QRCS Provides Drinking Water For 55,000 Beneficiaries In Lebanon
Date
11/8/2022 1:02:46 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Doha: In a precautionary response to prevent cholera in Lebanon, Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) is working to upgrade its water purification plant in Arsal, increasing potable water supply to 137 Syrian refugee camps, as well as schools and health centres in the area.
Under an emergency plan to expand the services provided, water tanks were installed at the new camps, and jerry canes were distributed to families.
This intervention is part of a charitable project aimed at improving health conditions among Syrian refugees in Lebanon and the host community, meeting their critical water and sanitation needs, and ensuring humanitarian standards and the right to clean water.
Clean drinking water free from impurities and pollutants is delivered to about 55,000 Syrian beneficiaries at Arsal and Saadnayel camps on a daily basis.
The capacity of the Arsal water plant has recently been doubled, with the daily production rate up from 40,000 litres of water to nearly 70,000 litres. Work is in progress to reach the plant's full capacity, in order to reach out to as many beneficiaries as possible.
Thus, the number of beneficiaries from the plant's services is up to 10,000 families, seven schools, and three health centres, which means reduced spread of water-borne diseases. Lebanon's Minister of Health H E Dr. Firass Abiad, has recently visited Arsal, among other towns across Bekaa and Baalbek-Hermel.
He was accompanied by a delegation of international humanitarian organisations working there.
The purpose of the visit was to inspect the situation on the ground and the proactive countermeasures taken to respond to the cholera outbreak in the two governorates. Dr. Abiad said the plant was constructed with a generous donation from Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) and run by QRCS.
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