Eid Charity, UNHCR sign agreement to provide Syrian refugees in Lebanon cash-assistance
The Peninsula
Doha: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Eid Charity signed an agreement to provide Syrian refugees in Lebanon with multi-purpose cash-assistance grants through a Zakat contribution from Eid Charity of QR1,000,000.
The contribution will be provided to more than 4,000 Syrian refugee families (about 20,000 individuals) of the most vulnerable families in Lebanon. The grants will help them cover their most essential and urgent needs, such as food, rent, debt repayment, medical care, clothing and school fees. While Lebanon has been facing a number of aggravating problems, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic worsened the situation. This made it difficult for the Lebanese, the migrant population as well as refugees in the country. According to the latest figures, Lebanon continues to be the country hosting the largest number of refugees per capita, with soaring vulnerabilities and poverty levels among refugees. By the end of 2020, some 865,531 Syrian refugees were registered with UNHCR in Lebanon, with 89% of the Syrian refugee families now living below the extreme poverty line, triggering an urgent need for social assistance.More Related News