By Elisabeth Viinalass | Fundraising Coordinator
Dear friend,
The last three months of the project have passed very much under the same circumstances as the previous three. Covid-19 pandemic is still raging and regardless of the one-time decline in numbers after the first few months, the cases are now on the rise again. The densely populated informal refugee settlements that lack access to basic hygene facilities continue to be in the frontline of this pandemic.
Additionally, the economic crisis is ever deepening and the chances of finding a job are now even lower than they were before. Moreover, due to the Lebanese Pound’s rapid loss of value and rising prices, even the people who are working are not able to make the ends meet.
However, no matter how hard the circumstances, INSAN will always keep on working to ensure that everyone’s human rights are being respected. Even though we have had to make changes in our operations we continue to provide psycho-social and medical support for adults and children in Bekaa. As we are not able to go that much on the field ourselves these days, we are implementing our activities mainly through the community focal points. PSS activities and awareness raising sessions have been carried out via phone, WhatsApp, social media and other interactive methods from distance. Within the past 3 months we have reached approximately 1500 beneficiaries in 9 informal settlements.
At the same time we continue to provide emergency food parcels that include both basic necessities such as rice, oil and lentils, but also hygiene products which are crucial to stop the spread of Covid-19. By supplying these basic necessities, as well as conducting awareness-raising sessions on how to stop the spread of the virus we are doing our best to protect these communities in these uncertain and frightening times. Till now INSAN has distributed more than 1000 food and hygiene boxes to the most underprivileged families in Beirut’s suburbs and in Bekaa.
Thank you for supporting us and the vulnerable communities in Lebanon.
Best regards,
The INSAN-team
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