Across the city of Beirut, neighbourhoods were reduced to rubble by the blast, along with hospitals and crucial stores containing around 85% of the country’s grain and medical supplies. Homes and businesses have been flattened to the ground, windows shattered, and doors knocked down.
Approximately 300,000 people are now homeless. Please help those who have lost everything. As the country sinks further into severe economic collapse, half the population already face starvation, unable to access basic goods including medicine. Thousands have seen their livelihoods disappear. This explosion has made a most dire situation worse.