Austria Gives 3 Million Euros as Humanitarian Aid to Lebanon

OrganizationsInternational Organizations ♦ Published: December 27, 2022; 23:51 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian government will increase its humanitarian and financial aid to Lebanon since the country in the Middle East is going through a severe economic crisis and at the same time is harboring a high number of refugees. The aid will go through UNHCR, CERF and the NGO Geneva Call.

Austria Will Donate 3 Million Euros Through, Among Others, UNHCR to Lebanon. / Picture: © Simong43

As a result of global food insecurity, fueled by the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, the economic and social situation in crisis-ridden Lebanon is becoming increasingly critical for the local population. More than 80 percent of the population lives in poverty, and a quarter of all Lebanese are food insecure. Also, Lebanon has hosted 1.5 million Syrians displaced by the Syrian…