World Vision has dispatched its first large convoy of relief aid into southern Lebanon following the 18 August ceasefire.

The charity has assessed the needs of ten villages within the southern Lebanon district of Marjeyoun, which are being repopulated by returning civilians who were displaced from their homes by the month-long conflict.

According to the assessment carried out by World Vision, the villages are in most urgent need of water and electricity, as they are located in the region of heaviest fighting between Israeli and Hezbollah forces.

"In talking with the village leaders, they say that if water and electricity is provided, people will definitely return," said Judy Moore, Global Rapid Response Team (GRRT) Senior Relief Associate. "But they still face enormous challenges – hundreds of houses and household water tanks have been destroyed just in the villages that we visited."