The Lebanon Humanitarian Fund (LHF) indicated that it has allocated $29.6m in funding in December 2024, in addition to the $12m disbursed in October 2024, in order to expand humanitarian response efforts in Lebanon. It said that the funding aims to address urgent needs among Lebanese citizens, displaced Syrians, Palestinian refugees, and migrants, focusing on the individuals affected by the conflict and displacement.  The LHF disbursed $29.6m across 33 projects, which consisted of 16 projects that totaled $12.1m managed by national non-governmental organizations (NNGOs) and 17 projects that amounted to $17.5m managed by international NGOs (INGOs). It said that the NNGOs received 44% of the total funding from direct and indirect funding sources, including 41% in direct allocations and 3% in sub-grants. Further, the LHF indicated that it provided assistance to 155,741 females, or 33% of the targeted population, as well as to 113,159 girls (24%), 101,043 boys (22%), and 100,387 males (21%).  It noted that the appeal consisted of $4.9m for healthcare assistance that accounted for 16.6% of the total allocated funds at the end of 2024, followed by food security with $4.5m (15.2%); education with $3.9m (13.2%); basic assistance with $3.5m (11.8%); water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) with $3.4m (11.5%); shelters with $3.1m (10.5%); gender-based violence with $2.4m (8.1%); protection with $2m (6.8%); child protection with $1.3m (4.4%); nutrition with $0.6m (2%).  Also, the LHF stated that it has allocated $7.1m to the South governorate, or 24% of the total allocated budget in December 2024, followed by the Mount Lebanon governorate with $5.4m (18.2%), as well as the governorates of Nabatieh with $5.3m (18%), Baalbeck-Hermel with $4.7m (16%), the North with $2.5m (8.4%), the Bekaa with $2.2m (7.4%), Akkar with $1.4m (4.7%), and Beirut with $1m (3.4%). (ICE BEIRUT)

Fonte notizia: Byblos Bank, April 7 - 12, 2025