Support migrant workers' emergency needs in Lebanon

Benedicte Aboul-Nasr is organizing this fundraiser.

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The Israeli aggression has killed over 700 people since September 23 in Lebanon, and displaced up to 500,000 people across the country. In the midst of this crisis, migrant and domestic workers, already heavily marginalised through the Kafala and systemic racism, are facing acute risks. REMAN, a group of African migrants in Lebanon, are coordinating an emergency response to support the migrant women and their families in the face of this crisis.

We are asking for your support to enable members of REMAN, the Réseau des Migrant-e-s d'Afrique Noire in Lebanon, to organise and provide this vital support to people displaced by the bombing, and provide basic necessities.

This funding will support priority needs including the following:

Transport costs for women in the affected areas to reach safe locations,
Subsistence, including food, drinks, a community kitchen to support one-two meals per day,
Medication,
Personal hygiene items,
Mattresses and/or essential needs within migrant shelters.

REMAN has been operating since 2021, creating community spaces for migrant women and their families in Lebanon, many of whom are within or have escaped the Kafala system. With the ongoing and rapid escalation of the crisis, REMAN are refocussing on providing an emergency response to support affected community members, who are already struggling to access many of these needs. REMAN and their contacts have already shared reports of migrants being turned away from shelters, or left behind by their host families evacuating from the bombing.

This fundraiser is coordinated by Bénédicte, a French-Lebanese woman in the UK. I've been working with Viany, a Cameroonian woman in Lebanon and one of REMAN's founders, since January 2024.

Thank you for your solidarity and support at this critical time. 100% of your donations will be going to support REMAN and migrant workers in Lebanon through this crisis.