| Partner: |
Popular
Aid for Relief and Development (PARD) |
| Project
Location: |
Beirut
and 9 Coastal Regions |
| Country: |
Lebanon |
| Start
Date: |
January
1998 |
| Completion
Date: |
December
1998 |
| Project
Budget: |
|
| HUMANSERVE
Contribution: |
$18,310
CDN |
| Wild
Rose Foundation Contribution: |
$10,000
CDN |
| Total
Project Cost: |
$28,310
CDN |
| Beneficiaries: |
221
families
in Beirut
and
377 families in the coastal region. As well, the
surrounding populations benefited from any and
all efforts in public sanitation. |
|
|
This
project supported the Public Health Program of PARD
through the
purchase of a sanitation truck and the provision of fuel, maintenance and
insurance for 2 years. PARD
undertakes the garbage removal in areas neglected or not recognized by
local municipalities and the pumping our of stagnant water and lavatory
remains. This is a
cooperative program with the local communities.
This project aimed to improve the health conditions of the
population it served and contributed to improvement of environmental
conditions.
The
specific activities that were undertaken were:
 |
Purchase
of a newer sanitation truck for suction of percolating pits.
|
|
Purchase
of fuel required for the above activities
|
|
Purchase
of insurance
|
|
Ongoing
maintenance of the truck
|
|
Management
and monitoring of project
|
|
Interim
and Final progress report
|
|
Financial
records maintained and provided at the end of the project
|
|
Follow-up
/ Assessment of project upon completion by HUMANSERVE
|
This
project was identified by PARD and their local communities and
verified through meetings during a field visit to the region in
August 1997 by HUMANSERVE.
|
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