Lebanon’s protracted crisis, driven by economic collapse, political instability, and insecurity, persisted throughout 2025. While many families returned to their homes in the south of the country following the ceasefire announcement, over 60,000 remained displaced at the end of the year. Lebanon continued to host around 1.5 million Syrian refugees amid declining humanitarian funding and rising protection risks.

Recent cross-border movements, including new arrivals and returns, strained already overstretched services and host communities. Poverty and food insecurity affected both host and refugee populations, driven by inflation, income loss, and reduced assistance. In January 2025, 85,000 children were classified as living in food poverty, and stunting among children under 5 years grew rapidly, especially in displacement settings.

Action Against Hunger has operated in Lebanon since 2006, and in 2025 supported people across Baalbek-Hermel, Beirut, Bekaa, Mount Lebanon, Nabatiyeh, North and South Governates, through bases in Beirut, Tripoli, Tyre and Zahle.

In these areas we provided multipurpose cash assistance, food distributions, and support to community kitchens, as well as cash-for-work opportunities. We helped smallholder farmers with agricultural inputs, infrastructure rehabilitation and training on climate-friendly practices. Post-distribution monitoring showed measurable improvements, such as reduced negative food-based coping strategies among supported households.

This year we also supported primary healthcare centres, deploying mobile medical teams to underserved areas, providing maternal care, treatment of common illnesses, immunisation, and screening for non-communicable diseases. Through partnerships with seven hospitals we supported specialised and lifesaving services, including neonatal and paediatric care. And our nutrition programmes focused on early detection and treatment of malnutrition among children under 5 years and pregnant and breastfeeding women, through screening and referral, nutrition supplements, and infant- and young-child feeding counselling.

Our WASH work included capacity building of water utilities, infrastructure rehabilitation, solarisation of pumping systems, water-quality monitoring, and flood-risk awareness. We provided water, hygiene kits and desludging in emergency settings, installing sanitation facilities in informal settlements and collective shelters.