Needs Assessment of Palestinian Refugees in Gatherings in Lebanon
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Needs Assessment of Palestinian Refugees in Gatherings in Lebanon Funded by ECHO Lebanon Issued August 2005 by Danish Refugee Council Spears Street, Union National bldg., Sanaye, Beirut, Ph/Fax: 00.961.1.738293 [email protected] List of content Executive summary............................................................................................................ i Acknowledgements.......................................................................................................... ix Abbreviations...................................................................................................................ix 1. Introduction................................................................................................................ 1 2. Objectives and definitions ......................................................................................... 3 2.1 Objectives and expected results ....................................................................... 3 2.2 Definition of humanitarian and protection needs............................................. 3 2.3 Definition of gathering..................................................................................... 4 3. Methodology.............................................................................................................. 6 3.1 Concrete steps/tools used in assessment .......................................................... 6 4. Basic context.............................................................................................................. 9 4.1 Lebanon............................................................................................................ 9 4.2 Palestinian refugees in Lebanon..................................................................... 11 5. Overview of gatherings............................................................................................ 12 5.1 Organisational structure................................................................................. 15 6. Population and demography .................................................................................... 16 6.1 Household size............................................................................................... 16 6.2 Population size............................................................................................... 16 6.3 Female/male distribution................................................................................ 17 6.4 Age distribution.............................................................................................. 19 7. Shelter...................................................................................................................... 21 7.1 Land and house ownership............................................................................. 21 7.2 Types of houses.............................................................................................. 22 7.3 Identified needs.............................................................................................. 24 7.4 Recommended interventions.......................................................................... 24 8. Water supply, sanitation, and garbage disposal....................................................... 26 8.1 Water supply.................................................................................................. 26 8.2 Sanitation........................................................................................................ 30 8.3 Water supply and sanitation needs and recommendations............................. 31 8.4 Garbage disposal............................................................................................ 33 8.5 Garbage disposal recommendations............................................................... 34 9. Health....................................................................................................................... 36 Physical health......................................................................................................... 36 9.2 Psychological health....................................................................................... 38 9.3 Access to health services................................................................................ 38 9.4 Identified needs.............................................................................................. 40 9.5 Recommended interventions.......................................................................... 40 10. Education ................................................................................................................. 42 10.1 Access to educational facilities....................................................................... 43 10.2 Education and the gatherings.......................................................................... 44 10.3 Identified needs............................................................................................... 44 10.4 Recommended interventions........................................................................... 45 11. Occupation and Household Income......................................................................... 46 11.1 General occupation situation .......................................................................... 46 11.2 General information concerning household income....................................... 46 Danish Refugee Council 11.3 Identified needs............................................................................................... 48 11.4 Recommended interventions........................................................................... 49 12. Food and Non-Food items ....................................................................................... 52 12.1 Food ................................................................................................................ 52 12.2 Non-food items ............................................................................................... 52 12.3 Recommended interventions........................................................................... 53 13. Women related issues .............................................................................................. 54 13.1 Identified needs............................................................................................... 55 13.2 Recommended interventions........................................................................... 56 14. Child and youth issues............................................................................................. 58 14.1 Identified needs............................................................................................... 58 14.2 Recommended interventions........................................................................... 59 15. Vulnerable groups.................................................................................................... 60 15.1 Elderly with special needs .............................................................................. 60 15.2 Persons with disabilities.................................................................................. 62 16. Concluding remarks on needs and recommendations ............................................. 65 16.1 Concluding remarks on needs......................................................................... 65 16.2 Concluding remarks on recommendations ..................................................... 67 17. Annexes ................................................................................................................... 70 Annex A Fact sheets ....................................................................................................... 70 Annex B Pre-assessed gatherings and checklist ........................................................... 160 Annex B1 - Pre-assessed gatherings...................................................................... 160 Annex B2 – Checklist for key informant interviews............................................. 163 Annex C Tables related to main report......................................................................... 169 Annex C1 - Analysis of population data................................................................ 170 Annex C2 - Types of health problems in gatherings as reported by households .. 173 Annex C3 - Lists of health care facilities .............................................................. 175 Annex C4 - List of UNRWA schools.................................................................... 177 Annex D Lists of field visits and meetings................................................................... 179 Annex D1 - List of meetings and field visits......................................................... 179 Annex D2 - List of household visited.................................................................... 180 Annex D3 - List of organisations/persons met ...................................................... 180 Annex E List of literature ............................................................................................. 184 Danish Refugee Council Executive summary This report is the result of an assessment undertaken by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) from March 28. to June 27, 2005 in Lebanon. The assessment was supported financially by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO). The assessment assessed humanitarian and protection needs of Palestinian refugees living in gatherings