Escalating since October 2019, the political and economic crisis is driving Lebanon to the brink of bankruptcy. The tragic situation has been exacerbated by a gigantic explosion of chemicals stored in Beirut’s seaport in 2020. The middle class has virtually ceased to exist. Educated citizens are fleeing hyperinflation, unemployment which rises every month, power cuts and fuel shortages.
20.01.2023
Grandma Minolia lost everything in one year – her beloved husband died and her entire life’s savings completely lost value when record inflation hit Lebanon. Minolia has someone to live for. She has children and grandchildren, but with the country on the brink of bankruptcy, the whole family found themselves in the same situation.
Minolia has had to move into a one-room flat that is rundown and cold. The children, although doing their best, cannot provide for their mother’s basic needs.
Getting food, medicine or fuel is a huge challenge. Even more challenging is paying the rent for a flat that, although cold, still provides some shelter. Here, a pack of the simplest painkiller can cost the equivalent of several hundred zlotys.
Since last year, we have been distributing vouchers for food and fuel oil to the poorest Lebanese affected by the economic crisis. Thanks to the vouchers you fund, ailing seniors who are unable to take up any work can not so much make ends meet as simply survive in a country where no form of state care functions. Donate a voucher to Grandma Minolia, with which she will be able to buy food and fuel oil to heat her modest flat!
03.10.2024
“People are sleeping on the beach, in parks, and in cars,” says our contact in Beirut. Chaos has overtaken Lebanon as Israel begins its ground invasion of the country. Our hope that the world would step in, that no one would allow this escalation, has been shattered. It’s happening now. Israel has opened a new […]
08.08.2024
“All the embassies are calling their diplomats back, our government has practically ceased to exist. We’ve been left to survive on our own. Meanwhile, prices in stores have skyrocketed so high that we can’t afford anything. Officially, there’s no war yet, but it’s already a fight for survival,” says Dr. Elie Harouny, with whom Good […]
22.01.2024
On Grandma’s Day, our thoughts turn to the elderly women who will receive no flowers today. Perhaps they are forgotten by all. We think of 80-year-old Laudie, a senior living on the outskirts of Byblos, Lebanon. The nuns took her in when she lost everything. No one visits Laudie, even though she devoted her life […]
