To avert a catastrophe in Lebanon, foreign donors need to change how they deliver aid to the country.
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Sahar Atrache is Refugees International’s Senior Advocate for the Middle East.
To avert a catastrophe in Lebanon, foreign donors need to change how they deliver aid to the country.
Gaza is now in the grip of the coronavirus. The blockade preventing aid reaching the Strip must be dismantled.
As the world gathers aid for the people of Lebanon, it must ensure that it gets to those who need it.