Médecins Sans Frontières - ENGLISH - WASH Shelters Beirut

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF364111

Date taken / Date Recorded 13/04/2026 3:38 PM

Country Lebanon

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Copyright MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) Advertising Campaign, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m50s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1920px 260.87 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist SRT file: MSF364141

ON-SCREEN TEXTs:

This abandoned building was once a hospital.

Now it shelters 400 people forced to leave their homes in southern Beirut.

Displaced by Israeli bombardment, the families here are living in a space that was never meant to be a home.

No running water.

No functioning sanitation.

No privacy.

In this room, a mother tries to keep her newborn clean and warm.

ITW (subtitles):
Mother of baby Nour, displaced from southern Beirut
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I am struggling with
them [my children] here.

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There is sewage outside.

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I am worried they
would catch [an infection].

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As you know,
we are not in a condition

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that would allow us
to go and seek care.

ON-SCREEN TEXTs:

Lack of safe water and sanitation increases the risk of disease, especially for the most vulnerable.

One floor above, Hassana stays in her room.

Getting diagnosed with cancer a week before displacement was a shock.

ITW (subtitles):
Hassana, displaced from southern Beirut
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I have radiotherapy
session soon.

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I have to isolate
for 7 days after.

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I cannot afford to
stay at the hospital,

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so I have to return here.

ON-SCREEN TEXTs:

After radiotherapy, her immunity is low.
Shared toilets are a risk.
MSF installed a latrine in her room.

ITW (subtitles):
Elena Fernandez, MSF Deputy logistics Coordinator

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What we have done
is to rehabilitate

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part of the water system
in this building,

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by installing water tanks and
using water trucking for them

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to provide enough water
for all these families,

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in the toilets, and for minimum
hygiene conditions.

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People are displaced,

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so they come with nothing

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and they have to live
in these conditions.

ON-SCREEN TEXTs:

Across Lebanon, MSF teams are working in 252 shelters to provide clean water and sanitation, helping safeguard people’s health

Water, sanitation, and hygiene are not just basic needs.

ENGLISH - WASH Shelters Beirut - Short version

ENGLISH - WASH Shelters Beirut - Short version