Israeli bombardments continue to intensify in Lebanon, which have caused more than 1,900 victims, including 127 children and 261 women since October 2023 and more than 9,000 people have been wounded - with most of the victims reported since the end of September. The attacks have extended beyond the southern borders, with hundreds of bombardments targeting mainly locations in the Bekaa Valley and the south of the city of Beirut.
More than 500,000 people, with estimates as high as 1 million, are leaving the bombed areas for ‘safer’ ones, 200,000 of them heading for Syria, where immigration practices at the border have been simplified.
The increasing intensity of the attacks and the use of more sophisticated weapons presage a continued escalation of the conflict. Consequently, prompt action is needed to provide the displaced population with a safe place to stay and to ensure them access to water and food.
Our emergency response
Despite increasing attacks, WeWorld continues its program delivery and the setting up of a tailored emergency response. WeWorld is currently developing a contingency plan to ensure business continuity, and at the same time it is planning to develop a contingency plan to respond to the newly emerged needs of the groups most affected by the conflict.
Our intervention in Lebanon as of today
WeWorld has been in Lebanon since 2006 and has been supporting vulnerable populations according to their needs, which have greatly transformed in recent years due to the institutional, social and economic crisis that has been sweeping the country since 2019, exacerbated by events such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the Beirut explosion, the effects of the Syrian crisis and the conflict in Gaza. We implement multi-sector emergency responses, including interventions in education, water governance and management, livelihoods and local development in the governorates of Baalbek-Hermel and Akkar.
