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Executive Summary Lebanon’s compounding economic and conflict-related crises have disproportionately impacted older persons, increasing their vulnerability. With nearly 80% of the population lacking formal pension coverage, current cash assistance and social protection (SP) systems remain fragmented, digitally exclusionary, and misaligned with critical health needs. While national programs like AMAN have expanded, coverage remains low, with…

Executive Summary The 2024 Israeli war on Lebanon underscored the reliance on civil society as an operational backbone in crises, while acknowledging the limits of state-led emergency governance. CSOs demonstrated agility, local knowledge, and trust-based networks, yet faced persistent obstacles in coordination, funding, and systematic integration. This brief synthesizes evidence from a series of primary…

Executive Summary The launch event for the ''Borrowing to Survive'' research was convened as a space for reflection rather than endorsement. Beyond presenting findings on household debt dynamics and cash assistance in Lebanon, the event aimed to create an open conversation among implementers, donors, and coordination actors on what current evidence implies for cash programme…

Executive Summary In response to evolving assistance approaches and growing needs in Lebanon, the Cash Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Organizational Network (CAMEALEON) convened a dual event on 20 January 2026, under the patronage of the Minister of Social Affairs, H.E. Haneen Sayed, at the Hilton Beirut Habtoor Grand Hotel in Sin El Fil. The…

Executive Summary The escalation of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel and exchange of fire and aerial bombardment of civilian infrastructure since the March 2nd, 2026, has again displaced over an estimated million people from the South of Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut, and areas in the Bekaa-Hermel governorate. In the critical early phases of…