Humanitarian Response During the 1993 - 1996 - 2006 - 2024 Israeli Wars

Following the eruption of the Israeli wars in 1993, 1996 and 2006, The Hariri Foundation supported displaced citizens and refugees to evict affected areas in South Lebanon, establishing, maintaining and upgrading up tens of collective shelters in Saida’s public and private schools. In 2006, collective shelters received 16,584 displaced people and provided them with daily assistance. In 2024, collective shelters received 8,245 displaced people and provided them with daily assistance. 

In both wars, the foundation mobilized hundreds of local volunteers and supported tens of civil society organizations to indulge in improving the living conditions of the displaced families by providing all kinds of support including healthcare and psychosocial support as well as the supply of hygiene kits and equipment. 

In 2006 alone, the foundation also mobilized its kitchens to secure hot meals and secure food insurance to all centers, also securing feedstocks and food ingredients for two local community-based organizations (Our People and Solidarity) to partake in the daily endeavor. The humanitarian assistance also targeted nearly 13,500 displaced families (68,000 persons) living with relatives or acquaintances in Saida. 

In 1993 and 1996, directly upon ceasefire, the Hariri Foundation conducted a mass study of the physical damage and the social needs incurred by the war across villages in South Lebanon and mobilized funding for restoration, rehabilitation, cash transfers and the supply of social assistance.