Syria Crisis – Emergency Health and Protection in Lebanon – INTERSOS 2021

March 2021 - Lebanon is facing multiple compounding crises in 2021 including COVID-19 economic decline and political fragility the impact of the August 2020 Beirut Port explosions and the ongoing refugee crisis. With the Syria crisis in its tenth year Lebanon continues to host over an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees the highest per capita concentration of refugees worldwide. Protection issues remain a concern and humanitarian needs outpace available international assistance with over 70% of Syrian refugees in Lebanon currently living below the poverty line. With GAC’s support INTERSOS provides emergency health and protection services to refugees and vulnerable Lebanese. Project activities include: (1) providing specialized sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and gender-based violence (GBV) services to crisis-affected people including LGBTIQ; (2) providing technical assistance on SRHR and GBV to health and protection workers and community health volunteers; (3) providing emergency cash grants for especially vulnerable cases; (4) conducting engagement sessions with women girls men and boys on SRHR and GBV services at the community level.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased access of women and girls to protection sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) services; (2) increased awareness of SGBV risks and SRHR services and prevention among targeted communities to support women girls and other vulnerable populations to safely seek and access protection. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.