Overview
Throughout 2015 - 2016 and within the framework of the Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP), the Government of Lebanon (GoL) and international and national partners worked hand in hand to provide services, assistance and protection to the most vulnerable, primarily displaced Syrians and the poorest Lebanese, affected by the Syrian crisis. Recognizing that the most extremely vulnerable individuals are unable to deal with any significant change or shock to the general situation (i.e. reductions in the current levels of assistance), efforts by partners maintained a particular focus on mitigating further deterioration in peoples’ vulnerabilities. Many of the services provided in this regard were delivered through national systems, contributing to the country’s overall stability. Despite the overwhelming pressures on Lebanon’s economic, social, environmental and institutional structures threatening its longer-term stability, the continuous efforts of 132 implementing partners effectively prevented significant further deterioration in people’s vulnerabilities while providing a foundation for long-term investment and development responses to address the needs of the most vulnerable.