Published : 24-05-2021
Palestinian refugee from Syria Abdul Rahim Kmeishan, born in 1967 and displaced to Shatila camp, in Beirut, continues to launch distress signals over his deteriorating health condition.
Abdul Rahim, born in 1967, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. He was displaced from Syria’s AlSabina Camp to Shatila Camp.
Abdul Rahim has appealed to the international humanitarian institutions, the Red Crescent, the Red Cross, and the Palestine Liberation Organization to help him with hospitalization charges. He is in need of an urgent surgery to remove the tumor. UNRWA paid a small portion of the surgery fees.
Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) in Lebanon are grappling with increased hardship and vulnerability, due to long-term displacement and difficult socio-economic conditions, coupled with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, said UNRWA in a fact sheet entitled “Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021”.
According to UNRWA, 87% of PRS live in poverty in the Lebanese territories.
Nearly 65% of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon (PRL) live in poverty.
UNRWA’s factsheet indicates that 257,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are in need of UNRWA emergency cash assistance.
Palestinian refugee from Syria Abdul Rahim Kmeishan, born in 1967 and displaced to Shatila camp, in Beirut, continues to launch distress signals over his deteriorating health condition.
Abdul Rahim, born in 1967, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. He was displaced from Syria’s AlSabina Camp to Shatila Camp.
Abdul Rahim has appealed to the international humanitarian institutions, the Red Crescent, the Red Cross, and the Palestine Liberation Organization to help him with hospitalization charges. He is in need of an urgent surgery to remove the tumor. UNRWA paid a small portion of the surgery fees.
Palestinian refugees from Syria (PRS) in Lebanon are grappling with increased hardship and vulnerability, due to long-term displacement and difficult socio-economic conditions, coupled with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, said UNRWA in a fact sheet entitled “Syria Regional Crisis Emergency Appeal 2021”.
According to UNRWA, 87% of PRS live in poverty in the Lebanese territories.
Nearly 65% of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon (PRL) live in poverty.
UNRWA’s factsheet indicates that 257,000 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are in need of UNRWA emergency cash assistance.
