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World Food Programme Multi-purpose Cash Assistance in Lebanon: Protection outcomes for Syrian refugees
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In response to the growing refugee crisis caused by more than nine years of devastating conflict in Syria, the World Food Programme (WFP) provides multi-purpose cash (MPC) assistance to 23,000 Syrian refugee households in Lebanon, supporting some of the most vulnerable refugees in meeting their basic needs. This study examines the role of the WFP MPC in shaping refugee protection outcomes. It presents the experience and perceptions of 270 respondents at three sites in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley: Baalbek, Saadnayel and Qabb Elias, drawing on in-depth interviews and focus group discussions carried out over the course of 2018 and 2019.
World Food Programme Multi-purpose Cash Assistance in Lebanon: Social cohesion and stability between Syrian refugees and host communities
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4 Jan 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In response to the growing refugee crisis caused by more than nine years of devastating conflict in Syria, the World Food Programme (WFP) provides multi-purpose cash (MPC) assistance to 23,000 Syrian refugee households in Lebanon, supporting some of the most vulnerable refugees in meeting their basic needs. Hosting the largest per capita refugee population in the world, Lebanon has been coping with nine years of refugee influxes and prolonged displacements which has invariably impacted the country’s social fabric. This study examines whether and – if so – how, the provision of the WFP MPC to Syrian refugees in Lebanon shapes relations, social cohesion and stability among Syrian refugees as well as between Syrian refugees and their host communities.