Food packages for Syrian refugees provide relief
More than 1.2 million refugees from Syria are observing the holy month of Ramadan in Lebanon, far away from their homes and communities. Among them are 44,000 Palestinians who fled Syria and had nowhere else to go except Lebanon’s impoverished Palestinian refugee camps and gatherings. Surviving every day is hard both emotionally and physically and Ramadan makes it even harder. Most say they long for home more than any other time of the year.
“Ramadan is a time for family,” says Maryam, a 24-year-old mother of two. Maryam fled Yarmouk camp in Syria three years ago and sought refuge with her family in Burj El Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut. “It’s not the same,” she explains. “We fast for 16 hours and wait for the evening meal—iftar. But, it has become more and more difficult to serve a single proper meal for my family.”
This Ramadan, Maryam found great relief thanks to the timely distribution of food packages for Syrian refugees. She says her kitchen was filled with a variety of food items that could feed the family for the whole month.
Source: www.anera.org