Objective:

To provide clean drinking water for Palestinians refugees living in an unregistered refugee camp in Lebanon.

Beneficiaries:

Residents (men women & children) of Sikkeh refugee camp near Sidon in south Lebanon.   The residents of Sikkeh camp are displaced refugees and therefore not eligible for aid from UNWRA.

Outcomes:

Sustainability & Viability:

This activity is intended to help fulfill HUMANSERVE’s mandate to provide basic human needs to the disadvantaged refugee population in Lebanon. This in turn directly support’s HUMANSERVE’s commitment to relief and development work overseas.

After completion of well construction, the water quality will continue to be monitored by the beneficiaries and by HUMANSERVE board members.  External support cannot be entirely phased out given the current political and social situation of the Palestinians in Lebanon. Sustainability is linked to human development through health ongoing unfettered access to uncontaminated drinking water. Through this project, HUMANSERVE aims to help the community to improve their health situation in order to maintain good health.

Poverty Reduction:

Through prevention of water-borne diseases and diarrheas, this project will improve the health of the community, lessening the need for costly drugs and medical interventions.

Those women who are employed will miss less paid working days due to improvements in health.  Likewise, male income earners in the community will not be required to miss work due to having to care for sick women and children that they are responsible for.

Healthy children and youth (male and female) who do not miss school due to illness will be more likely to benefit from their education and have a better chance of future employment.

HUMANSERVE would like to acknowledge PARD and thank them for all their assistance in facilitating this project.  Without their help on the ground, their knowledge of the community, their assistance in coordinating activities between Humanserve and the Popular Committee and community leaders and their devotion to providing humanitarian assistance, this project would not have been possible.

Money raised for this project was provided by charitable gaming

Phone:

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FAX:

Mail:

PO Box 37011

Edmonton, AB

Canada  T5R 1E0