CERF allocates $1 million to provide emergency food support for displaced Palestinian refugees from Nahr el-Bared Camp, North Lebanon.
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| Refugee boys in Lebanon [Photo: IRIN] |
31 October 2008: Thousands of Palestinian refugees have remained displaced for more than a year following the destruction of the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp ain North Lebanon in summer 2007. Over 27,000 refugees became displaced overnight. The majority of those refugees have been living in dire conditions for the past year and a half in very basic and overcrowded temporary accommodation, in collective centres or temporary shelters erected by United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
UNRWA is ensuring food security is maintained for displaced for Nahr el-Bared refugee families. It is providing food rations to an average of 4,800 displaced families for three months. Also each month special baby and infant food parcels for approximately 1,400 children will be distributed.
[Last Update: 24 November 2008]