Provide meals for Syrian and Lebanese refugees

According to IPFRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), the Global Hunger Index (GHI) rose from 11.4 in 1994 to 8.1 in 2017 in Lebanon. Although the situation seems improved, there are still many families living in conditions of food insecurity.

For this reasonAleimar continues, together with OUI POUR LA VIE, the fight against poverty and malnutrition in Damour.

Thanks to our OPV collaborators we have provided essential products such as: clothes, sheets, blankets, etc, and we have offered psycho-social assistance to families of residents and refugees.In addition, we continue to provide meals to needy families and in particular to children, which constitute the category of people most exposed to the risk of malnutrition. To ensure a greater nutritional intake we decided to offer four meals a week, that is two more than before.

The situation of the fugitive sirianis in Lebanon is dramatically worsened during the last year. The total number of refugees in this country, recorded and not recorded by the United Nations, is still of 1.5 million around. Against this emergency the number of the helped families is increased and with the beginning of the new year, other beneficiaries will be inserted in the project.

In this way we try to protect not only the right to food but also that of childhood. In this regard, we take this opportunity to thank all our donors who support us and help us in the implementation of this goal.

Recentlty, the president of Lebanon said that the number of Syrian refugees present in the country exceeded half the number of Lebanese residents. In the place where there are the largest groups of refugees, the water is low and the electricity is only public land, so it is for a few hours a day and then the darkness!

The world work to which refugees access is dominated by sanctuary employment, without any rights and with the constant risk of being unpaid. It is therefore a challenge so much to food and health expenditure: people often have to choose between a meal, a medicine and invoices.

In the face of this emergency, here is what write us our local contacts from “Oui pour la vie, the volunteer association that coordinates the project and who has been working for the poorest for several years:

“From August 2017 Oui pour la vie’s kitchen is open four days a week and a second group of 30 families have access to the canteen. The number of beneficiaries has therefore doubled and currently the kitchen offers 300 meals a day, which multiplied by 16 days for opening month, correspond to 4800 meal/ month. Although costs have also increased (each day of cooking costs around € 530, totaling € 8.503/month), we are really happy to be able to guarantee at least one day and nurturing the increasing number of people. We submit us to the sensibility and generosity of all to be able to carry on this beautiful and providential project. The kitchen is becoming more and more a meeting place among women of different groups, thus helping sharing and mutual assistance".

Special thanks to all our donors: the things to do are many, but together we can really improve these people's lives step by step!