Lebanon is in the throes of an economic crisis that has brought the country to the brink of collapse. Your support can help provide, healthcare services and immediate basic needs to the most vulnerable.
A depreciating local currency and skyrocketing inflation mean that many Lebanese families are facing food insecurity.
Shortages of medications and the high price of basic medical treatment mean that the most vulnerable are often going without.
Caritas Lebanon is working to support the most vulnerable communities in Lebanon with healthcare services, hot meal distribution, livelihood support, and rent and cash assistance:
The needs are huge and they are not being met. - Sana Nemer, Head of Social Department, Caritas Lebanon
"We are in continual crisis. When we think we get to the bottom, it sinks again and gets worse."
The Lebanese population faces a dire humanitarian crisis
The Lebanese economy is in freefall, which has seen hyperinflation drastically devalue the Lebanese Lira in what the World Bank says is potentially one of the three worst economic crises the world has seen in the past 150 years.
Parts of the population are at risk of hunger, something that has not been seen in Lebanon at this scale since World War I, not even during the darkest years of the Lebanese war.
The time to act is now. Please give generously to support our Lebanese brothers and sisters.
The funds raised through this appeal will be used to provide immediate and longer-term humanitarian assistance to communities affected by crises in Lebanon. Where this is not possible, the funds will be used to provide immediate and longer-term development and humanitarian assistance to communities affected by crises and poverty across the world. If any excess funds remain after a crisis, or if there are changes in circumstances beyond our control that limit our ability to use the funds, they are kept in the Emergency Response Appeal so that we can respond to ongoing development needs and future crises across all our regions.