All we want is peace: Why your support matters this winter

Nashida from Southern Lebanon has been displaced with her family.

“All we want is peace, peace, peace.”

This is what Nashida says as she looks out over what remains of her village in southern Lebanon, a place she has called home her entire life. Today, much of it lies in rubble.

Homes have been destroyed by fighting, leaving families without safety, stability, or the basics needed to survive. Food is scarce. Clean water is difficult to find. For older people, even access to essential medicine is limited.

Yet despite everything, she stays.

Like so many others, Nashida fears that leaving means losing her home forever.

Reaching those cut off by crisis

Right now, Caritas teams are working to reach communities like Nashida’s, often isolated, vulnerable and cut off by conflict.

Convoys are travelling through damaged roads and unstable areas, delivering food, clean water, hygiene kits and medical supplies to those who need them most.

For many villages, these lifelines are the only support arriving.

The need is immense. In Lebanon alone, more than one million people have been displaced in recent months, with schools turned into shelters and health services stretched to breaking point.

But thanks to supporters like you, Caritas is responding, mobilising mobile clinics, community kitchens and emergency aid to meet urgent needs on the ground.

You can help bring hope for people like Nashida and her family.

With your support, Caritas can help provide emergency support to those who need it the most.

Your gift strengthens livelihoods, food security and medical supplies.
Donate at caritas.org.nz/winter or call 0800 22 10 22.