Even before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered businesses across the country, Lebanon’s economy was in dire straits. At the end of 2019, 45% of Lebanese were living in poverty, according to the World Bank; soon that’s estimated to become more than 75%. As a result, hundreds of thousands of Lebanese are facing hunger and homelessness on an unprecedented scale.
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