Refuge under the Sanayeh Sky

“I came from Dahieh two weeks ago with my grandmother”
“I came from Baalbeck 7 days ago, with 14 members of my family”

As the Israeli attacks on Lebanon did not spare any region or village, all the displaced Lebanese united under one roof and for those less fortunate under the same sky of the Sanayeh Public Park.
While some families are considered lucky to be sheltered in schools and in houses, others were less privileged and were only left with what they had on while fleeing their bombed houses, and find no shelter but the Public Sanayeh Park.
For the superficial eye, you might think that these families are enjoying a nice picnic under the sun, but reality will hit you hard as you step further inside the Public Park. Each family adopted a tree, a tree that will become their only shelter for the next, well no one actually knows for how many more days, as it would probably take months till their battered homes are rebuilt.
A woman in Sanayeh said “ We don't want war anymore, we are fed up! I can’t believe that the Israelis want to invade our country again. We should all go kill Rice like they are killing our children and us.
According to the United Nations, around 700,000 civilians are displaced; UNICEF estimates that 45 per cent are children. Approximately 125,000 of them are now living in 587 schools and shelters and in are in urgent need of water storage and tankers, improved sanitation, and health kits. They depend on supplies from the Lebanese government and Hezbollah and different NGO’s, for the most created just after the war.
(Woman in school) We came here last Sunday from Haret Hreik under the bombardments, me and my 5 children, we were able to flee and minutes later the whole house was destroyed. While most of them admitted on camera they are ready to face anything for their country, however the fear of tomorrow seems quite obvious in they eyes of many.