Keeping Families in Southern Lebanon

For months, Christian families in southern Lebanon have faced a reality they never expected: trying to maintain daily life while conflict around them made even basic necessities difficult to access. 

Many villages became increasingly isolated. Roads were harder to navigate. Supplies became limited. Families struggled to secure essentials like fuel, cooking gas, and other basic needs. 

Yet many chose to remain. 

For these families, leaving is a last resort. It means walking away from homes built by generations before them, churches where their communities have gathered for centuries, and villages that carry the history of their faith and identity. 

But staying requires support. 

A difficult journey to deliver essential supplies 

As access to southern Lebanon became increasingly restricted, a small humanitarian corridor created an opportunity to reach communities that had been left with limited assistance. 

Through trusted local partners and relationships built over years, Shai Fund worked alongside local leaders to prepare an urgent fuel response for Christian villages in the south. 

Before the convoy departed, local partners coordinated with a fuel provider to secure hundreds of cooking gas cylinders. The cylinders were already available locally, allowing assistance to reach families quickly and reducing the risks of transporting supplies over difficult routes. 

Community representatives helped identify vulnerable households and prepare beneficiary lists to ensure the support reached those most in need. 

On Friday, June 19, the convoy reached the two villages in southern Lebanon. Despite delays and challenges along the road, the delivery was completed. 

The intervention brought 60,000 liters of gasoline directly to hundreds of vulnerable families. 

For families waiting in these villages, the delivery meant the ability to cook meals, heat homes, support essential services, and continue living in the communities they have fought to preserve. 

Standing with communities determined to stay 

The Christian villages of southern Lebanon are more than locations on a map. They are living communities with deep roots, where faith, family, and tradition have been carried across generations. 

The families who remain are not part of the conflict surrounding them, yet they continue to bear its consequences every day. 

Shai Fund remains committed to standing with vulnerable religious communities in southern Lebanon, bringing essential assistance and encouragement when it is needed most.