The United nation has outlined its Emergency Response Plan for Lebanon, targeted at providing essential support to 1.1 million civilians among the most vulnerable.

The Emergency Response Plan includes 119 projects for a total of USD383 million, and the UN estimates that around 78 per cent of the Lebanese population (3 million people) live below the poverty line, prompting the organization to launch a series of humanitarian programs to ease people's suffering, as per reports. This plan focuses on supporting the most vulnerable population in the sectors of education, health, nutrition, food security,  water and sanitation, child protection and protection against gender-based violence.

"In my recent field visits, I met children, young and old Lebanese men and women. Their stories were heartbreaking, sometimes outrageous and shocking," the UN Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon Najat Rochdi said at a news conference in Beirut. Lebanon has been going through an unprecedented financial crisis with the local currency depreciating by over 90 per cent, limiting people's ability to afford their basic needs.

The country's social stability started deteriorating since the October 2019 uprising, adding to it is the economic impact of Covid-19 and the deadly Port of Beirut explosions in August 2020.

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