'We all need solidarity': volunteers mobilise to help Lebanon's displaced

Volunteers prepare meals at the community kitchen Nation Station for displaced people and refugees in Beirut, Lebanon, on 5 March, 2026. © Reuters - Claudia Greco

Hundreds of thousands have been displaced in Lebanon as Israel orders swathes of the country to evacuate amid its bombing campaign against Hezbollah in the south. As the humanitarian crisis worsens, local NGOs are doing what they can to help.

In the Geitawi neighbourhood of Beirut, around 40 people are preparing huge pots of bulgur and tomatoes.