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Aid workers in Lebanon prepare for winter

New Internationalist

• 3 min read
Aid workers in Lebanon prepare for winter
Salam LADC, an NGO working to support Syrian refugees in Lebanon, are worried that their resources will not be enough for the coming winter. TILDA KÄMMLEIN.

Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley are facing an increasingly dire situation. Already at the back of the line for aid, these communities are now confronting the threat of a full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah. 'The situation is very bad here, we have nothing', says one refugee woman I spoke to, carrying her two-year-old son.

Syrian refugees in the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon are vulnerable and marginalised, living in harsh conditions, but local NGOs are trying to help. TILDA KÄMMLEIN.

Salam LADC, an NGO founded in 2006 by native Lebanese humanitarian worker Joseph Matta, is supporting affected communities as best they can. The Beqaa Valley hosts one of the largest concentrations of Syrian refugees in the country, an estimated 300,000 displaced people. A significant number are in urgent need of aid, especially given the harsh living conditions they face.