The United States announced that it is providing more than $140 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Lebanon to address the urgent needs of refugees from Syria and those of Lebanese host communities, according to a U.S. State Department fact sheet released by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut.
The announcement was made during Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s visit to Washington, DC.
Lebanon hosts more than 1.5 one million registered refugees, representing nearly a quarter of its population.
Through its support, the United States will provide food assistance, shelter for the most vulnerable families, emergency and hospital care, humanitarian protection, and child immunization and nutrition to the more than one million refugees and Lebanese host populations that are in need. The United States will also support infrastructure projects that improve access for Lebanese and refugees to safe drinking water and wastewater services.
This assistance supports the critical humanitarian needs addressed in the 2017 Lebanon Crisis Response Plan’s appeal of $2.8 billion. The new funding supports the operations of UN humanitarian agencies in Lebanon.
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