Empower Lebanon

Last month, Empower Lebanon teamed up with Lebanese Food Bank to bring food assistance packages to 200 families in Aachiyeh and Jezzine.

It's hard to exaggerate the severity of the situation in Lebanon. The currency has collapsed, inflation is soaring, unemployment is through the roof, most families can't put decent food on the table, and medicine, electricity, and fuel are scarce.

Food distribution like these are helping families across Lebanon weather unprecedented difficulties.

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With Lebanon facing down numerous compounding crises, Empower Lebanon's Zack Bazzi announces $10,000 fundraising goal and pledges to personally match the first $1,000 donations to support critical 2022 operations.

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Lebanon's darkest hour: a time to help — Empower Lebanon For a long time, I have devoted myself to the aid and stability grind in the Middle East—work I firmly believe enhances America's reputation in a troubled yet fascinating part of the world. Over the last year, I have dedicated some of my energy to Empower Lebanon , founded by my friend Joe Khalil

Walking through the capital Beirut — a once-thriving city often called the “Paris of the Middle East” — at any time of day, one can see shopfronts closed or operating in darkness, with those lucky enough to have access to fuel relying on backup generators to keep the lights on. When the power is out, many shopkeepers will refuse to sell anything but water, as the volatile minute-by-minute changes in the value of the Lebanese lira mean the price of goods can shift from one period of power to the next.

Lebanon suffers 24-hour blackout, food poisoning, business closures amid fuel crisis The crisis is creating a nightmare for the country's residents, but has been a long time in the making.

Many hospitals across Lebanon have turned off lights and air conditioners in corridors and administrative areas to save on fuel for generators for operating rooms and patient wards.

With colleagues unable to get to work due to the fuel shortages, 10-15 percent of staff are absent from each shift, and Mawla finds herself caring for three times as many patients as she used to. She looks tired as she flips through patient notes.

Lebanon: What life is like in a ‘failed state’ As the economic crisis grinds on, Lebanese navigate soaring food costs and fuel and medicine shortages.