In the wake of the escalating conflict in Lebanon, we are releasing €60,000 from our Club of Friends to support internally displaced people (IDPs) fleeing parts of the country under attack.
As the conflict intensifies and humanitarian needs arise, soon exacerbated by winter challenges, WFP urgently requires US$ 116 million by the end of the year to sustain its emergency operations.
The situation in Lebanon continues to deteriorate, with Israeli airstrikes intensifying across heavily populated areas, including South Lebanon, Beirut, Mount Lebanon (BML), Bekaa and for the first time since the beginning of the conflict, North Lebanon.
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) expresses its deep concern regarding the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon, which has resulted in a significant loss of life, injury, and displacement.
Lebanon continues in the grip of a severe humanitarian crisis, with Israeli airstrikes intensifying and expanding into previously unaffected areas, impacting civilians and critical infrastructure.
Since early October 2024, Israeli airstrikes and ground operations in Lebanon have intensified and expanded, hitting civilian infrastructure, leading over 541,000 people to flee southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
As part of its continued support for the Lebanese people, Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has dispatched 31 tons of urgent humanitarian aid to support the Lebanese people via a military aircraft from the Qatar Emiri Air Force, which included health, shelter, and food supplies.
This policy paper assesses Lebanon’s social protection response to the ongoing war and provides recommendations for policymakers to further develop this response and later improve the shock-responsiveness and -resilience of the country’s social protection system.
As part of its continued support for the brotherly Lebanese people, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has dispatched 17.3 tons of urgent humanitarian aid via an Amiri Air Force plane.
Israel’s military campaign, which escalated on September 16, involved extensive airstrikes and bombardments across Lebanon, and a ground invasion along the southern border.
Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, the Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) has sent 35 tonnes of urgent humanitarian aid to support the brotherly Lebanese people.
Since the escalation of the hostilities in Lebanon, approximately 220,000 people are believed to have crossed the border to Syria through both official and unofficial border crossing points.
On 26 December 2022, Cedar Centre joined several local and international civil society organisations in seizing the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) and relevant UN Special Procedure mandate holders with a call for urgent action concerning the situation in Roumieh prison and other Lebanese detention centres
عمِلَت وزارة العمل بشكل غير علني وبالتعاون مع أصحاب مكاتب استقدام العاملات في الخدمة المنزلية على مسودّة عقد العمل الموحَّد الخاص بتنظيم العمل المنزلي للعاملات المهاجرات في لبنان، مستبعدين من النقاشات العاملات والجمعيات المختصّة المعنية. بعد الاطّلاع على المسودة، نعتبر أنّ هذه الخطوة هي سقطة موصوفة، تنتهك حقوق الإنسان البديهية لصالح حفنة من أصحاب المصالح المادية و”التجّار“ المتمثّلين بمكاتب استقدام العاملات المهاجرات إلى لبنان.
The Ministry of Labor has worked covertly, in coordination with owners of recruitment agencies, on a draft Standard Unified Contract and has excluded from the discussions the domestic workers and the NGOs who have a long experience in this context. After reviewing the latest draft, we consider the contract to be an absolute scandal that audaciously violates basic human rights in favor of the vested interests of a handful of “traders” embodied by the recruitment agencies in Lebanon.
The World Bank Group has partnered with Berytech and the Lebanese League for Women in Business (LLWB) to provide capacity building in times of crisis for women who want to grow their businesses and enhance their business model, marketing, financing, and networking opportunities, as well as learn how to be resilient in the face of crisis.
Berytech has announced that applications for batch four (4) of its Agrytech Accelerator Program are now open, and that the program’s team has worked with multiple stakeholders in the agri-food sector to identify real-life challenges that need immediate innovative solutions.
As a sign of gratitude of their hard work in fighting the Corona Virus , Charity Donation distributed Love Bites Products on Nurses in the National Nurses Day.
