{"id":10028,"date":"2021-08-16T16:33:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&p=10028"},"modified":"2021-08-16T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T16:33:03","slug":"whats-happening-in-lebanon-how-to-help","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/whats-happening-in-lebanon-how-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Not In Beirut, But I Want To Help. What Can I Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Where Lebanon<\/a> is currently at right now is not only devastating but beyond catastrophic.<\/p>\n

As a Lebanese woman<\/a> who loves her country so profoundly, it’s overwhelming to put my emotions into words. Anyone who feels for their country and loves it deeply will feel the same way. Just yesterday, we reached the one year mark of the devastating explosion, which took place on August 4th, 2020 and completely shattered and demolished the lives of many across Lebanon. From broken homes to crushed businesses and little to nothing left of the Beirut port, the country is going through it, and unfortunately, it’s just one thing after another. Mind you, the Covid cases are only getting higher, the economic crisis is beyond compare, and the fuel shortage is an ongoing issue \u2013 no country deserves to live like this and what is happening to Lebanon right this second is beyond what anyone expected to see next for the country.<\/p>\n

As of yesterday, the central bank announced that it would end the fuel subsidy, meaning it will start offering credit lines for fuel imported based on the market price for the Lebanese pound. Most of Lebanon already is experiencing blackouts, where the power is out most of the day and night \u2013 leaving Beirut in complete darkness.<\/p>\n

The people in Lebanon are being stripped from their lifelines. Hospitals are running out of diesel to power their equipment; the critically ill will soon be cut off life-saving oxygen machines. Red Cross ambulances can not operate their vehicle to save lives. The National Suicide Hotline will be unavailable for the entirety of the coming two days. You can not find Advil or any medicine in pharmacies, whether for diabetes, chronic diseases, fatal illness, or cancer. The Lebanese people are out of everything.<\/p>\n

Even food, the prices have skyrocketed, and all small businesses, supermarkets, bakeries, cafes, restaurants and malls have announced temporarily closed \u2013 who can live like that? What’s left for the people of Lebanon now? How can they support themselves or even their children? It feels like even those with access to USD won’t find what they need to survive. All of this is going on while the politicians are doing absolutely nothing about it.<\/p>\n

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