Lebanon
Lebanon’s Humanitarian Crisis: Overview, Red Cross Efforts, and Ways to Support
- Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon
- How the Canadian Red Cross and Lebanese Red Cross Collaborate to Provide Humanitarian Support
- How You Can Help: Support Humanitarian Needs in Lebanon
Humanitarian Crisis in Lebanon
Lebanon has faced a complex humanitarian crisis for many years. This has led to high poverty levels and made access to healthcare difficult for millions of people living in Lebanon. The worsening economic crisis and political unrest have put more people at risk.Since mid-September 2024, the escalating conflict in Lebanon has caused the situation to further deteriorate. People across the country are impacted, and the conflict has resulted in damage to homes, hospitals, schools, and infrastructure.
The situation has created an enormous need for humanitarian assistance and protection. With about one million people currently displaced, the need for protection, shelter, food, and medical assistance is vital.
The Beirut explosion in 2020 also severely affected the struggling economic and healthcare systems, further increasing humanitarian needs and support.
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Lebanon hosts the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. The situation for these refugees continues to worsen as the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon grows.
How the Canadian Red Cross and Lebanese Red Cross Collaborate to Provide Humanitarian Support
The Canadian Red Cross has been working closely with the Lebanese Red Cross since 2015 as they support the population’s critical health needs.
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The Canadian Red Cross has supported the Lebanese Red Cross to:
- Operate primary health care centres, mobile medical units, mobile community outreach teams, and Emergency Medical Services, both with medicine and medical supplies.
- Deliver accessible, affordable community and facility-based health services.
- Provide community health programming, including sexual and reproductive health rights for women, men, adolescents, and children living in Lebanon.
- Provide information on where people can access basic health care and sexual and reproductive health services.
- Respond to emergencies and disasters with immediate cash contributions.
- Distribute food, water, hygiene items, blankets, as well as provide emergency medical services, primary health services and mobile medical services.
The Lebanese Red Cross is also prioritizing ways to sustain its vital health services, which are provided at an affordable cost to the population to cope with the surge in demand as it relates to the economic crisis.
How You Can Help: Support Humanitarian Needs in Lebanon
Lebanon’s capacity to cope with the many overlapping crises has been nearly exhausted. As living conditions continue to worsen, the number of people in need is increasing. People in need of food and other assistance in Lebanon do not have many other options left.
Donations to the Lebanon Humanitarian Needs Appeal enable the Canadian Red Cross to continue supporting the efforts of the Lebanese Red Cross and local partners in Lebanon to address these humanitarian needs.
Make a donation to the Lebanon Humanitarian Needs Appeal. Your funds will support the Lebanese Red Cross and Red Cross Red Crescent Movement partners working in Lebanon to help those who need it most.