The thirteenth of my 40 donations goes to the Lebanese Red Cross.

Huge areas of Beirut were destroyed in August when a massive blast tore through the Lebanese capital. The explosion, blamed on 2,700 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored at the port, sent a shockwave across the city that shattered windows and collapsed roofs. Unfortunately, the death toll is in the hundreds with many thousands injured.

The disaster hit a nation already struggling with an economic downturn, rising food prices and the coronavirus pandemic.

The governor of Beirut estimated the cost of the damage as more than $3bn and said up to 300,000 people had suffered damage to their homes, leaving some uninhabitable.

The Lebanese Red Cross (LRC) provided ambulances, staff and first responders to help the most vulnerable affected by the explosion. They’ve also established triage centers across the city in mosques and centers to help the people they can’t reach in their homes.

http://www.redcross.org.lb/index.aspx?pageid=907

The LRC website takes donations in US Dollars so I used www.xe.com to convert £40 to $51.68 as shown below: