Food Security
The prolonged economic crisis affecting Lebanon since 2019 has significantly undermined household food security and access to basic needs. In response to the evolving challenges faced by local communities, DCL expanded its portfolio of interventions to include food security programmes aimed at improving access to nutritious food, strengthening household resilience, and supporting vulnerable populations through structured and sustainable assistance modalities.
Current Projects
The WFP-funded School Snacks 2025-26
DCL is currently implementing a WFP-supported School Feeding Programme, serving as a cooperating partner for the provision of daily in-school snacks and hot meals through a mixed-modality approach to public school students in North Lebanon. The programme targets over 40,000 pupils enrolled in more than 100 public schools, with the objective of improving children’s nutritional intake, supporting regular school attendance and retention, and contributing to their overall health, development, and learning outcomes.
The Mouneh Project
Young people from North Lebanon collect food from the markets and the communities and redistribute it to underprivileged families. The programme has been running since 2018 and, ever since, more than 10,000 boxes containing 18.5 kg of food each have been delivered with the help of our volunteers. The funding of this programme is secured through donations from generous individual donors (mostly from Lebanon, the USA, and Australia) or NGOs like Rotary, the Lebanese Food Bank, and the Jordanian Lebanese Association.
Past Programs
Support Beirut Project
Following the explosion in Beirut Port on the 4th of August 2020, DCL mobilized its local and international network to offer support to those in need. Our volunteers collected donations from the Lebanese in North Lebanon, while we also launched an online crowdfunding campaign through the Just Help platform, raising a substantial amount for the purchase of food boxes and medication for Beirut families in distress. The final distribution took place with the help of our dedicated group of volunteers.
The Palestinian Refugee Food Relief Project
5,000 boxes with a variety of food products (total weight 20.8 kg per parcel) were distributed to Palestinian refugee families under distress (Summer 2020). Procurement, packaging and distribution processes were fully managed by DCL and its volunteers. The Palestinian refugees were identified and shortlisted according to their needs in cooperation with UN Relief agency staff on-site; the transportation and distribution to two Palestinian camps and a Palestinian community in Tripoli was made in collaboration with young people from the North of Lebanon.
