World Vision Ireland launches Irish Aid Funded emergency food assistance for displaced families in Lebanon
Thursday, 26th March, 2026 – World Vision Ireland, with support from Irish Aid, is responding to the emergency needs with a food assistance project to support families displaced by the escalating conflict in Lebanon.
As renewed hostilities continue to drive mass displacement, one million people, or approximately 20% of Lebanon’s population, have been forced from their homes, many now sheltering in collective centres across North and Mount Lebanon with limited or no access to food. The €150,000 Irish Aid‑funded response will provide urgent, life‑saving food assistance to nearly 7,000 internally displaced people over the coming months.
Working alongside World Vision Lebanon, the project will deliver hot, nutritious meals through trusted community kitchens, alongside ready‑to‑eat food kits for families living in shelters without cooking facilities. The response prioritises the most vulnerable, including children, women‑headed households, older people and people with disabilities.
“Families who have already endured repeated shocks are now facing hunger on top of displacement and insecurity,” said Maurice Sadlier, Programmes and Policy Director, World Vision Ireland. “This support will help ensure families can meet their immediate food needs with dignity, at a time when the scale of need is rapidly growing.”
Community kitchens supported through the project will prepare and distribute approximately 180,000 hot meals in collective shelters, while ready‑to‑eat food kits will provide immediate assistance to families unable to cook for themselves. The response is coordinated with national authorities and humanitarian partners to ensure assistance reaches those most in need.
The intervention comes amid a wider food security crisis in Lebanon, where economic collapse and ongoing instability had already left many households struggling to access adequate nutrition before the latest escalation.
World Vision Ireland welcomed the continued partnership with Irish Aid in enabling rapid humanitarian responses in fragile and conflict‑affected contexts.
“Timely funding like this allows us to act quickly when crises escalate,” Sadlier added. “It means families are not left waiting for help when they need it most.”
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