500 Thousand Refugees Created by Israeli Onslaught

Largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon is facing dire humanitarian conditions. Please read their needs below and consider sending assistance through http://www.mercycorps.org/ or http://www.icrc.org/

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As a result of our meeting, all NGOs and activists have agreed upon the following needs: 

A. Raising health & medical awareness regarding the situation especially that they are using chemical weapons and bombs and people need to be aware how to deal with such a situation. 

B. Babies' and children's food, mainly milk and diapers.

C. Emergency medications: ventoline, for asthma, diabetic tablets, medicine for high blood pressure.

D. Dressing materials, cardiac medicine, antipyretic, antibiotics, and medicine for diarrhea.

E. Candles and matches.

F. Drinking water, the camp lacks sources of  water (people usually buy the drinking water)

G. Detergent and insecticide.

H. First aid workers (run courses)

I. Gasoline for electricity generators for the hospitals.

J. Fire extinguishers

K. First aid kits and stretchers.

L. Electricity generators to facilitate life and for the work of the NGOs.

Our recent statistics show the following:

A. 200 families fled into the camp from the surrounding area (those who lived for a long time ago outside the camp area) and have no other place to resort to in Beirut.

B. 1500 children under 6 years. 

C. 450 elderly with chronic diseases.

D. 20,000 living in the camp.