Syrian refugee neighbours in the informal tented settlement in which they live in South Lebanon.
Nour, Syrian refugee living in South Lebanon with her baby. She came to Lebanon 12 years ago and lives with her husband and 2 children.
This woman, like many other people in Lebanon, is struggling to secure food for her children and make them feel safe inside the tent. Her kids were deprived of the food they require and desire due to the increasing food prices. During winter storms, they cannot sleep due to the cold and heavy rains.
Lama, Syrian refugee living in South Lebanon, with her baby girl.
Lama has a cardiac musle enlargement, swelling legs and asthma disease. She cannot send her 3 children to school as the family is unable to afford the rising transportation costs. The storms and cold weather in winter, together with the expensive costs of her mediaction are causing her health to deteriorate.
Batoul and Lama visiting their lebanese neighbours that live in the same informal tented settlement in south Lebanon
Hasna, Lebanese woman inside her tent in South Lebanon
Hasna lives with her two sons who are daily workers. She suffers from hypertension and struggles to find her medication due to the shortage of medicines in most pharmacies in Lebanon. Winter is so hard for her and her family since they cannot afford diesel nor firewood to keep themselves warm.
Fatima, Syrian refugee with her baby inside her wet tent in South Lebanon.
Floods are very common during the storms in the area where she lives, keeping her tent wet and damaging her belongings. Fatima, her husband and their baby have to sleep at their neighbours' tent during winter season.
Hasna and fatima spending time together outside their tents
Rima, Lebanese woman and her children next to their empty stove inside their tent in South Lebanon.
Winter has been so harsh on Rima and her family since most of their belongings got damaged from the storms and even the ceiling fell on them. She works in agriculture and her husband is a daily worker, but, due to the inflation, they cannot make ends meet. Rima even sometimes uses plastic bags instead of diapers for her baby.
Esra, Lebanese woman with her children outside her tent in South Lebanon.
Esra and her husband cannot afford diesel or firewood to keep their tent warm, and also suffer the floods and freezing temperatures during the winter.
Lebanese and syrian neighbours having tea together, proving that both communities can live together and have a good relationship in lebanon
Rana, Syrian refugee living in a collective shelter in South Lebanon
Rana, her husband and and their 4 children used to live in a garage that got burned, causing them to lose everything and be forced to live on the streets until they found a 1-room "apartment" inside an overcrowded collective shelter.
Rana and her kids spend the day and also sleep in the same space
Khadija is a young Syrian refugee who lives in an informal tended settlement in the bekaa valley
Khadija, Syrian refugee with her children inside their damaged tent in Bekaa.
Khadija lost her tent and little forniture she used to have during a storm. Before, she had to sell many of her home's items because her husband is in prison and she couldn't afford the rent anymore. She is currently living with her parents.
Inaam, Syrian refugee and her mother who is Lebanese in the informal tented settlement in which they live in Bekaa.
Inaam is married to a Syrian man, a taxi driver who barely earns enough money to cover their living expenses, especially when the storms hit the area. She believes that both Syrian refugees and Lebanese citizens are affected by the same economic crisis, and they must support each other and promote solidarity.
inaam outside her tent, usually covered by snow during winter storms, in bekaa
Amina, Syrian refugee, suffers a disability that prevents her from walking and moving. She currently lives in an informal tented settlement in Bekaa after having had to move with her family from an apartment to several informal settlements around 21 times in the last 8 years.
Before LPC's assistance, Amina had no toilet but a simple latrine and was relying on her neighbours until the consortium provided her with an English toilet seat.
Nahida, Syrian refugee, outside her tent located at the top of the mountains in Bekaa.
Nahida lives with her husband and four children facing freezing temperatures and snow storms in winter with no resources to get her home warm, and having difficulty exiting and entering the settlement due to the snow accumulation.
Nahida behind her tent's window made of plastic. This is the family's only protection against freezing winter in the area. They don't even have a toiltet and her kids are afraid, especially at night, because they have to go outside to reach a small latrine.
Fatima, Syrian refugee widow, inside her tent in Bekaa. She lost her husband and 3 of her children during a bombing in the Syrian war.
Fatima has lupus and takes care of her 4 remaining children alone. Her tent got damaged during a storm last winter, so LPC supported her to stay sheltered during the severe cold weather.
Hadil, Syrian refugee, inside her destroyed tent in Bekaa.
Hadil has recently divorced and is raising 3 boys alone. Due to financial constraints, she cannot repair the tent damaged by the storms. She got a new one but the challenge now is making it liveable. She is even considering withdrawing her children from school and sending them to work and bring some income.
Action against hunger officer at the informal tented settlement in which Hadil lives in bekaa.
Douaa, Syrian refugee, at the entrance of her tent in Bekaa.
Douaa lives with her husband and children in very poor living conditions. Her oldest boy collects plastic to sell it because they cannot even afford fuel to cook or get warm and did not have safe water because the heavy storms broke their water tank. The LPC provided them with a new one.
Rawaa, Syrian refugee, with her children inside their tent in Bekaa. The lack of resources prevent them from affording fuel for the stove to get warm during the harsh winter.
Rawaa got Covid-19 during the pregnancy of her baby girl, and the freezing temperatures worsened her condition. She recovered but, after the baby's birth, she even had to keep her at her neighbour's home to protect her life.
Informal tented settlement in which rawaa lives in the bekaa valey.
