Yesterday I visited a family living in a UNCHR shelter in Bebnine, northern Lebanon.
Again, Concern is working here. Pat O'Halloran, an engineer from Cork, explains how they were designing and building pipe systems for clean water and also for waste. He showed me a culvert they are rebuilding.
It's when you see it with your own eyes that it hits home what Concern is doing.
Abdullah says at least they are safe here but the rent of $50 a month is too much for him and his family. One man said he wants to leave here, go to Turkey and then on to anywhere in Europe.
Abduallah's mother explains that she had been living in a garage but the rent was too high so she had to come to this shelter.
The family had lost five of their relatives in Syria when their house was bombed.
One in four people living in Lebanon is a Syrian refugee.
One in four people living in Lebanon is a Syrian refugee.
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