Donors' Conference in Support of Lebanon Begins After the Explosion in Beirut

The conference aims to provide support to the Middle East country following the explosion in Beirut, where 158 people lost their lives.

The point of this conference is to get together to collect revenue to address the needs of the people of Beirut”, declared It leaves at the start of the donor conference.

In addition to the damage suffered by half the city and the injuries of thousands of others, the August 4th explosion came in the most difficult period of recession in the country's history of over 6 million people.

The Lebanese people themselves have called on international donors to grant funds to nonprofit organisations that are working directly with the people, following concerns that international funds can go to the wrong hands in a country widely known for deep corruption.

Lebanon ranks 137th, out of 198 states, in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.

We all know that this tragedy came at a moment in which the state has been facing a deep political and economic crisis for months”, Macron said before international leaders.