Half a million children in Lebanon still 'struggling to survive' after Beirut blast
A new report from Save the Children found the families of 564,000 children can't afford sufficient food and other basic goods.
Nearly a year after the devastating explosion that tore through Beirut, hundreds of thousands of children in Lebanon are still going to bed hungry and struggling to survive, Save the Children said on Thursday.
Across Beirut, 910,000 people, including 564,000 children, can't afford sufficient food and other basic goods such as electricity, cooking fuel, hygiene products and water.
“This crisis hits everybody — Lebanese families, Palestinian and Syrian refugees alike. We will start seeing children dying from hunger before the end of the year,” said Jad Sakr, acting country director of Save the Children in Lebanon.
“Children, even those from Lebanese middle-income families, are increasingly eating less or nothing at all for a whole day just to make ends meet. In some cases, children are working to help with the family income, keeping them away from their education,” Sakr said in a statement.
