A U.N. spokesman said the money will enable the U.N.'s humanitarian partners “to help people in need by targeting food security, health, shelter and protection, as well as water and sanitation hygiene support.”
U.N. humanitarian officials said some of the $300 million pledged at a donor conference Sunday co-chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron and the United Nations may be committed to the $565 million appeal, but the amount won’t be known for some time because the pledges include a mixture of humanitarian and reconstruction activities.
clinics, and destroyed 120 schools. The blast killed over 170 people, injured more than 6,000 and left thousands homeless, it said.—Immediate delivery of hot meals, food rations and grain supplies.—Cash for shelter for families whose homes were damaged or destroyed and for repairs of common building areas and facilities affected by the blast.“The task of rebuilding people’s lives and recovering from the devastation is only just beginning,” said Lebanon’s U.N.
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