Cap Anamur Aids the Poorest With Food Parcels
With the growing economic crisis, the effects of the COVID pandemic, and ultimately since the explosion in Beirut, the situation in Lebanon is worsening. Most affected are the poorest of the population and the approximately 1,2 million syrian refugees, which have have to fight for their lives on a daily basis.
We have been operating a mobile clinic in Lebanon with our aid organization since 2016.
The economic and political situation in Lebanon has been increasingly catastrophic for years. Cap Anamur has been working in Lebanon in the Syrian refugee settlements in the Sidon area since 2016. There, among other things, we ensure the medical care of the refugee families with a mobile clinic. This is because the daily struggle for survival leaves people without the means to pay for the medical treatments they would otherwise have to pay for.
The supply situation for poor people is catastrophic
Since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, the living conditions of Syrian refugees have worsened. The curfews lead to the disappearance of earning opportunities as day labourers. Food has become increasingly unaffordable due to the economic crisis and medicines are in short supply.
Corona protection measures also in our aid project
The Corona pandemic has also had a serious impact on our work. Last year, during the curfews, we had to stop the work of our mobile clinic completely for a short time. In order to comply with the hygiene measures surrounding the pandemic, we have only been able to provide medical care for 50 patients a day since the middle of last year. Our patients are given cloth masks and hand sanitizer to protect themselves from infection when they visit the mobile clinic.
Food packages for the poorest families
Currently, we also support the poorest families we treat in our mobile clinic with food packages.keten. Most of the time it is single mothers, widows or orphans that we help. A food package includes oil, sugar, rice, pasta, salt, tomato sauce and bulgur – and sometimes sweets for the children.
With your donation you can help us to fight the hunger of the Syrian refugees!
- For only 6 euros we can provide food to a family for a week.
- With 24 euros, a Syrian family receives basic food for a month.