Lebanon: aid coalition provides ambulances for Palestinian refugees

The aid coalition Miles of Smiles gave nine ambulances to Al-Shefaa Charity for Medical and Humanitarian Services on Wednesday for use by Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, Quds Press has reported.

“This generous support reduces the burden on the health sector and contributes to its development,” said the director of Al-Shefaa, Majdi Krayyem. He called upon charities and NGOs working for the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon to increase their level of support as much as possible, and to coordinate aid work to as to ease the refugees’ suffering.

Al-Shefaa Charity was established in 2008 to secure medical and humanitarian aid for the Palestinians living in 12 UN-registered refugee camps in Lebanon.

The Miles of Smiles coalition was created by international aid workers and activists in 2009 to break the Israeli-led siege on the Gaza Strip. The coalition has organised many convoys of vehicles filled with medical and other humanitarian aid and taken the aid into Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah Crossing.

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