When we started this walk, we had some expectations about the nature and the hospitality of the Lebanese people, but in reality we had no idea. We are no athletes, and we definitely have no more experience in walking than the average city dweller. We started off with almost no preparations, no map and no tent, but it didn't matter. Where there are people in this country, there is a place for a traveller to sleep. And we made friends everywhere, despite the fact that we don't speak a single word of Arabic. The shepherd in the mountains understood our body language, so did the gipsy family, and the cute woman that refused to take money for the coffee she served us at her little café. When we brought our camera equipment with us, we really didn't know what material we would be able to collect, or what to do with it when finished. Now, a year and a half after we ended our trip, the last episode of our web series is about to be made public. Each of the 14 episodes is dedicated to a cause dealing with local social issues in Lebanon, and half of the money donated to the project by our sponsors went to organizations working on the issues that we address. The final episode is dedicated to Lebanon. We feel severely privileged to have been able to experience this adventure. It has been a few weeks of our lives that will stay with us forever, and we hope to have encouraged other people to explore this country as well.

Right after the first world war the armenian population of the ottoman empire was systematically destroyed. Their people where deported in forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees. Between 1 and 1,5 million people were murdered in this massacre, which is widely acknowledged to have been one of the first modern genocides. However, due to pressure from Turkey, most countries in the world still don't recognize it as a genocide, something almost no scholars back them up with. It is important to recognize this as a genocide, as "the denial of genocide is widely recognized as the final stage of genocide, enshrining impunity for the perpetrators of genocide, and demonstrably paving the way for future genocides"(1) Many of the Armenian Holocaust survivors settled in Lebanon, and we often spend time in their neighborhood in Beirut.

There are no more than one million Druze in the world today. Two hundred and fifty thousand of these live in the Chouf, so we wew really excited to meet these people. This episode of Walk of Causes is dedicated to all the orphans in the world, and is supported by Acea.

But we were lucky and met Mr Charbel that wanted to help us in our search. Earlier that day he had been telling his children how it used to be in the villages, and how they used to welcome travelers into their homes, as you never know when it's your turn to hit the road. The children were more than mildly surprised to see us, and wanted to offer us beds. But Mr Charbel had other plans for us. This episode is dedicated to improve the rights for the domestic workers.

Finding a place to sleep had been quite easy so far on our trip, but now, as we were in the freezing mountains, with the threat of rain from the sky, and rumors of wild animals, we struggled to find a safe place to spend the night. This episode of Walk of Causes is dedicated to all the homeless people.

Lebanon is one of the countries in the Middle East that has tasted war the most, and many regional conflicts has found their battleground on Lebanese soil. Therefore, this episode of Walk of Causes is against war.

This episode of Walk of Causes is dedicated to poverty. Fundamentally, poverty is a denial of choices and opportunities, a violation of human dignity.[1] Today, more than 1.7 billion people are estimated to live under absolute poverty, which means that they cannot afford basic human needs, such as clean water, proper nutrition, basic health care, clothes and shelter. Every day 17.000 children die from hunger.[2]

This episode of Walk of Causes is dedicated to the fight against discrimination. We could not find any sponsors for this episode, but we support Human Rights Watch for the work they do, and would like to encourage everybody to the same.

There are more than 300.000 land mines left in the lebanese soil since the civil war. In addition to this, Israel dropped more than four million cluster bombs of "leftover" ammunition over Lebanon in 2006, leaving up to 49 percent bombs unexploded for children and farmers to discover in the future.

Norwegian Peoples Aid is one of many organizations that works to prevent this from happening by clearing the land from mines and bombs. This episode of Walk of Causes is dedicated to the work they do, and is supported by Ferd.

Today it's estimated to be around 30-40 million nomads left in the world. In Lebanon there are between 100-150.000 Bedouins. Most of these live in the Bekaa valley, and earn their living from helping the farmers with the crop. Since they usually don't have any papers, they also fall out of the health care system. This episode of Walk of Causes is dedicated to them, and is supported by Neo Galleri in Stavanger, Norway. Half of the money she donated went to finish the production of this web series. The other half goes to The Bedouin Health Project that works to improve reproductive and child health care in Lebanon's Bedouin community.

This day, Jørgen's mother sent a message saying that she was worried about her son, and wanted us to walk for all the mothers that worry about their children around the world. She had no idea that we would run into trouble that very day.

One of the problems we expected to meet on our way was communication with the local people. We don’t speak arabic, and are pretty novice when it comes to body language. Despite that, we had conversations for hours, joked and made friends. We made friends everywhere.

The first episode of Walk of Causes is dedicated to Peace and Health. It's sponsored by the Norwegian UNIFIL veteran Steinar Nilsen. Half of the money donated by him will go to Lebanese Red Cross to continue the work they do on improving the general health situation in the country. The other half went to cover production expenses, so this episode could reach you.