Food gifts prevent ‘host fatigue’

The Lebanese Society for Educational and Social Development (LSESD) continues to monitor the need for food among Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the Lebanese families hosting the refugees, said Nabil Costa, executive direcctor of LSESD.

“Almost one-third of the LSESD distributions (food and hygiene kits to 863 families) have been for host families … particularly as the level of poverty in the region is quite high and the education and employment rates are extremely low,” he said. “Supporting the host families decreases ‘host fatigue’ and the need to move refugees into tented camps or communal living options.”

LSESD is working with Rahbeh Baptist Church in north Lebanon and the global Baptist family, Costa noted. (TAB)