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THREAD. Some of you have been asking how you can help people in #Lebanon 
during this brutal economic crisis.
I've put together a thread of resources and organisations to donate to
Please do look them up before donating/contributing
Suggestions welcome, esp local charities:
during this brutal economic crisis.I've put together a thread of resources and organisations to donate to
Please do look them up before donating/contributing
Suggestions welcome, esp local charities:
Lebanese Food Bank
@lebfoodbank's "mission is to fight and overcome hunger by developing effective Feeding Programs in parallel with Development & Awareness programs to eliminate hunger"
https://lebanesefoodbank.org/
@lebfoodbank's "mission is to fight and overcome hunger by developing effective Feeding Programs in parallel with Development & Awareness programs to eliminate hunger"
https://lebanesefoodbank.org/
Jobs for Lebanon
@JobsForLebanon "is a solely economic initiative that aims at empowering the entire Lebanese diaspora to create job opportunities for Lebanese in Lebanon"
To help Jobs for Lebanon get in touch with them directly; more details here:
https://www.jobsforlebanon.com
@JobsForLebanon "is a solely economic initiative that aims at empowering the entire Lebanese diaspora to create job opportunities for Lebanese in Lebanon"
To help Jobs for Lebanon get in touch with them directly; more details here:
https://www.jobsforlebanon.com
Save the Children, Lebanon
Donate to @SavetheChildren's Lebanon mission https://www.savethechildren.org/us/what-we-do/where-we-work/greater-middle-east-eurasia/lebanon
Donate to @SavetheChildren's Lebanon mission https://www.savethechildren.org/us/what-we-do/where-we-work/greater-middle-east-eurasia/lebanon
CARE International, Lebanon
Donate to @CAREGlobal's Lebanon mission to help meet the needs of those affected by disaster https://www.care.org/our-work/where-we-work/lebanon/
Donate to @CAREGlobal's Lebanon mission to help meet the needs of those affected by disaster https://www.care.org/our-work/where-we-work/lebanon/
International Committee of the Red Cross, Lebanon
Donate to @ICRC's Lebanon mission https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/middle-east/lebanon
Donate to @ICRC's Lebanon mission https://www.icrc.org/en/where-we-work/middle-east/lebanon
SOS Children's Villages, Lebanon
Give a regular gift or a one-off payment to help support children in need in Lebanon via @sos_children https://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/lebanon
Give a regular gift or a one-off payment to help support children in need in Lebanon via @sos_children https://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/lebanon
Caritas, Lebanon
Donate to @Caritaslb, which works to reduce poverty in the country http://www.caritas.org.lb/get_involved/donate
Donate to @Caritaslb, which works to reduce poverty in the country http://www.caritas.org.lb/get_involved/donate
Food Blessed, Lebanon
A local hunger relief initiative run by volunteers
https://foodblessed.org/
H/t @ShannonOates_
A local hunger relief initiative run by volunteers
https://foodblessed.org/
H/t @ShannonOates_
Matbakh El Balad
A local initiative that "provides sustenance, daily, free of charge, to anyone in need of a meal." https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/impact-lebanon-cook?utm_term=YvBvkeK33
A local initiative that "provides sustenance, daily, free of charge, to anyone in need of a meal." https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/impact-lebanon-cook?utm_term=YvBvkeK33
Taawon, Lebanon
Taawon aids Palestinian refugee families in need in Lebanon https://www.taawon.org/en/content/together-we-can
Taawon aids Palestinian refugee families in need in Lebanon https://www.taawon.org/en/content/together-we-can
Sawa for Development and Aid, Lebanon
Sawa works with Syrian refugee families in need in Lebanon https://www.givingloop.org/sawafordevelopmentandaid
Sawa works with Syrian refugee families in need in Lebanon https://www.givingloop.org/sawafordevelopmentandaid
Tahaddi Lebanon (via @walsaliby)
Tahaddi Lebanon works with some of the country's most impoverished communities
https://tahaddilebanon.org
Tahaddi Lebanon works with some of the country's most impoverished communities
https://tahaddilebanon.org
Dawrati (via @EmCLew)
Dawrati helps women and girls in need access menstrual products - this is essential work given the govt has refused to subsidize these products despite the economic crisis
https://www.just-help.org/c/dawrati/
https://www.instagram.com/dawrati.lb/?igshid=f8okkqb2u527
Dawrati helps women and girls in need access menstrual products - this is essential work given the govt has refused to subsidize these products despite the economic crisis
https://www.just-help.org/c/dawrati/
https://www.instagram.com/dawrati.lb/?igshid=f8okkqb2u527
There are some excellent resources in the replies - pls do check them all out
Live Love Lebanon
LLB gathers recurring monthly donations “and fund one Lebanese initiative doing urgent humanitarian or environmental work, every single week.” http://Livelove.org
LLB gathers recurring monthly donations “and fund one Lebanese initiative doing urgent humanitarian or environmental work, every single week.” http://Livelove.org
Another one for those in Lebanon:
AUB Medical Center needs blood urgently -- #AUBMC blood bank: 78-894168 or 01-350000 ext. 5222/5236
Please donate to the blood bank. #Beirut
المركز الطبي بحاجة ماسة للتبرع بالدم من جميع الفئات. الرجاء التوجه إلى بنك الدم - المبنى الرئيسي
AUB Medical Center needs blood urgently -- #AUBMC blood bank: 78-894168 or 01-350000 ext. 5222/5236
Please donate to the blood bank. #Beirut
المركز الطبي بحاجة ماسة للتبرع بالدم من جميع الفئات. الرجاء التوجه إلى بنك الدم - المبنى الرئيسي
Impact Lebanon via Just Giving https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lebanon-relief?utm_term=PYp7gXzyD
Lebanese Red Cross (online donations; above is via bank transfer)
https://www.supportlrc.app/
You can also download the Lebanese Red Cross app.
https://www.supportlrc.app/
You can also download the Lebanese Red Cross app.
American University of Beirut Emergency Fund @AUB_Lebanon
https://secureca.imodules.com/s/1716/interior.aspx?sid=1716&gid=2&pgid=618&cid=2462
https://secureca.imodules.com/s/1716/interior.aspx?sid=1716&gid=2&pgid=618&cid=2462
