He US government It announced a $157 million humanitarian package this Friday Help people affected by the conflict in Lebanon and the region.
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U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement that the funding would address that requirements Internally Displaced People, Refugees in Lebanon and their Host Communities.
The US diplomatic chief highlighted that the aid would also benefit those fleeing neighboring Syria.
A population of 157 million includes 82 readily available through the Department of State for Refugees and Migration. and 75 through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Humanitarian Assistance.
Of that last amount, USAID has already used 11.5 million and, with Congress, plans to make another 63.5 million available in the coming weeks.
“This emergency assistance with food, shelter, blankets, hygiene kits, protection, water and sanitation will be a critical lifeline to those enduring unimaginable hardships,” Blinken said.
His statement recalled The United States has already provided nearly $386 million in the past year to people in need in Lebanon and Syria.
This new package, according to him, comes amid a “catastrophic humanitarian crisis” in Lebanon, where more than a million people have been displaced from their homes, and Joe Biden's administration has pledged to continue to help.
EFE
