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An Update on Anera’s Shelter Project in Beirut
These residents of Beirut are finally safe and secure in their new and improved homes and businesses Two years ago today, a devastating explosion wracked the port in Beirut, Lebanon on August 4, 2020. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, damaging or destroying infrastructure across wide swaths of the city, killing…
Beirut Explosion: Responding in the Aftermath
A cataclysmic explosion in Beirut on August 4, 2020 killed well over 200 people and injured another 6,000. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. Emergency rooms are over capacity with badly injured people, and medical supplies are quickly being depleted with no restock available. A large swath of the city has…
Beirut Blast Patients Continue Healing
HEALTH Beirut Blast Patients Continue Healing Medical aid helps burn patients recover Some seven months after the Beirut port explosion in Lebanon, the aftermath remains very much present in the minds – and bodies – of many who call Beirut home. Survivors have been left with trauma and, in many cases, serious injuries like severe…
Medical Aid Helps a Hospital Damaged in the Beirut Blast
HEALTH Medical Aid Helps a Hospital Damaged in the Beirut Blast “Every item counts… syringes, masks, gloves and gauze – all of it.” When the coronavirus first hit in late February 2020, Lebanon had already been drowning in financial and political disasters. The pandemic only further suffocated the country, as well as introducing a nationwide…
Medical Aid Keeps Beirut Health Clinics Open
HEALTH Medical Aid Keeps Beirut Health Clinics Open Donated medicines and medical supplies allow charitable healthcare providers to continue to serve the vulnerable Dr. Marwan Ghazzawi heads the medical department at Ibad Al Rahman Association, a nonprofit based in Beirut, Lebanon. Normally, he says, the center doesn’t offer emergency medical services, “but after the Beirut…
Anera in Beirut, Lebanon
LEBANON Anera in Beirut, Lebanon Beirut, the vibrant capital of Lebanon, is a city that captivates visitors with its energy, beauty and history. The city also has endured a tumultuous past marked by conflicts and political instability, leaving scars that are still visible today. Beirut Governorate | محافظة بيروت Beirut, the vibrant capital of Lebanon,…