Lebanon in Crisis


ShelterBox are responding in Lebanon

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Lebanon is home to six million people, including a large population of Syrian and Palestinian refugees.

Hundreds of thousands of people are fleeing from airstrikes across Lebanon and its border with Israel with only what they can carry.

Up to one million people could be displaced across Lebanon with tens of thousands more fleeing across the border to Syria; an already troubled land.

Local authorities are not equipped to cope with displacement on such a considerable scale. Buildings have been reduced to rubble and tens of thousands of people are crowding into communal shelters like schools. There are others sleeping out in the streets and on the beaches in Beirut, fearful of remaining in residential areas. People need clean drinking water, food, medicine, and shelter.

The number of people uprooted from their homes could rise substantially if the fighting does not end.

It’s unlikely that people fleeing their homes in Lebanon are going to be able to return anytime soon. That makes emergency shelter so much more crucial, especially as winter draws near.

What ShelterBox is doing?


BEIRUT, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 29: Lebanese people who fled to Dahieh region due to Israeli attacks, try to continue their daily lives on the streets with the belongings they took with them, in capital Beirut, Lebanon on September 29, 2024. (Photo by Murat Sengul/Anadolu via Getty Images)

ShelterBox has launched an emergency fundraising appeal so it can provide critical aid to people left with nowhere to live in Lebanon, and other disasters around the world.

To provide immediate support, ShelterBox is partnering with a community aid organisation based in Lebanon to scale up its response supporting displaced people given its existing presence. Partnering in this way means thousands of people seeking shelter in schools and other communal buildings get appropriate support to improve their living conditions more quickly.

ShelterBox is continuing its work in Gaza, focusing on emergency shelter aid, and has a long-standing response in Syria. ShelterBox will continuing to explore ways it can support people unable to return to their homes and people that have crossed from Lebanon into opposition areas in Syria.

The charity is renewing its call for lasting peace. Anything short of this will not be enough to protect civilians, enable people to return home, or allow humanitarian aid to reach those who need it