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Caption for media: MCC’s partner, The Popular Aid for Relief and Development, will distribute monthly boxes of food through August 2021 to about 1,000 families in Beirut who were affected by the massive explosion of ammonium nitrate in August. Photo courtesy of PARD


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Photo was taken during a distribution of food kits in the Karantina, Burj Hammoud and Nabaa neighborhoods of Beirut and Mount Lebanon. This area is very close to the Lebanese port that was affected by the massive explosion of ammonium nitrate in August 2020 and has a large population of vulnerable Lebanese and refugees. Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD), an MCC partner, runs this food assistance project for 1,000 households to provide 50% of food needs for 12 months, as well as kitchen items for those who need them.

This photo documents the process of distribution following COVID-19 precautions where beneficiaries first have temperature taken, wait while social distancing and then register and pick up a food parcel from the room next door. The parcels are assembled in two sizes, one for families of one to three members and the other for families of four or more. Name of individuals pictured are withheld for security reasons.

MCC supports the project through its account at Canadian Foodgrains Bank with matching funds provided by the Government of Canada. The project targets vulnerable households from all nationalities impacted by the explosion including Syrian refugee, Lebanese and other refugee and migrant worker households.

Photo courtesy of PARD