WASH assessment report for North and South Lebanon

Since Syria’s Arab Spring events began in March 2011, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that the death toll has surpassed 21,000 people, mostly civilians, who have been killed in unrelenting violence in certain areas of the country . As a result, many Syrians have fled to the neighboring countries of Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq with 227,273 individuals registered by the UNHCR as of September 28, with 56,225 in Lebanon . This number for Lebanon does not take into account the additional 21,3043 Syrian refugees that have contacted UNHCR and are awaiting registration, nor the refugees across the country who have not yet registered either due to lack of access or fear. To date, the UNHCR has not yet been able to reach all the pockets of refugees in the country, so many needs remain unmet. Moreover, the numbers of refugees are on the rise at a rapid rate, with approximately 400 people arriving per week in North Lebanon alone .