NEF Emergency Appeal to Help Lebanese Families
Lebanon crisis support
Summary
An urgent appeal for public support to provide emergency assistance to Lebanese children and families displaced by the escalating crisis.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,900 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Near East Foundation (NEF) That You Can Help
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
As the conflict escalates in Lebanon, so does its effect on children and families caught in the crossfire. NEF is responding to the immediate and urgent needs of ten of thousands of children and families who have fled their homes and are now living in schools and parks. Others are trapped in their homes without electricity and running water and are unable to meet basic food, medical and hygiene needs.
Activities
Provision of supplemental food, medicines, first aid kits, hygiene kits, sleeping materials for displaced Lebanese families. Priority assistance to children, elderly, disabled & women.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,900
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,900 . The original project funding goal was $20,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Resources
- Project's External Homepage (http://www.nefdev.org)
- NEF Annual Report Lebanon (http://www.nefdev.org/main/annualreport/2004)
- De-Mining in Lebanon - Beginning With the South (http://www.nefdev.org/main/news/article.aspx?id=200)
- NEF Credit Workshop for Local NGOs for disabled (http://www.nefdev.org/main/news/article.aspx?id=429)
- Community-Based Credit - Basic Approach (http://www.nefdev.org/main/news/article.aspx?id=87)
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Meeting urgent needs of 1,000 most affected people in the most hard hit areas. Relief will expand to other communities in the region if funding permits.
Project Message
"Supply routes betwen the areas in Lebanon are closed so critical food, water and health supplies are not reaching the area and families cannot move to safety."
- Rabih Yazbeck, Near East Foundation Regional Information Officer
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Rabih Yazbeck
Regional Information Officer
P.O. Box 821
Amman, 11118
Jordan
+962 (6) 461-7441
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Near East Foundation (NEF)
90 Broad Street 15th Floor
New York,
NY
10004
United States
+1 (212) 425-2205
http://www.neareast.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Lebanon
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Lebanon, read the Human Development Report on Lebanon or the Wikipedia entry for Lebanon.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 18, 2006
Latest Update from the Field
Progress Report -- NEF Current Activities As Response To The Crisis, August 1 2006
By Rabih Yazbeck, Near East Foundation (NEF) - Regional Information Officer, August 01, 2006 09:29 AM
This report include up-to-date number of dead, injured, displaced, and material losses as result of the crisis.
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