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STORY: UNICEF / LEBANON TED CHAIBAN VISIT
TRT: 05:11
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 13 OCTOBER 2024, ZAHLE, LEBANON / 13 OCTOBER 2024, MASNAA BORDER, BEKAA, LEBANON
13 OCTOBER 2024, MASNAA BORDER, BEKAA, LEBANON
1. Various shots, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban, along with WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau, UNICEF Lebanon Representative Édouard Beigbeder, and WFP Country Director for Lebanon Matthew Hollingworth
13 OCTOBER 2024, ZAHLE, LEBANON
2. Various shots, UNICEF staff distributing ID bracelets, and delivering emergency nutrition
3. Various shots, Chaiban, Skau, Beigbeder, and Hollingworth, visiting a Syrian family in an informal settlement
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Chaiban, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF):
“The last three weeks has seen a horrendous escalation in violence in Lebanon, with all children affected, a conflict that has turned into a war. 1.2 million people have been displaced, of which 400,000 are children. Many have gone to families and relatives, but some are also in shelters like the school that we visited today in Zahle. Behind us are some of the activities that UNICEF is supporting work on nutrition, how to feed and care for your family during this horrendous period. Work on psychosocial support to children, how to give them a sense of normalcy through play, through whatever learning can be done under current circumstances, and making sure that there's water and sanitation facilities for a school that's not equipped to receive over 400 people. This helps, and these activities need to be supported and funded. But what the country really needs is an end to violations of international humanitarian law. Protect civilians and civilian infrastructure and a ceasefire. This madness has to stop.”
5. Various shots, Chaiban and delegation visiting the Saadnayel Makani community centre
6. Various shots, Chaiban and delegation visiting shelter at Zahle New Official Mixed Elementary School
7. Various shots, Chaiban and delegation visiting the water pumping station in Zahle
During a three-day visit to Lebanon, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban, along with WFP Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau witnessed the devastation following the escalation in violence in Lebanon, where 1.2 million people have been displaced, including 400,000 children
UNICEF is providing critical support, including information for children and caregivers, distributing ID bracelets, and delivering emergency nutrition rations for children under five, as well as for pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Chaiban, and Skau, accompanied by UNICEF Lebanon Representative Édouard Beigbeder, and WFP Country Director for Lebanon Matthew Hollingworth, visited a Syrian family in an informal settlement in Saadnayel in the Bekaa area to better understand the impact of the conflict of vulnerable refugee families.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Chaiban, Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF):
“The last three weeks has seen a horrendous escalation in violence in Lebanon, with all children affected, a conflict that has turned into a war. 1.2 million people have been displaced, of which 400,000 are children. Many have gone to families and relatives, but some are also in shelters like the school that we visited today in Zahle. Behind us are some of the activities that UNICEF is supporting work on nutrition, how to feed and care for your family during this horrendous period. Work on psychosocial support to children, how to give them a sense of normalcy through play, through whatever learning can be done under current circumstances, and making sure that there's water and sanitation facilities for a school that's not equipped to receive over 400 people. This helps, and these activities need to be supported and funded. But what the country really needs is an end to violations of international humanitarian law. Protect civilians and civilian infrastructure and a ceasefire. This madness has to stop.”
The delegation visited the Saadnayel Makani community centre that offers an integrated package of services for children, adolescents, and caregivers. This centre, one of 16 in the Bekaa governorate, is located in one of the largest informal tented settlements in Zahle district and serves 597 children and 242 female caregivers.
They also visited Zahle New Official Mixed Elementary School that was turned into a shelter following the escalation in the hostilities starting the 23rd of September. The shelter is now hosting around 180 IDPs including 43 families, 80 women and 50 children. They met the families and children who shared with their stories, needs and fears.
Their tour also included a water pumping station in Zahle where they discussed the overall situation of the water sector in Bekaa and to discuss the preparedness, response and challenges the establishment is facing amidst the war.
The region is served by approximately 250 water stations, but due to the conflict, 6 have been damaged, and 4 are non-functional, limiting operational hours and jeopardizing access to safe drinking water for over 23,500 people.
