Libyan Society for National Reconciliation and Charity Works

Programme Title: Emergency WASH Assistance to vulnerable people in Benghazi, with a focus on children

Dear/sir UNICEF Referring to the programme named Emergency WASH Assistance to vulnerable people in Benghazi, with a focus on children. Which is cooperated with Libyan Society for National Reconciliation and Charity Works and UNICEF at 28/03/2017. This is the assessment report for the project activities. Programme: Assessment report for the project activities.

A brief description of the city Benghazi Benghazi is the second most populous city in Libya, and the largest area in the country, it is located in eastern part of Libya. The distance between Tripoli and Benghazi about 1050 Km. The population there about 796.24 people/Km2, municipality No is 8, city code is 061, local time is (GMT +2).

Tripoli Benghazi

Libya map

The municipality local areas. Ard azwawi, Ard asref, Ard aslak, Sara esreen, Sara Dubai, Ard Paloun, Ard alhrash, Sooq alhout, almsaken, qmens,alragma,qanvoda, almakrwon, sooq zamzam, Sara omer be alase,Sara soriya, alwfya, sooq alhaduka, abosnaybe, Benghazi city centre, Alkesh, Alhwary, Alberka, Alselmani, New Benghazi, Ras Obeida, Sidi Hussein, Gardens, Abu Atni, Al Fateh District, Airport Road, Qariones, Martyrs Al-Salawi, Al Orouba, Koueifieh, Sidi Khalifa, Beninah, Bouhademeh, Ruwaisat, Sidi Al-Sharif Street, Hotel, Al-Salabi Land, Land for Land, Land Al Kawadik, Masri Land, Ben Ali Land, Al Basiouni Land, Al Anzi Land, Al Muzairah, Green, Al Fawyhat, Al Sabri, Al Majoori, Al Mukhtar District, Land of Awqash, Tabelino, Al Rahba, Al Serti, Al Salam Neighborhood, Shabneh, Al Leithi, Land of Malum, Tekha, Sidi Younis. There are some returnees to their homes in Benghazi, such as Al-Leithy, ab-Itny, ALkwarsh, Alhwary, Sedy Farj, and Kanfodi. The areas still have fight in Benghazi are al-Balad and Al-Sabri.

Benghazi landmarks

Tibesti hotel Adawa Alslamya building

The health sector in Benghazi The city has number of local health centres, and pharmacies, as well as some hospitals such as Benghazi medical centre, Aljala hospital, Alhowarry hospital, the seventh October Hospital, Aljomohri Hospital, chest diseases hospital, and children hospital. There are also private health centres. Actually the health sector has many problems because of the war in the city, consequently damage hospitals building, health centres and lack of medication.

Education sector In Benghazi there is the oldest university in Libya, is called Libyan University, the university was funded in 1955, which was at Qacer Almanar before campus had built. Then in 1968 the university campus is built and renamed as Benghazi University. Few years later the university renamed again as Qar Yuins University because is located at Qar Yuins suburb, where is located west the city. In 2011 the university renamed back as Benghazi University again. There are some other private universities such as Arabian Medical University, etc. the education in Benghazi also in all Libya provinces is compulsory and free, the compulsory education till finish secondary school. High education in Libya also free, but is not compulsory. As well as I mentioned above destruction from the war there is reached some educational institutions. Safe drinking water There is a big water system is supplied the city by drinking water, that is connected to main and sub-branch water networks which is connected to central tanks, the central tanks have great capacity stowage of water, these tanks are installed higher in order to press the water flow, there are other networks to supply the consumers afterwards. Beneficiaries from this water system are just population who live in Benghazi city centre. Other population are depend on water wells and cisterns. , in Benghazi Municipality, General Company for Water and Wastewater is operating this water system. There is damage in the water system in the city due to same reason.

Water pump is hanging in cistern

Wastewater drainage system With regarding to houses in city centre area are connected to wastewater network, which is supervised Benghazi Municipality and General Company for Water and Wastewater. Other areas are located out city centre rely on self-wastewater drainage system. So there are some wastewater drainage systems are affected because of the war there, which can enable the affected people to live in dignified hygiene conditions.

A damaged wastewater drainage systems, which will enable the affected people to live in dignified hygiene conditions

wastewater at a school where is IDPs live

coordination meeting Libyan Society for National Reconciliation and Charity Works had achieved some tasks in Benghazi, in order to start project implementation. The tasks is clarified below.

Item date output notes Media, Meetings with local authorities 19/04/2017 identify beneficiaries is Red Crescent in Benghazi, in Benghazi to launch the done and agree on the Libyan Organization for Human project, plan assessment, share location of the project sites Rights, Boy Scouts and Girl assessment results, and conduct as per the findings of the Guides of Libya in Benghazi were invited. joint monitoring and evaluation assessment

Libyan society meeting with Benghazi International Communication Committee

item date output Meeting with local authorities in Benghazi Agreed to choose 5 schools

(Municipality, Crisis Committees, Benghazi Agreed to choose 5 IDPs camps

International Communication Committee, Libyan 7 agree on the location of plantation Organization for Human Rights, Red Crescent in tree as well as per the findings of the Benghazi, and Media) were attendances. To assessment.

identify beneficiaries and agree on the location of 19/4/201 the project sites as per the findings of the assessment.

Coordination meeting pictures

Our office branch in eastern province, which is a part of Libyan Society organization, conducted WASH assessment in 5 IDPs camps and 5 Schools across Benghazi, to identify the priority WASH needs of IDPs, is detailed in the table below.

number of family number of childern no Name of Institution Location numbers family member male famle 1 Youth Intifada School Almajouri 20 84 29 29 2 Al - Masirah Al - Kabra School Bouzgeiba 27 150 45 42 3 School of Martyrs Bouzgeiba Bouzgeiba 37 150 50 37 4 Sadek Bala School Almajouri 18 67 21 22 5 Asmaa School Sayed Hussein 11 52 16 19 6 Almahed Alsahi Land of Quraysh 79 455 109 89 7 Qar Younis camp Qar Younis 15 75 23 21 8 Elhelis camp Elhelis 209 974 146 154 9 Ared Eshbana Camp Ared Eshbana 26 105 27 30 10 Abu Ehdimeh camp (2) Abu Ehdimeh 12 70 18 8 Total 454 2182 484 451

Total beneficiaries of WASH assessment 2182

Groups From the office branches in East province, during the assessments

Clean-up campaigning The pictures below are show the locations have been chosen in order to implement clean-up campaigning.

Places must clean-up

Sanitation The construction, rehabilitation and location of sanitation facilities which involved in the project, there is an example in those pictures below.

sanitation facilities will be Rehabilitation In IDPs camps

Additionally the primary school in Elhelis camp does not have sanitation facilities. Plantation

Libyan Society for National Reconciliation and Charity Works sent a letter to Department of parks and public gardens in Benghazi, the letter about Selection of plantation areas. The department of parks and public gardens accept and agreed about proposed plantation areas as follow: o Almasken Garden (located in Abo atni). o Almrow Garden (located in Albrka). o Alhzaiz park (located in Alhzaiz Road). o Aljar Circle (located in Alslmani). proposed plantation areas from the department of parks and public gardens

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