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QRCS launches sanitation project for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
QRCS launches sanitation project for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
The Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) mission in Lebanon has launched a community-based project to enhance the sanitation services at four Syrian refugee camps in Joub Jannine, the capital of West Beqaa.
The project is supported by Elrha's Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) programme, a grant-making facility supporting organisations and individuals to identify, nurture and share innovative and scalable solutions to the most pressing challenges facing effective humanitarian assistance. The HIF is funded by aid from the UK Government's Department for International Development.According to feedback from the end users, improvements were made to the camp toilets in terms of supplies, cleaning, maintenance and design. A total of 850 Syrian refugees gave their own insights about how to make the sanitary units more innovative and convenient.Upon data collection and analysis, an innovative methodology derived from ethnographic research was developed and tested by Intizar Omari, the project's co-ordinator, in co-operation with Dr Laurent Lambert, senior policy analyst at the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute.