Description
The main output of the project is the construction of a water reservoir with a capacity of 500 cubic meters in Hay El Shaab Wal Zahraa, Baalbek in Baalbek, Lebanon to provide the community with access to safe and clean water supporting an estimated 29,000 individuals (21,000 Lebanese and 8,000 Syrians). The intervention will also be complemented with Water Awareness Sessions facilitated by the ADRA Lebanon team. The goal is to promote positive water practices amongst Syrians and Lebanese encouraging the conservation of water and development of safe practices and sanitation. Through this activity, ADRA will target a total of 200 individuals (adults and children). The targeted village is selected due to the presence of high numbers of Syrian refugees living in the area who suffer from poverty. Before the influx of refugees, the Lebanese host-community in the area was considered as one of the most vulnerable due to their poorly serviced community. The essential services are now strained causing a high concentration of people with no/poor access to sufficient quantity/quality of basic services. In addition, Syrian refugees living in the area rely on UN/NGO-provided water trucks, private trucking or bottled mineral water as their primary source of water. This limits the water consumption and increases the expenditures for each household. Therefore, the construction of the reservoir and its connection to the existing water network will provide the village with sufficient capacity to store water from its water wells to provide clean and safe water.