The conflict in Iran and across the Middle East continues to escalate, and Lebanon has become one of the most severely affected countries. Intense attacks have already caused more than 2,700 deaths and nearly 8,400 injuries, including over 700 children. Under the threat of conflicts, more than 1.2 million people have been forced to flee their homes, with 400,000 children losing their shelter. Latest data shows that 1.2 million people in Lebanon are suffering from severe food insecurity, with many families trapped in desperate hunger. Innocent children, struggling to survive in an unstable environment, are enduring multiple hardships—lack of food and water, loss of education, and deep psychological trauma—while fighting for life on the brink of death.
Now, the conflict has destroyed homes, schools, hospitals, and infrastructure, plunging the fragile nation into a deeper crisis. More than one million people have been displaced. In March alone, 33,000 families crowded into over 650 collective shelters seeking refuge, struggling to survive in overcrowded conditions while facing shortages of water, electricity, and food.
In this crisis, children are suffering the most. Countless schools have been destroyed or converted into shelters, forcing education to a halt. Ongoing bombings and the loss of stable homes have inflicted severe psychological trauma on children.
Plan International has been working in Lebanon since 2017. Since the escalation of the crisis in March this year, we have continuously provided emergency assistance to affected children and families, reaching more than 117,000 people. Our support has included assistance to 83 shelters, distribution of over 4,900 hygiene kits, provision of more than 14,300 food parcels, delivery of over 2,000 dignity kits (containing personal care and women’s sanitary items), supply of 95 assistive devices for persons with disabilities, and multi‑purpose cash assistance to nearly 2,000 households.
Plan International has been distributing emergency relief supplies to affected families, including food parcels, hygiene kits, menstrual hygiene kits, mattresses, blankets, and baby kits.
In local temporary shelters, Plan International has established Child-Friendly Spaces where children and girls can receive psychosocial support through continued learning, play, and social activities—helping them regain smiles even in the midst of hardship.
As the food crisis worsens, Plan International will continue to expand humanitarian assistance to ensure more children and families have access to food, clean water, and other basic necessities. We urgently need your support to distribute more emergency relief supplies, helping children and families in desperate need and saving more lives. At the same time, we call on the authorities to immediately achieve a permanent ceasefire, so that innocent families are spared from losing their future to conflict and hunger.
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Disclaimer: Plan International is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations. Please note that any donations received that exceed what is required to support this emergency will be directed to other areas with the greatest humanitarian needs, helping more children facing global crises and conflicts.