đ¨LEBANON EMERGENCY UPDATEđ¨
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John: Thank you for your compassion and attention as the International Rescue Committee responds to the escalating hostilities in Lebanon.
I want to share with you a few updates from our emergency response, to show you the direct impact of your support:
đ The IRC has mobilized a medical team in Lebanon, in close coordination with the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health and our local partner, the Primary Health Care Centers in the North.
- The team consists of nurses, general physicians, social workers and community health workers, who are assessing the pressing health needs of displaced families.
- We are also providing free medical consultations and medications, as well as mental health and psychosocial support to those displaced.
- Since September 27, the IRC has deployed mobile teams to address the needs of displaced Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian communitiesâfocusing on unaccompanied children, vulnerable individuals, and those in need of emergency assistance.
âŹď¸âŹď¸As an IRC supporter, you make this work possible. Thank you.
đ IRC teams also conducted a rapid needs assessment, in response to the mass displacement, which revealed the urgent needs of families. Our assessment found that:
- 90% of newly displaced families we surveyed in Lebanon cannot meet basic needs like food, shelter, clean water and health care. Almost half were children.
- The needs are especially severe for families who are living in tentsâwith food assistance identified as a critical priority by almost all respondents.
- Overall, the IRC assessment warns of further catastrophic humanitarian consequences.
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"One of the people we are now supporting, who had to flee his home in the south and is now staying in an overcrowded collective shelter in Beirut, told us how his family wasn't able to bring anything with them, as they rushed to get out of harm's way. He told us that his daughter and her newborn baby also had to flee immediately, without receiving any medical care after delivery." âJuan Gabriel Wells, IRC Country Director, Lebanon
âŹď¸âŹď¸The level of suffering for families in Lebanon is very real. But thanks to kind supporters like you, we are making an impact. Thank you again for all you do for families facing crisis.
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URGENT: Families in Lebanon need immediate support.
John, IRC teams are on the ground and helping families.
Is there any way you can rush an emergency donation to help families facing crises in Lebanon and around the world?
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