The Lebanese diaspora launches 'YOUR TURN,' an initiative to raise funds for Lebanon
After the Beirut Port explosion on Aug. 4, 2020, LebNet — alongside LIFE and SEAL — was able to raise more than $9 million in six weeks with a similar approach.
Souad Khreiss, a displaced Lebanese woman from the southern village of Khiam at a makeshift encampment amid a temporary cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel, in Beirut, Lebanon April 27, 2026. (Credit|: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters)
A mother sleeping in her car with her children. An old man abandoned in the line at an overcrowded hospital. A child begging for water in a classroom turned into a shelter. These images are no longer snapshots of a crisis: they have become the norm.In response to this situation, the LebNet network, a nonprofit association that supports Lebanese professionals and entrepreneurs across the globe — including more than 4,500 professionals in North America — has launched a large-scale campaign aiming to raise $10 million in aid for Lebanon, caught in the grip of the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel since March 2. The death toll has already surpassed 2,500, not counting more than a million displaced people, some of whom previously had to flee Israeli bombings during the last war. Where's the accountability? War in Lebanon: A token of...
A mother sleeping in her car with her children. An old man abandoned in the line at an overcrowded hospital. A child begging for water in a classroom turned into a shelter. These images are no longer snapshots of a crisis: they have become the norm.In response to this situation, the LebNet network, a nonprofit association that supports Lebanese professionals and entrepreneurs across the globe — including more than 4,500 professionals in North America — has launched a large-scale campaign aiming to raise $10 million in aid for Lebanon, caught in the grip of the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel since March 2. The death toll has already surpassed 2,500, not counting more than a million displaced people, some of whom previously had to flee Israeli bombings during the last war. Where's the accountability? War in Lebanon: A...
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