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Emergency Relief - Nahr El-Bared Relief Campaign

In response to the growing humanitarian crisis which is occurring in North Lebanon at the Nahr El-Bared Camp, a group of faculty and students from the American University of Beirut (AUB) and other institutions initiated the “Nahr El-Bared Relief Campaign” (http://www.nahrelbaredcampaign.org/; contact persons below), whose main task is to assist in the relief of the families displaced from the camp to other temporary locations.

The Nahr El-Bared Relief Campaign is working with civil society groups and grassroots organizations which are on the ground in the camps where people have fled. This includes, but is not restricted to, the camps of Beddawi, Shatila, and Bourj al-Barajneh, which are mostly affected by the current crisis, and are feeling the major brunt of having to cope with hundreds of displaced families and their sheltering needs. The Relief Campaign is currently providing basic necessities to the needing families, which consist mainly of medicine, diapers, kitchen materials, clothing, and hygiene kits. According to reports, and what we are hearing from the people on the ground, the situation remains extremely critical and requires additional aid and supplies to prevent a further increase to the already growing humanitarian crisis.

The Task Force for Reconstruction and Community Service (TFRCS) at AUB, which was initially formed in response to the Summer 2006 war, and since one of its main objective is for AUB to be involved with community relief efforts in times of crises, is endorsing the Nahr El-Bared Relief Campaign and will be providing it with the support that it can offer. This is in terms of channeling funds available to the TFRCS for the relief of the displaced refugees, and to serve as an official channel for soliciting funding and volunteering services from the AUB community. The Relief Campaign has depended so far on individual donations and efforts by its few volunteer members. It is currently “adopting” 50 families on a regular/daily basis (at the cost of about $10/family/per day for basic supplies), in addition to many more families who were served on ad-hoc basis (around 300).

Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of AUB are kindly invited to assist in this task, through (tax-deductible) donations to the TFRCS via the Office of Development at AUB, or through in-kind donations, earmarked to the Nahr El-Bared Relief Campaign, as follows (an acknowledgment receipt will be sent in this regard to you from Development):

1- Online Donations (Credit Card – safe):

(Specify Nahr El-Bared under “Other”)

https://rtf.aub.edu.lb/

http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webtfrcs (Link to DONATIONS AND FUNDING)

2- Bank Transfer Donations:

Bank Name: Citibank, NA Lebanon

Account Name: AUB Development Office - Donation Account

Account Number: 0-600224-115

Swift Address: CITILBBE

(Specify: TFRCS – Nahr El-Bared)

3- Cash, Check, or Salary Deduction Donations:

Cash to AUB Development Office, College Hall 3^rd Floor, AUB.

Check payable to: AUB – TFRCS – Nahr El-Bared (send to AUB Development Office address).

Salary Deduction: Send e-mail to development@aub.edu.lb (Specify: TFRCS – Nahr El-Bared, name, payroll, & amount).

4- In-Kind Donations:

Drop your supplies donations, such as medication, clothes, mattresses, food items, diapers, etc

Teh Marboota Cafe
Pavillion Center, Hamra Main Road

Any volunteering support from individuals or societies and clubs is more than welcome, as teams of volunteers are already working on the ground to assist in the relief efforts. Please contact Prof. Muhammad Ali Khalidi, from the Campaign Relief, for this purpose (contact address below).

Please note that the “Nahr El-Bared Relief Campaign” is not affiliated with any political parties and its sole function is the participation in relief efforts by partnering with the civil society groups (jam3iyyat) that are already active in the various camps. The Relief Campaign will be accountable to the TFRCS on its actions and spending through regular reports which will be made available to the public.

We hope that, with our modest support, AUB can make a token of contribution towards the massive need for community suffering relief in such critical times of crises, which we hope will end soon.

For a better community,

Mounir Mabsout, Chair,

Task Force for Reconstruction and Community Service (TFRCS) at AUB

http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webtfrcs

AUB Extension: 3464

mounir@aub.edu.lb

CONTACT INFORMATION:

AUB Development Office

http://staff.aub.edu.lb/~webdevpt/

Dr. Imad Baalbaki, Director

Phone: +961.1.340176

AUB Extension: 2530