The United Nations said that it has allocated USD10 million for Lebanon to help ensure fuel to power hospitals and water stations.
“Lebanon faces profound uncertainty. The humanitarian community, though, is resolved to assist all vulnerable populations, whether Lebanese, refugees or migrants,” UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths tweeted Wednesday during a visit to Beirut.
The UN’s humanitarian agency OCHA said that USD6 million from the Lebanon Humanitarian Fund was planned to help 65 hospitals, healthcare centers, dispensaries and medical cold storage facilities, AFP reported.
The remaining USD 4 million will be set aside for health centers in addition to water stations and facilities that serve more than two-thirds of the Lebanese population, the same source added.
OCHA said in a statement that the allocation will help 2.3 million people across Lebanon by “making sure there is enough fuel to keep water stations functioning.”
Lebanon’s economic collapse propelled the majority of its population below the poverty line, and stripped the Lebanese pound of most of its value.
The Middle Eastern country has been dealing with shortages of almost everything, from power cuts lasting up to 22 hours a day to fuel for private generators becoming increasingly scarce.
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