This project is a component of the Young Men’s Christian Association’s Integrated Rural Development Program in Lebanon (1997/2000).
Objective :
To implement adequate and environmentally sustainable management systems for solid and water waste, as well as to increase awareness of, and mobilization around, environmental issues.
Project activities :
Community awareness and training sessions on environmental issues affecting the community.
Youth mobilization and community actions in reforestation activities.
Education and implementation of effective, low-cost management systems for proper solid waste.
Collection and disposal beginning at the household level.
Pilot projects in low-cost, local level waste-water treatment and disposal systems (i.e. multicompartment filtering septic tanks)
| Cluster | Municipalities | Kaza (Qada’a) | Project activities | Population Served |
| 1 | Aakkar El Aatiqa Daoura (Aakkar) Aaiyat |
Kaza of Aakkar |
- 2 waste water treatment systems. - Reforestation of 1000 trees. - Research & awareness. - Solid waste treatment center planned. |
2835 families |
| 2 | Tikrit Dahr Laissineh Jebrayel Beit Mellat Rahbeh |
Kaza of Aakkar | - Solid waste containers. - Environmental needs assessment. - Environmental Education & Activities. |
2806 families |
| 3 | Ain Fekeheh Nabi Osmane |
Kaza of Baalbek | - Public Park. | 5350 families |
| 4 | Bent Jbayl Aaytaroun Maroun Er Ras Ain Ebel Aaynata Blida Meiss Ej Jabal |
Kaza of Bent Jbayl - Kaza of Marjaayoun | - Reforestation of 1700 trees. - Solid waste treatment planned. |
4525 families |
| 5 | Kfar Sir Aadchit Ech Chqif Braiqeaa Qsaibeh (Nabatiyeh) Sir el Gharbiyeh Jibchit |
Kaza of Nabatiyeh | - 2 solid waste management centers (1 under planning). - Rehab of l spring. - 2 public parks. - Workshop on solid waste management. - Reforestation of 1800 trees. |
4900 families |
| 6 | Tannoura Beit Lahia Ain Aata Ain Horcheh Kfayr Ez Zait Mimess Khalouat |
Kaza of Rachaiya - Kaza of Hasbaiya | - Reforestation of 5,085 trees. - One waste water system. - Water source mapping & quality analysis /workshop. - Environmental activities. - Rehab & Protection of pine forest. |
2375 families |
Expected impact for the Municipalities :
Increased effectiveness of community environmental management systems which will decrease the adverse effects on the environment caused by inadequate systems of waste disposal and poor land management.
- Aadchit Ech Chqif
- Aaiyat
- Aakkar El Aatiqa
- Aaynata
- Aaytaroun
- Ain
- Ain Aata
- Ain Ebel
- Ain Horcheh
- Beit Lahia
- Beit Mellat
- Bent Jbayl
- Blida
- Braiqeaa
- Dahr Laissineh
- Fekeheh
- Jebrayel
- Jibchit
- Kfar Sir
- Kfayr Ez Zait
- Khalouat
- Maroun Er Ras
- Meiss Ej Jabal
- Mimess
- Nabi Osmane
- Qsaibeh (Nabatiyeh)
- Sir el Gharbiyeh
- Tannoura
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
- Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Lebanon
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In the framework of the decentralized cooperation between Lille Metropolis and the Federation of the Municipalities of Chouf Es Souayjani, an agreement was concluded in order to draw up a study on the management of solid waste of the nine localities of the Federation. Available in french.
Data collection on the garbage dump of Saida in terms of rubbish origin, quantities, types of incoming wastes and operations on site. Establishment of such database is considered to be very essential for any future projects aiming at rehabilitating the dump. (Available in French)
One of the most important impacts of the July/August 2006 hostilities is the oil spill incident. The spillage of 12,000 – 15,000 tons of heavy fuel oil from the Jiyeh power plant hit about 150km of the Lebanese coast, causing one of the major environmental disasters that Lebanon and the eastern basin of the Mediterranean Sea were ever subject to.
This project is supported by OMSAR and the European Union. It has been selected by the evaluation committee of OMSAR in February 2005 and was completed in 2006.
This project is supported by OMSAR and the European Union. It has been selected by the evaluation committee of OMSAR in February 2005. It is in the implementation process. (Available in French)
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