Najwa Hashem Ibrahim, grandmother of Mahdi (two). Mahdi has a rare blood disease which has meant the family have had to sell much of what they own to pay for his medicine on the black market.

Following political collapse and the pandemic, the Lebanese economy plunged, wiping out 90% of people's savings and resulting in massive inflation. The ammonium nitrate explosion in August 2020 killed over 200 people and accelerated the country's economic collapse. The impact on the struggling healthcare system has been disastrous.