![Anti-government protesters hold up a sign which reads 'Down with the rule of debt' during a protest against the rising prices and worsening economic conditions in Beirut, Lebanon on March 12, 2021 [AP/Hassan Ammar]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/AP_21071613774146.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
To avert a catastrophe in Lebanon, foreign donors need to change how they deliver aid to the country.
![A man leaves after closing his cafe on the corniche of the Gaza Strip, due to the coronavirus lockdown on August 30, 2020 in Gaza City, Gaza [Fatima Shbair/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/4be3baf2fa6043039f2f3ce0bb49ed3c_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Gaza is now in the grip of the coronavirus. The blockade preventing aid reaching the Strip must be dismantled.
![French troops help unload boxes of French Red Cross humanitarian aid near the site of the August 4 blast in Beirut [AP Photo/Hassan Ammar]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1606bb40da624878ac7d799e23907326_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
As the world gathers aid for the people of Lebanon, it must ensure that it gets to those who need it.