WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CHILDREN IN LEBANON
A ceasefire deal has been agreed between Israel and Hezbollah. This is a welcome announcement and a relief after a year of conflict in the south and especially following the last two months of unimaginable violence.
Children in Lebanon have been killed, injured, uprooted from their homes, cut off from food, healthcare and school and exposed to hugely traumatic events. The ceasefire needs to be sustained indefinitely to end this suffering for children.
However, the nightmare isn’t over for children. Many will be returning to homes, villages, and farmlands that have been flattened or decimated by bombs. There is huge risk that lands may be scattered with unexploded ordnances and children will need specialist education on how to navigate these risks. Many children will have to continue living in overcrowded, basic shelters because their homes or villages have been destroyed, and these shelters lack adequate heating at a time when the first snowfall has arrived in Lebanon.
Children and their families need support more than ever. Save the Children stands ready to scale up our response to ensure children have this urgent support.
PLEASE DONATE NOW TO CHILDREN IN LEBANON, GAZA AND AROUND THE WORLD, WHERE THE NEEDS ARE THE BIGGEST AND MOST URGENT.
Save the Children is on the ground in Lebanon providing ready-to-eat food parcels, clean water, hygiene support, child protection, education, mental health and psychosocial support, and emergency assistance for displaced families.
“WE CANNOT ALLOW THE SAME HORRORS TO BE REPEATED”
Nora Ingdal, Save the Children’s Lebanon Country Director, said:
“Children in Lebanon are being pushed deeper into hunger by renewed conflict and mass displacement. Families who were already struggling are now finding food completely out of reach, with prices soaring and livelihoods disrupted.”
“We have seen this play out in Gaza, and we cannot allow the same horrors to be repeated in Lebanon. Children have been through enough.”
Children are paying the highest price. They are facing hunger, fear and renewed airstrikes.
Your donation today can help children survive hunger and begin to recover.
WHAT ARE WE DOING IN LEBANON TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES?
Save the Children has been working in Lebanon since 1953, supporting children and families affected by conflict, displacement and economic hardship.
Since day 1 of the renewed escalations in March 2026, our teams have been delivering life-saving support to displaced families and children across Lebanon.
With the support of donors like you, we are:
- Distributing ready-to-eat food parcels to families in collective shelters.
- Screening children for malnutrition and referring identified cases to primary healthcare centres.
- Providing potable water, mattresses, blankets, pillows, hygiene kits and menstrual hygiene materials to affected families.
- Supporting children with psychosocial activities that help restore a sense of routine and emotional safety during displacement.
- Helping families access Child Protection and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) services in collective shelters.
- Supporting learning continuity activities to help children continue learning and maintain a sense of normalcy during the crisis.
- Providing emergency cash assistance to help displaced families meet urgent needs such as food, healthcare and other essential expenses.
Between March and April 2026 alone, Save the Children supported:
- 42,844 people with water, sanitation and hygiene support.
- 17,767 people with safe shelter and essential relief items.
- 13,796 people with food security support.
- 4,221 children with child protection and mental health support.
As we expand our efforts to support children and their families, increased support is essential to meet growing humanitarian needs and help children recover from this crisis. Children cannot wait. They need help now.
Donate now to the Children’s Emergency Fund and help us reach children with the support they need to survive and recover.
PLEASE DONATE NOW TO CHILDREN IN LEBANON, GAZA AND AROUND THE WORLD, WHERE THE NEEDS ARE THE BIGGEST AND MOST URGENT.
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The ceasefire needs to be sustained indefinitely to end this suffering for children. All signatories to the ceasefire must fully respect and swiftly implement all their commitments made under this ceasefire agreement.
