Lebanon’s children are living in constant fear

Lebanon’s children are living every day in fear, as a barrage of shelling and air raids increase amid a surge in attacks.

More than 600 people, and at least 50 children, were killed in just one week in September – the worst period of violence in the country for 18 years.

The crisis is the latest emergency to hit Lebanon, which has already been devastated by years of conflict, a cholera outbreak and economic crisis, reducing access to health care and education.

And since 2023, when conflict began in Gaza, things have only gotten worse for children.

In fact, more than 350,000 children have been displaced in Lebanon. They are struggling to access safe water and sanitation and face the threat of disease. Food is scarce too: more than 8,000 children suffering from severe hunger are currently untreated.

Over 211,000 people in total have been forced from their homes by the ongoing conflict.

All of this in a country where hospitals are overstretched by the latest attacks and families are struggling to access healthcare.

The situation is desperate, and there is now a risk of a full-scale war which would have a devastating impact on the country’s 1.3 million children.

They desperately need your help to survive. Please donate now. 

The attacks (top) mean many children now live on the streets with no shelter or basic supplies (bottom).

Donate now and help send life-saving aid to children in Lebanon.

Please donate now

Our work is saving lives 

UNICEF is in Lebanon now saving and protecting children. Last year alone, we helped 180,000 children and women access primary health care and provided mental health support to 16,722 children and caregivers scarred by years of war.

But the latest crisis means more children urgently need help. UNICEF requires €137.3 million now to help suffering families. This funding will provide:

  • Three million people with access to safe water and wastewater management systems.
  • Around 180,000 children and women with resilient primary health care after the outbreak of cholera.
  • 40,000 people in vulnerable households, particularly young people with disabilities, with emergency social assistance.

Please donate now and help us provide this essential support to Lebanon’s children.

How Your Donations help

Please help children before it’s too late. A gift from you right now can help save a child’s life. Donate what you can today.

  • €50 could provide 5 children caught up in crisis situations with life-saving emergency food.
  • €100 could provide 2 water and hygiene kits containing soap, gloves, masks, buckets and water purification tablets.
  • €150 could supply a health centre with enough medicine to treat 24 children.

Please help children struggling to survive by donating now to UNICEF Ireland.

Three-year-old Sendus with her mother in their tented home at a refugee camp in the Bekaa.

Other Ways to Donate

You can make a donation by phone, you can reach us on 01 878 3000, our office hours are Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:30.

You can send your donation by post to

Freepost; UNICEF Ireland, 33 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin D01 R283.

In the unlikely event that the funds raised exceed UNICEF’s funding requirements for this appeal, your donation will be directed to where the need is greatest.

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