Maysaz Moghamis, holds her eight-month-old baby boy Mohammad. She recalls two terrifying days that she spent dodging shells and bullets. "How long will this go on? We can't live like this! I have a newborn and three small children. I need this aid, but all I want to do is go back home," she said. photo by Brian Jonson/World Vision World Vision staff unload baby hygiene kits from the back of a truck at the el-Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp. World Vision has distributed kits containing diapers, baby cream, antiseptic wipes and water sterilization tablets. photo by Brian Jonson/World Vision

Physical, Psychological Toll on Children Most Concerning
One in three Palestinian refugees is under age 15

World Vision's response to the needs of thousands of displaced Palestinian refugee families gathered momentum during fierce battles between Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese Army.

The fighting at the Naher el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli in north Lebanon has claimed more than 100 civilian, soldier and militant lives and displaced more than 30,000 people.

Nearly two-thirds of those, approximately 19,000 people, have gone to the nearby Beddawi Palestinian refugee camp. There they have crammed into tiny apartments with friends or family or found shelter in overcrowded school classrooms and hallways, leading to fears of the spread of disease and infection, including lice and scabies.