Nearly half of Lebanese live below the poverty line, according to official statistics. FMTNews
Workers remove debris from a damaged restaurant after an explosion hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon on Aug 5.
“I’ve been working in humanitarian aid in Lebanon for 47 years, and I’ve never seen anything like this,” he said as hospitals were overflowing with wounded and the capital was reeling in shock. And the disaster damage bill for an indebted country that was already asking for help from international donors is expected to range between US$3 billion and US$5 billion.Maya Terro, founder of Food Blessed, a local charity that distributes food aid, now expects a huge additional demand. Beirut’s port, which was flattened by the explosions, is the main gateway for imports.
Even before the explosions, life was a daily struggle against poverty and hopelessness, Gaby, a former civil servant in his fifties living in a suburb of Beirut, told AFP several days before the disaster. The economic crisis has been compounded by the loss of income caused by restrictions to stem the Covid-19 pandemic.
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