Beirut Governor Marwan Abboud has estimated that the explosion has caused as much as $10-15 billion in damages and as many as 300,000 people to be temporarily displaced from their homes, according to the BBC.
Many buildings and warehouses along the docks were completely destroyed, and the explosion's shockwave caused damage within a six-mile radius.
Bou Nassif said because of where the blast occurred, the worst of the damage happened to majority-Christian neighborhoods. The adjacent areas included Beirut's mostly Christian neighborhoods of Mar Maroun and Achrafieh.
As a result, he said, most of the aid is coming from Christian aid agencies, as well as the Maronite Catholic Church.
The Philos Project, a group that advocates for Christians in the Near East, as part of a broader goal of religious pluralism in the region and of educating Western Christians on their situation, is one such Christian organization helping those affected by the disaster in Lebanon.
Tegho said she and her husband are spearheading an initiative called Human Chain, which she said was formed in October 2019 to help the poor in the midst of protests against the government.
"In the aftermath of the disaster, we realized we could use our Human Chain network to help in relief efforts," she said.
Tegho said the main goal of the Human Chain at the moment is helping to ensure people's homes are safe to occupy, and they have a functional living space and bathroom.
"This is where volunteers have been doing most of the work, because there has been no government involved in that [effort," she said.
"Helping to remove the debris, making sure people who have lost everything have places to go to whether it's the church, whether it's friends, family, et cetera. But it's still too soon for those houses to be rebuilt."
In addition to delivering food aid, Tegho and Bou Nassif have been helping to clear the rubble and ensure their neighbors do not end up on the streets.
They are also hoping to raise $30,000 for relief efforts through a GoFundMe campaign.
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Tegho said the Philos Project has set up a fund of $10,000 to help the Human Chain in its humanitarian efforts. Philos is encouraging donations to its Action Fund on its website.
Bou Nassif said the best way to help the people of Lebanon is to donate to Christian agencies, rather than to the Lebanese government.
"You give money to the Lebanese state, you're not giving money to any poor person in Lebanon, Christian, or not. You're giving money to Lebanon politicians," he opined.
On Aug. 10, Lebanon's Maronite Catholic patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, called for the resignation of the entire Lebanese government, adding that it is "necessary to hold everyone responsible accountable for this massacre and catastrophe." The Prime Minister and the rest of the government subsequently resigned later that day.
Though millions of dollars of aid has poured in from Western governments, Bou Nassif said he trusts the Christian agencies much more than the government to distribute aid to the poor.
"Some money will come from governments, but the money that will come immediately, before this is resolved, will be coming from churches, concerned citizens, people with sympathy...to the Christian minority in Lebanon," Bou Nassif said.