Over 1.2 million people in Lebanon have been displaced to date due to the ongoing Israeli airstrikes and a lot of families are struggling to find a secure shelter or even food for their children. In the absence of a functioning and competent crisis cell by the government, a lot of NGOs and associations are filling the gap and helping people day and night.
Here’s a list of some of those associations along with their details in case you wish to donate or volunteer. If you live abroad and wish to help, I’ve already shared in this [post] how you can send money to NGOs without paying any fees through MillionBridges.
The Lebanese Red Cross doesn’t need any introduction and requires our support every hour. You can:
– Donate blood which is urgently needed since the war escalated.
– Donate money on the LRC app.
Beit El Baraka is a Beirut-based NGO that does an amazing job all year long and is now working round the clock to deliver free meals, mattresses, pillows, and essential medications to the displaced, especially the elderly.
Beit El Baraka needs your donations to:
– Help secure those sleeping in public gardens and sidewalks
– Secure food for the vulnerable.
– Ensure medicine is available for those who need it.
– Support families of the soldiers of the Lebanese Army.
The Lebanese Food Bank is a non-profit organization dedicated to addressing food insecurity in Lebanon. Ever since the war started, they have been distributing food and partnering with community kitchens to provide hot meals to families.
You can help the Lebanese Food Bank by either:
– Volunteering or
– Donating money in order to help provide meals to those most affected.
Offre Joie has been established since 1985 with a vision to bring together Lebanese from all sects and groups and preaching respect, forgiveness and love. The NGO was instrumental to support and aid the victims of the Beirut August 4 blast as they were helped renovate 1,400 residential apartments and 39 shops in 157 buildings located in the neighborhoods of Karantina, Rmeil, Mar Mikhael.
Nowadays, Offre Joie is working hard to provide essential aid, food, and support to those affected by the Israeli attacks. They are asking for:
– Volunteers in their community kitchens.
– Volunteer drivers
– Financial donations to help them support as many displaced as possible.
Food Blessed was established in 2012 as a local hunger-relief initiative that works with businesses and the civil society to reduce the number of people going hungry in Lebanon. They’ve been cooking daily to help the displaced and need:
– In-kind donation (canned milk, milk, legumes, oil, rice & grains, pasta etc ..)
– Financial donations.
Nusaned is a humanitarian, community-based and volunteer organization that supports communities based on a non-biased, egalitarian and value-based needs assessment process. They have provided almost 100,000 meals since September 23 to internally displaced persons in 46 collective shelters across Tyre, Saida, Sahel Al Zahrani, Beirut, and Mount Lebanon, in partnership with World Central Kitchen, Sawa Blessed, and Care International.
Nusaned are looking for:
– Volunteers
– Partners
– Financial donations.
Souk El Tayeb is a social enterprise in Lebanon committed to preserving rural heritage and culinary traditions while supporting local farmers and promoting locally produced food. Matbakh el Kell, Souk El Tayeb’s Community Kitchen, is cooking hot meals to feed the displaced.
Souk el Tayeb is accepting:
– Food donations
– Volunteers
– Financial donations
Bassma is a Lebanese non-profit association for social development, founded in 2002 and aimed at empowering the most destitute families and help them become self-sufficient. Bassma is reaching out to all to help displaced families regain stability, hope, comfort and dignity.
To show your support you can:
– Make a final donation.
– Provide some of the needed items including mattresses, pillows, blankets, hygienic kits, potable water, milk for children and diapers as well.
– Volunteer to help by calling 0096170686105 or 009611393077
Whether you are in Lebanon or abroad, there are ways to help and thousands of families are depending on these trusted NGOs to survive this war so let’s show them our support!
Note: This is not a complete list of trusted NGOs but the ones I could think of. I will be updating this post with new ones as soon as I discover them.