Anera responds in the Beirut blast aftermath

Lebanon has witnessed a huge explosion in Beirut on August 4, 2020 that resulted in the killing of at least 150 people and injuring 5,000 people.

A large swath of the city has been destroyed or damaged, leaving families unable to return home in the middle of a pandemic and financial crisis.

The American Near East Refugee Aid has been helping to rebuild after this tragedy.

Anera’s Lebanon staff hosted a day of action to mobilize their youth volunteers in service to those communities impacted most by the Beirut explosion. Teams of young people fanned out through the neighborhoods of Mar Mkhayel and Bourj Hammoud.

They delivered food parcels and hygiene kits to refugees, Lebanese and migrant community workers.

Anera also sent out teams of construction students from their vocational education classes to evaluate and rehabilitate damaged homes.

It is worth mentioning that Johnson&Johnson donated the hygiene kits, Anera’s Bekaa team funded and packed the food parcels, and Muslim Aid USA provided the funding for the home rehabilitation work.

In addition to the above aid, 56 tons of medical donations left the US en route to Beirut.