France, March 28 -- In the basement of a car park in Puteaux, north-west of Paris, a small team is busy sorting through around 15 boxes.

"We're putting away the products that have been kindly donated to us. Apparently, these are plasters," explains Kory Tahan, a member of the Lebanese Experts Forum.

The organisation currently has more than 22,000 members, mainly business leaders from the diaspora.

Its president Nada Chehab said: "We usually work on economic issues and employment, but when we find ourselves in this situation, we roll up our sleeves and get stuck in."

Since the start of the war, the organisation has been coordinating collections from several NGOs. A first consignment arrived in Lebanon 10 days ago, with essential f...