2024 FoodBlessed's Southern Lebanon Emergency Relief Plan

FoodBlessed is leading a campaign to support internally displaced families from Southern Lebanon

Maya Terro, FoodBlesed Co-founder and Executive Director shared with me the following request for an emergency relief support.

"In recent days, multiple towns and areas across Lebanon were hit with intense rounds of airstrikes. On Sept 23, 2024, alone, air strikes killed over 500 people, injured thousands, caused significant damage, and forced a new wave of civilians to flee, adding to the 100,000+ civilians who were already displaced from Southern Lebanon. The newly displaced are seeking refuge in shelters/schools or with their relatives who had previously fled from their homes. Most of whom were already struggling to make ends meet.

In this difficult context, we need your URGENT support to provide much needed life-saving assistance to the vulnerable displaced families. Your donation will provide these families with immediate relief including food, water, hygiene, in addition to blankets and mattresses to sleep on in anticipation of the colder approaching months. As we enter the fall season, many families may likely remain displaced for months.

Every donation makes a difference.

Thank you for supporting! Please consider sharing this campaign too."

(you can also donate at https://www.foodblessed.org/donate)

Below is a preliminary plan shared by FoodBlessed showing the proposed distribution of emergency relief supplies.

1. Hygiene Kits

Each kit will include essential first-aid and hygiene supplies:

• Panadol (Acetaminophen) tablets and syrup for children

• Antibiotic cream

• Shampoo

• Body wash

• Liquid soap

• Toothbrushes

• Toothpaste

• Feminine pads

• Baby diapers /elderly diapers

• Deodorant

• Clothes washing detergent

Need: $25,500 to provide 500 first aid and hygiene kits

2. Food Aid

The proposed food assistance relief plan will be comprised of ready-to-eat meals (REMs) and food assistance parcels (FAPs). Each FAP will contain essential dried food items to provide food assistance for a family of 4 for a whole month.

Meals will be prepared in our communal kitchen for local distribution.

Need: $64,500 to provide food rations for 500 families in the forms of REMs and FAPs.

2. WINTERIZATION

• Blankets

• Mattresses

Need: $10,000 to provide 500 rations