Our team in the region delivered food and medicine relief to Palestinian refugees who are surviving below difficult circumstances in Lebanon where the economic crises are occurring.

Kemal Ozdal, the chairman of Sadakatasi, stated that Palestinian and Syrian refugees living in camps are having hard times in Lebanon which the economic crises affected adversely living conditions.

Ozdal said that gathered 22 Turkish NGOs completed a three-day emergency relief effort as part of a campaign against Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and that they visited refugee camps in the capital Beirut and the southern cities of Saida and Sour.

Ozdal indicated that they provided food and medicine assistance to the families living in the camps. Likewise, 10 refugee families have had battery systems as part of their lighting project since last year against power outages.

Education Support to Palestinian Refugees 

Ozdal underlined that the distance education project they implemented at the Burj al-Barajne Refugee Camp in Beirut after the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak was very useful and noted that they continue to provide teachers' salaries and other expenses in order to ensure that the education of Palestinian refugee children is not interrupted.

50,000 $ in humanitarian aid

A total of 50,000 $ worth of food and medicine was distributed as part of the three-day relief works, benefiting Palestinian refugees as well as Syrian and Lebanese families in need.

Because of the occurring economic crises, Ozdal addressed that they will continue to support within the frame of aid campaign initiated in December of 2020 with Turkish NGOs, calling to offer a lifeline to refugees.

Palestinian refugees dwelling in camps located in different parts of Lebanon, El Beddawi, Burj Al Barajne, Sabra and Shatila, Ain Al Hilweh, Nahr Al Bared, Rasidiye, Burj Shemali, El Bas, Vifel, Diye, Dbaye, and Mar Elias are living in hard conditions