On September 29, 2024, Relief International Lebanon Country Director Giacomo Baldini spoke for a second time with CNN about the crisis unfolding in the Lebanon, and the impact it is having on communities all over the country.

According to the UN, nearly 120,000 have been displaced because of the violence and nearly 1000 killed.

Approximately 300,000 people are currently without water due to strikes on water estabishments.

There are currently 85,000 people living in shelters across the country. The shelters are now overcrowded, and families are arriving at shelters with very little. They are in desperate need of basic supplies like mattresses to sleep on and soap to wash with.

Families in shelters are often the most vulnerable households, without relatives that can host them or the means to rent a house. The households include children, older people and people with disabilities or special needs, often in a status of deep psychological distress.

Relief International are currently providing healthcare through outreach medical services in collective shelters, and medical/hygiene kits to displaced communities in Tripoli, Beirut and Bekaa. 

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