24 August 2020 - 17:25A view of the severely damaged grain silo in Beirut’s port area after the explosion on August 8. Picture: REUTERS/HANNAH MCKAYMore than two weeks after a huge explosion tore through Beirut killing 181 people and leaving entire neighbourhoods in ruins, Sandra Abinader still jumps at the slightest sound.
Her attitude is common in Lebanon, a country hardened by past wars and sectarian conflict and where stigma still rules attitudes towards mental health. But the blast caught Lebanon at an extremely vulnerable point after months of severe economic crisis compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. The explosion was a tipping point. Embrace, which usually receives between 150 and 200 calls a month, says more people have been reaching out since the blast. The group has stationed volunteers in one of the affected neighbourhoods and has started home visits.
While Sandra insists she has not cried once since it happened, her cousin cannot hold back tears as she recounts her experience of the explosion, which wounded 6,000 people and was so loud it could be heard as far as Cyprus, 160km away.
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