Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Country: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic
Highlights of the Week
Over 100,000 refugees benefited from winter clothes vouchers, electric heaters, blankets, pillows, mattresses, and hygiene and baby kits;
Over 20,000 World Food Programme (WFP) food vouchers were distributed to refugees across the country;
Over 2,500 newly arrived Syrian refugees were visited, counselled and assisted;
A considerable number of school-aged children dropped out of school bringing the total number of children enrolled in schools to 28,500 (from 32,000);
Approximately 4,000 Syrian refugees received primary health care services and 800 secondary health care;
UNHCR registered over 13,000 Syrian refugees;
The waiting time for registration in North Lebanon has reduced by half;