Lebanon
The latest conflict between Lebanon and Israel escalated in 2024 and the situation has been unstable ever since. Children and vulnerable communities continue to face violence, displacement and other grave violations. Together with our partners across Lebanon, War Child helps children from both the refugee and host communities reclaim their rights and build a brighter future.
Situation for children
Lebanon has opened its doors to people fleeing war and persecution across the region for generations. While serving as a vital place of refuge, the country has also faced recurring conflict and instability, placing significant strain on public services, infrastructure and the humanitarian response and raising tensions.
Renewed conflict between Lebanon and Israel broke out in 2024, leaving children and vulnerable communities, including parents and caregivers, at risk of violence, exploitation, disruptions to education and a stable life, as well as mental health conditions and food insecurity.
Our work in Lebanon
War Child began working in Lebanon in 2012. Today, we work with partners in more than 40 locations across the country, including Beqaa Valley, Akkar, Tripoli, Mount Lebanon, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Beirut and the South.
Together with our partners, we provide education, child protection, and mental health and psychosocial support to conflict-affected communities, despite an extremely volatile context marked by recurring insecurity and large-scale displacement.
In March 2026, War Child launched an emergency response to support children and their families in Lebanon who were displaced by the escalation of conflict and the violent attacks carried out by Israel.
Evidence-based Methodologies used in Lebanon
Strengthening parent wellbeing and skills
- Evidence-based
- Mental health and psychosocial support
Play and movement-based psychosocial support
- Evidence-based
- Mental health and psychosocial support
Closing the learning gap
- Evidence-based
- Education
Mental health needs detection tool
- Evidence-based
- Mental health and psychosocial support
Supporting adolescent mental health
- Evidence-based
- Mental health and psychosocial support
Latest news from Lebanon
- Education
From aid to infrastructure: why education technology in emergencies must be built with governments
Can’t Wait To Learn, hosted by War Child, contributed a think piece to the new UNICEF and EdTech Hub report, Shaping the Future of Digital Education: A Global Conversation on How to Move Beyond Digital as Usual.
No more broken promises: Lebanon’s children need a ceasefire that is enforced
A renewed ceasefire between the government of Israel and Hezbollah was announced on Friday. According to reports citing the Lebanese Ministry of Health, Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 83 people and injured a further 141 after the announcement. This is not the first time a ceasefire has been announced followed by continued bombing. Lebanon's children do not need another announcement, they need the killing to stop, and they need someone to be held responsible when it doesn't.
- Mental health and psychosocial support
‘Sawa Aqwa’ (StrongerTogether): A multi‐site randomized controlled trial of a brief family systemic intervention for adolescent mental health in Lebanon
There are no evaluated family-based mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions for adolescents in Southwest Asia (known as the Middle East), and few whole-family interventions in low- and middle-income countries, despite consistent evidence for the impact of family support on mental health and well-being. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief family systemic mental health intervention, deliverable by non-specialists in mental health.
Three Months On: War Child’s Response to the war in Lebanon
As the Middle East crisis enters its fourth month, War Child and our partners, Alawite Islamic Charity Association (AICA), Development for People and Nature (DPNA), The Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training, and Nusaned continue to reach displaced families across Lebanon amid ongoing hostilities and a deeply unsafe environment for children.
War Child and LOST Statement on the Killing of our Student, Zahra'a, and on our Injured Colleague, Ayman
We are devastated to receive the news about the killing of Zahra’a, a child participant under our education programme in Baalbek, Lebanon, in an Israeli airstrike last week. The strike happened on 8th April when deadly Israeli airstrikes targeted several districts across the country, killing 33 children and injuring 153.
- Child protection
- Education
Protection and Education Amidst War: Laura’s Life as a Humanitarian in Lebanon
As the violence intensifies in Lebanon, our staff tell us about their daily lives, working with children, and coping with stress.
