Lebanese help each other as economic crisis crushes lives 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy the Associated PressBEIRUT — Panic set in on a WhatsApp group used to organize Lebanese protests when one member said he intended to kill himself because he can’t provide for his kids. The desperate call came on the heels of the suicide of a father of two that had stunned the public and raised alarm over how dire Lebanon’s economic conditions have become. Weekly clothes donations and distributions were set up in the downtown Beirut squares at the epicenter of the demonstrations and near the Central Bank, which protesters accuse of corruption and fueling the economic crisis. Shkeir had once planned to migrate like many others driven out by Lebanon’s economic problems.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 25, 2019 06:11 UTC