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Lebanon
Why are we in Lebanon? We became operational in Lebanon in 2013 following a massive influx of refugees from Syria. We have been responding ever since to the increasing humanitarian needs of the estimated 1.5 million vulnerable Syrian refugees and the overstretched local host communities in the Akkar and North governorates of Lebanon.
Lebanon has the highest concentration of refugees in the world
With the war in Syria now in its tenth year, Lebanon, already home to almost 7 million people, hosts approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees. Many are competing with vulnerable Lebanese people for affordable housing, decent work, and services. The worsening economic crisis, combined with Covid-19, has forced families to make difficult decisions to survive. Many families are falling deeper into debt as livelihood opportunities are decreasing dramatically, and public and private services fail to respond to people’s needs. This leads families to adopt negative strategies such as child labour, child marriage, and reduced food consumption.
Latest achievements
Shelter
As of June 2020, Concern’s Covid-19 response reached 3,098 individuals through awareness-raising sessions and distribution of hygiene kits. Concern also rehabilitated an isolation facility for Covid-19 cases.
Protection
Livelihoods
Bushra and her mum, 58-year-old Dalia. “My mother is everything to me," said Bushra. "She encourages me to continue and supports me to be stronger, never to stop what I am doing. I couldn’t have done this without her.”
Photo: Darren Vaughan/Concern Worldwide
Bouchra Halwani, Position: Project Manager - Livelihood. "Currently, as a livelihood program, we support farmers in the plantation of cash crops in marginalized lands, livestock smallholders to enhance and support the livestock sector, refugees workers by cash for work approach to assist Lebanese beneficiaries and refugees woman to create and sustain their businesses."
In response to the Beirut Port Explosion, Concern provided grants to small businesses in Beirut to support their rehabilitation and business recovery, boosting livelihood opportunities for vulnerable individuals and job creation/ retention in affected areas.
Bushra and her mum, 58-year-old Dalia. “My mother is everything to me," said Bushra. "She encourages me to continue and supports me to be stronger, never to stop what I am doing. I couldn’t have done this without her.”
Photo: Darren Vaughan/Concern Worldwide
Khalid (24), pictured with his two-year-old daughter Melissa, has completed a technical and vocational education training course (TVET) on plumbing supported by Concern
How we're helping Lebanon
We are working hard to alleviate suffering for both refugees and over-stretched host communities in Lebanon through shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene awareness, livelihoods, education, and protection activities. Every programme includes the crosscutting themes of protection, equality, and inclusion.
Shelter and WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
Protection
Livelihoods
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