Lebanon Humanitarian Fund 2021 Overview (As of 31 December 2021)

As Lebanon continued to grapple with economic and financial melt-down, COVID-19, the disastrous impact of the Beirut Port explosions and continued fallout from the Syrian crisis, the LHF was a critical funding source in 2021 allocating $25 million through 33 partners and 37 projects supporting life-saving humanitarian needs among all population groups.

Under the leadership of the Humanitarian Coordinator, the Lebanon Humanitarian Fund (LHF) is a flexible country-based pooled funding mechanism (CBPF) responding quickly and efficiently in this changing context, while still retaining accountable, inclusive and transparent processes. Evidence-based priorities identified by humanitarian sectors underpinned the four allocations launched in 2021 and in line with the LHF’s person-centered approach, all funded projects targeted those most vulnerable profiles of people, including the elderly, people with special needs and those with chronic medical conditions.

The LHF in 2021 is a tool to promote a more inclusive and accountable response, prioritizing cross-cutting issues in its allocations including Gender, Disability, Cash programming and the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (PSEA). As a priority for the LHF, 82% of its funding was programmed through NGO partners, allocating $6.5 million directly and indirectly through national partners and continued to support strengthened participation and inclusion of NNGOs in decision-making, analysis and response planning through funding to the national NGO forum.