Right now infant formula (till 12 months old) must be sold at pharmacies but the state lacks funds to secure the 90% difference between the cost of the milk and its selling price (we have a 90% devaluation on the money since 1 year). Baby milk (1 yr and above) is sold at grocery stores…
Today the health sector in Lebanon faces a huge threat in a country suffering from a failed state, socio-economic crisis, and a surge in COVID-19 cases, reaching almost 7,000 cases per day. The demand for oxygen concentrator machines has increased significantly. “One oxygen concentrator machine keeps one bed empty in a hospital, allowing it to…
Today around 45% of the Lebanese population lives below the poverty line. The Beirut port blast on 4 August shredded the city and left its fragile population facing civil unrest, an ongoing socio-economic crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it started in July 2020, the Rotary Club of Beirut Cedars, “The Food Box” project has…
Private schools are closing their academic year with 45% of tuition fees remain unpaid. THE LEBANESE FUTURE GENERATION IS AT RISK. Lebanon is facing a serious problem. The fact that the working middle class can no longer afford schooling education of their children, the loss of 55% of their purchasing power, and with more than 160,000…
On the night of the 4th of August Lebanon witnessed a human tragedy; 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate (equivalent to around 1.2 kilotons of TNT) stored at Beirut’s port blew up causing widespread destruction in the Lebanese capital. At least 171 deaths, 6,000 injuries, US$15 billion in property damage, and left an estimated 300,000 people…