Standing With Families
Through Crisis and Recovery
From emergency food and shelter to healthcare, home support and community infrastructure, we work alongside families facing the effects of economic crisis, displacement and conflict.
100% project donations
Volunteer-led
Directly Delivered
A Crisis With Many Layers
Lebanon’s hardship has built up over years. Economic decline, inflation, reduced incomes and weakened services have left many households with little room to absorb another shock.
Repeated conflict and bombardment have then brought new displacement, damaged homes and added pressure to communities already supporting vulnerable Lebanese families, Palestinian refugees and Syrians displaced by war.
What Families Are Facing
The crisis is not one-dimensional. Different households face different combinations of economic pressure, displacement, refugee hardship and damaged essential services.
Economic Pressure
Food inflation, reduced employment and lower purchasing power make everyday essentials harder to afford.
Conflict & Displacement
Families may be forced from homes suddenly, sometimes more than once, when violence escalates.
Refugee Communities
Long-established Palestinian and displaced Syrian communities can face additional housing, work and service pressures.
Homes & Essential Services
Damaged homes, unreliable electricity and rising costs can make recovery much harder.
Displacement Didn't Begin With the Latest War
Lebanon has hosted displaced communities for generations. Palestinian families arrived following the 1948 displacement from Palestine, with later waves of displacement following further wars and expulsions across the region.
Decades later, the war in Syria brought another major displaced population into Lebanon. Some families have now lived through multiple cycles of displacement, while Lebanese households themselves continue to face economic and conflict-related hardship.
Need Doesn't Have One Address
We may support a Lebanese family struggling after years of economic decline, a Palestinian household in a long-established camp, a Syrian family in a tented settlement, or people suddenly displaced into schools and temporary accommodation. Others may live in an ordinary apartment but still struggle to afford food, medicine, rent, electricity and other essentials.
Support is based on need — not nationality, background or the type of home someone lives in.
What Your Support Can Provide
Explore the six core areas through which OWR provides practical support, recovery and longer-term resilience.
Our Work in Lebanon
Our response combines different OWR programmes. These examples show the range of work delivered or supported in Lebanon over time.
Food Support Around Saida
Recent distributions have reached hundreds of households, with strong involvement from local volunteers, neighbours and community contacts.
Community Power
Solar and battery installations help community facilities access more stable electricity and reduce reliance on costly generator power.
Palestinian Refugee Communities
Support has reached long-established Palestinian communities such as Shatila and other camps according to identified need.
Syrian Refugee Communities
OWR has supported Syrian families in camp and tent settings, including communities in the Beqaa.
Community Places
Energy, equipment and practical improvements can help local centres continue serving education, gatherings and wider community needs.
Related Lebanon Programmes
🇱🇧 Across Lebanon
OWR has supported families and communities across Lebanon. Activity changes according to need, access, funding and the project at the time.
Beirut · Shatila · surrounding communities
Saida · Ain El Hilweh · Wadi El Zeine
Tyre · Burj Al Shamali · Rashidieh · El Buss
Tripoli · Beddawi · Nahr El Bared
Baalbek · Wavel · towns and refugee communities
Arsal · Syrian refugee communities · informal tented settlements
Local Presence Matters
Our work is shaped by people who live within the communities we support, speak the language and build relationships over time. That gives us better information about changing needs, local prices, suppliers and practical delivery.
Students, neighbours, teachers and other community volunteers regularly contribute their time without salaries. In some distributions, supporters also contribute vehicles, fuel or other practical help, reducing unnecessary logistics costs and helping project donations go further.
continuous presence
better communication
better value
lower delivery costs
Other Appeals
Explore other country and emergency appeals where OWR is responding to conflict, displacement, poverty and recovery needs.
Palestine Appeal
Humanitarian support for Palestinian families across Gaza and the West Bank.
Gaza Refugees in Egypt
Support for Palestinian families displaced from Gaza and rebuilding daily life in Egypt.
Pakistan & Kashmir
Practical humanitarian and development support for families and communities in Pakistan and Kashmir.
Syrian Refugee Crisis
Support for Syrian refugee families affected by displacement and continuing hardship.
Egypt Support
Practical assistance for Egyptian families, vulnerable residents and students in need.
Comoros Support
Education and community support helping children and families in the Comoros Islands.
See the Work as It Happens
Follow current OWR projects, distributions and community work through real posts and reels from the field. We will curate Lebanon-specific reels here when our social-feed setup supports it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Stand With Families in Lebanon
Crisis can change a family’s circumstances overnight. Recovery can take much longer.
Your support helps us provide practical assistance today while helping families and communities rebuild stability for tomorrow.
