Lebanon Response Log

In this log, Anera provides regular updates on unfolding hostilities in Lebanon and our response efforts.

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September 27, 2024

The situation in Lebanon is devastating. Airstrikes, fear, and uncertainty plague families across the country. In the last five days alone, at least 700 people have been killed — around a quarter of them women and children — with thousands more injured. Over 111,000 people have been displaced from their homes in the last year, and that number has now doubled in recent days.

At least 500 shelters have been opened across the country for the ever-growing number of families forced to flee their homes; 300 of these shelters are in schools, disrupting the education of nearly 100,000 students. The health system is struggling with limited resources to meet the growing number of patients, with many hospitals already at capacity. Access to clean water has been cut off for at least 30,000 people due to severe damage to water infrastructure in the Bekaa and South governorates.

Anera’s deep roots in Lebanon expand across various sectors and throughout six decades. Thanks to the prepositioning of aid over the last several weeks, Anera staff were able to respond not just quickly, but immediately. We’ve already distributed hundreds of sleeping bags and blankets for displaced families, provided hygiene kits, and delivered emergency medical backpacks.

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Today, our team distributed 360 hygiene kits donated by Direct Relief to families displaced from southern Lebanon and the Bekaa Valley. Each kit serves a family of five members.

Yesterday, our Bekaa team distributed 270 mattresses, 300 blankets and 300 pillows procured and donated by Anera, as well as 180 hygiene kits donated by Direct Relief, and 100 winter kits donated by UNICEF to three shelters in Majdelbaana. We also distributed bedding in Akkar, and in Amioun and Tripoli in North Lebanon.

On Wednesday, in partnership with UNICEF Lebanon, our team visited Ain Onoub and Maaroufieh Schools in Mount Lebanon to distribute 220 sleeping bags and 220 blankets as part of our emergency response.