‘No food in the fridge’: A gruelling Ramadan in Lebanon

Aid groups are struggling to feed thousands of vulnerable families in Lebanon amid highest food inflation in the world.

Beirut, Lebanon – For the past decade, Sawa For Development and Aid has been delivering evening iftar meals for about 4,000 families breaking the daily fast during Ramadan in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley. But this year the NGO’s busy kitchen has had to work non-stop, cooking for at least 7,000 Syrian refugee and Lebanese families. “This year is a bit different,” Doha Adi, the NGO’s programmes manager, told Al Jazeera with a sigh.