Give Support to 800 Syrian Refugee Families

An hour's drive from Beirut high in the mountains of the Beeka-Plateau exists a tent city. Thousands of Syrian refugees live in self-built tents. So also Isam, how came with his family. Water they get from a Fountain. Some families were able to prcure generators to produce some energy, but gasoline is expensive, like everything in Lebanon. At night, the tent city therefore remains dark.

Isam  fled with his wife and seven children 18 months ago from Syria. "It was useless, we could not continue to live there and I knew from the beginning, that the war-situation will take a long time." He settled in and improvises from morning till night. "Look, I've dug a small ditch for rainwater, but if it does not flow into our tent, it arrives at the neighbors."

Medical care is expensive

The tent city is only tolerated. Official camps are not established, so even a minimum level of organization does not exist. For the piece of land on which his tent is is build, Isam pays $ 600 a year. His wife is now working as a Cleaner and earns 100 dollars a month. So the family has at least a small income, but there is not enough back and forth. After a long lasting Diarrhea Issams youngest daughter suffers from malnutrition. A doctor visit costs at least 50 dollars in Lebanon. For the treatment of the daughter, the family relies on the commitment of humanitarian organizations.

DKH provides emergency assistance

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe supports families in tentcity with food and distributes stoves, blankets and clothing, so that the families can survive the coming winter - Because it's getting cold in the Bekaa-Plateau between the two mountain ranges, which gave the country its name.

We are so happy that you supported our cause so generous. With this amount we could already help 150 Syrian families. But it's so much more to do. That's why we rewuest you to open your heart futher so that we can helf even more. Thank's a lot.