Relief efforts in Lebanon
Lebanon is facing one of the most severe impacts of the growing Middle East crisis, with more than 759,000 people displaced and shelters stretched nearly to capacity. Renewed airstrikes have forced families to flee.
CARE is supporting Lebanese organizations to provide supplies to the displaced. Our team in Lebanon is assisting those who have been displaced by distributing water, ready-to-eat food, and sanitary products.
Before the conflict was renewed, refugees, most of them fleeing the conflict in Syria, accounted for almost a quarter of the population in Lebanon. Most refugee families live in unfurnished houses, work sites, or tents. CARE works with local authorities to improve water supply and sanitation infrastructure for refugees and host communities, and we meet their most basic and pressing needs, including sustainable livelihood opportunities and economic self-reliance, understanding how emergencies may create or reinforce opportunities for sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls, and protecting girls’ pathways to education.
Previous response efforts include the aftermath of August 2020, when two explosions in Beirut, Lebanon left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Years later, the city and its people are still trying to recover.
CARE began working in Lebanon in 2006, to help meet the needs of people affected by conflict. We initially worked through Lebanese partner organizations, and then through our own country office to address the needs of refugees and their host communities.
