Project profile — Lebanon - Response to Explosion in Beirut - UNHCR 2020

• Lebanon (100.00%)

• Material relief assistance and services:
Material relief assistance and services (72010) (40.00%)
Relief co-ordination; protection and support services (72050) (50.00%)
• Humanitarian aid: Education in Emergencies (72012) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

August 2020 - In response to the explosions in Beirut on August 4th, the United Nations launched a flash appeal on August 14th, 2020. The flash appeal seeks to respond to the significant immediate humanitarian consequences of the explosions. The appeal works to prioritize life-saving responses and protection. These activities continue alongside the pre-existing humanitarian response for the Lebanese and non-Lebanese population, including Syrian and Palestinian refugees . With the support of GAC and other donors, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) provides assistance and protection to refugees, internally displaced persons and other persons of concern. The UNHCR’s response focuses on addressing pressing shelter and protection needs of the most vulnerable persons affected by the blast, while paving the way for their recovery and rehabilitation in the medium term. The response adopts a whole-population approach, targeting the most affected and most vulnerable households and individuals, including Lebanese, refugees and migrant workers in Beirut, and those displaced outside the city. Project activities include: (1) providing shelter, clothing and other essential non-food items; and (2) providing protection, including against sexual and gender-based violence, and for children.

The expected outcome for this project is improved access to assistance and protection services for refugees, internally-displaced persons and those who are stateless in order to meet their basic human needs and restore their livelihoods. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.

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