The MECC Diakonia department pursues its humanitarian mission aiming to save Beirut

A month after the catastrophic blast that hit the Beirut port, the Diakonia Department of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) continues its disaster relief work on the field, within the framework of the appeal launched by the Council to help all those affected and injured.

Therefore, the department launched a new partnership with Tearfund, a relief and humanitarian agency located in London, to target the most vulnerable people among those affected by the blast, with unrestricted cash assistance.

Moreover, the Diakonia department’s team and a number of volunteers received a shipment of aid and in-kind supplies, sent by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, on behalf of the Coptic Church in Egypt, in response to the Council’s Appeal and aiming to support the people of Beirut. The team distributed food rations to the member churches, and medicines and medical supplies to the dispensaries located in the affected areas and to the Our Lady dispensary in Sabtiyeh that belongs to MECC.

It is worth mentioning that, that in addition to humanitarian activities organized to provide disaster relief to Beirut and its people, the Diakonia Department continues to implement programs aiming at confronting the Coronavirus (Covid-19) which is spreading globally. In fact, the department has distributed packages of health supplies and cleaning/sterilization materials to beneficiaries in North and South of Lebanon.