubeil boys
Jubeil
Jubeil
Men working at Jubeil
Men at Jubeil hammering metal
Jubeil band practice
Jubeil band practice
Children working at Jubeil Orphanage
Jubeil (also spelled Jebail or Jbeil) Orphanage was made up of both ancient and new buildings. The orphans constructed some of the buildings themselves; this was a common practice in many Near East Relief orphanages. The orphanage at Jubeil housed 1,200 children.
Boys from Jubeil Orphanage attending school in a converted mosque, 1923
Boys from Near East Relief’s orphanage in Jubeil, Syria attending school in a former mosque. Near East Relief was offered many buildings at a reduced rent or even rent-free for orphanage operations.
Child Survivors at Jubeil Orphanage
Child survivors of the Genocide. The Armenian text reads “Remnants of the Great Calamity in Jubeil at the American Orphanage, 1924.”
Jubeil Orphanage
This photograph of Jubeil Orphanage appeared in a Near East Relief publication. The original caption reads: “Some buildings have to be rented – some have been built. In the background are two old silk mills and in the foreground temporary sheds constructed by the orphans.”
