Please give now to support our work, Beirut Blast Damaged Country’s Waste Management Infrastructure. "I really feel rooted in Lebanon," said Bandikian. It was 2 p.m. when we left there with the hope of meeting again on Friday, and so on until the end of August. Fortunately, there were no fatalities. It is exactly like the whole city of Beirut that I will discover 48 hours after the terrible and resounding explosion of August 4th at 6:08 pm. In solidarity with all these families, Fratelli has offered a food package consisting of various foodstuffs for each family. In Mar Mikhail, Dikran Geuzubeuyukian, 58, and his teenage children have received food aid and help to renovate their damaged flat. Thank God, the two Brothers were safe and sound. What had happened to cause this double detonation? "It's a bit tough for the kids, but I don't know what else to do.". From two congregations of Marist and Lasallian Brothers, we worked closely with the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Fathers) during the three weeks of joint humanitarian action. To assist the pupils benefiting from Fratelli's programmes in the Bourj-Hammoud centre; this neighbourhood is one of the most deprived in the suburbs of Beirut. Social networks, local and international media, newsletters and any source of information that could tell us what had happened the day before were reviewed all the daylong. The first day after the explosion, we took the time to try to understand what really happened. At 6.8pm, a strong vibration violently shook the doors and windows of the community, followed by two very loud bursts. Get top stories and blog posts emailed to you each day. We visited the various stands and sheds of NGOs and all the private organisations, which are working directly with the victims. To avoid another trash crisis, it should urgently adopt an integrated approach to solid waste management that decreases reliance on landfills and prioritizes the health of residents. for 1+3, enter 4. The shards of glass had injured some members of the High school security. The last step of my day in Beirut on August 4th was a visit to the Hyundai concessionaire for the periodic revision and maintenance of the project Fratelli' vehicle. The costs of inaction in addressing Lebanon’s trash crisis are huge. In dialogue with the International Solidarity Secretariat in Rome, we selected the following priority lines of action: Home | Contact Us | Site Map | Print this page | RSS | Top of page, Posted by Source: RELAF Newsletter N36 This was to gather the needs expressed and analyse them in order to initiate actions in connection with these direct actors on the ground with the victims. To work together to provide necessities to 150 Christian families: Catholic schools decided to open their classrooms to welcome families who lost their homes in the explosion. We also wanted to know if it would be possible to continue the summer activities underway with the Iraqi children. Christians, who lost everything in a few minutes after the explosion, inhabit Mar Mikael (Saint Michael). From our part as a community and as Fratelli project members, we undertook to reflect on the concrete actions, to carry out in the field. Then a team of 4 to 5 of our staff would go to the field in Beirut to serve the hot dishes. The rubble and demolition debris alone vastly increased the daily volume of generated waste. The Jordan Times is an independent English-language daily published by the Jordan Press Foundationsince October 26, 1975. "Where else can we go?" The Tekeyan School of Beirut was damaged in the terrible August 4, 2020 explosion and needs repairs to allow it to open this fall. At the moment, we have eight cases reported to us: two employees of the school of the Sacred Heart Brothers, two employees of Fratelli Bourj-Hammoud, one student of Fratelli Boourj-Hammoud with a broken leg, one student and his uncle from the Collège de Frères Notre Dame de Furn-Chebback, and one student from the Collège Sacré-Cur. Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. That school is located in a short distance from the harbour, which was destroyed, except for the concrete, which resisted the blast. It is time that authorities solve this crisis once and for all. Relatives in the United States have urged her to emigrate, but she is not interested. The most affected of the three was the Sacred Heart High School, which one had lost almost everything, as it was located near the harbour of Beirut. To provide small equipment in the houses after their rehabilitation: still in collaboration with the Saint Vincent de Paul Society, a list of supplies and small equipment for the houses is under study for the families who lost everything in the explosion. This explosion has given the Fratelli Project the opportunity to collaborate with a third congregation in its direct interventions. "Hopefully they will come next week and do all the repairs," said the head of the institution, which also relies on non-governmental organisations to feed its 119 residents. A beach where a heavy winds and strong waves washed ashore piles of garbage in Keserwan, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on 23 January 2018. "A lot of people rang me and said: 'Come and live with us'. The persistent difficulties linked to the fall of the Lebanese pound (the local currency) against the US dollar, the contribution and involvement of Fratelli with transparency in this difficult context, how to continue to support disadvantaged Lebanese families in this crisis that is still lasting. said the former French-language teacher, who lives with her sister. In the evening, a first official statement from the government gave us an idea about the origin of the explosion. E.g. A total of 25,200 hot dishes were served to the families of the victims. Every country has problems," she said sitting in her living room, surrounded by family photos and handmade crochet doilies. "It will pass. They are the largest such community in the Middle East, and have their own schools and university as well as seats in the Lebanese Cabinet and parliament. How am I supposed to leave an open house?" Berjouhi Kasparian, a frail 90-year-old with short white hair, said that even though she had three children living abroad, she would not leave the Geitawi apartment where she has lived on and off since she was 10. We came out of it, disappointed and saddened. In areas around the port, the explosion dealt a further blow to households already reeling from Lebanon's worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war. In short, we continue to work to see concretely the help to be provided to these victims who are close to us in spirit and charisma. Bandikian and Kasparian have received help to repair their homes from the Lebanese branch of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), a century-old non-profit diaspora organisation. Lebanon’s next government, whenever it is formed, will have a lot on its plate. Minister of Interior Mohammad Fahmi asserted on Wednesday that investigations in the explosion that took place at the Beirut port will be transparent and will take 5 days. In addition, some 60 poor families, cared for by the Saint Vincent de Paul Society in the Bourj- Hammoud District, received these food packages. In Beirut, many live in the Bourj Hammoud neighbourhood, but also in the heavily damaged districts of Geitawi and Mar Mikhail close to the port. That day, the accountant of the Fratelli Association and I had a long working session until 12:30 pm. Though some members of the Armenian community — like many young Lebanese — have emigrated in recent years because of the economic crisis, the older generation is bent on staying. US Economic Sanctions Harm Iranians’ Right to Health, Israeli Restrictions on Access to and from Gaza for Human Rights Workers, Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in 90 countries worldwide, spotlighting abuses and bringing perpetrators to justice. 10 of … he said. Lebanese President Michel Aoun held a meeting on September 21 with caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and Environment Minister Damianos Kattar to address the crisis. After a week, it became clear that these families were finding it difficult to leave the damaged houses to live elsewhere. After a stop at the Directorate of General Security where I was able to collect my new resident permit, I returned to the community in Rmeileh shortly before 6 pm local time. With Beirut's hospitals overwhelmed, she had to wait a whole day for someone to dress her wounds. Earlier this summer, garbage again filled the streets of Beirut and surrounding areas. The products were distributed to the families concerned. In addition, a list of 40 deprived families from St. Vincent de Paul Lasallian School, with whom we share the same building, have benefited from these packages. Additionally, the blast severely damaged two key sorting, recycling, and composting facilities in Karantina and Bourj Hammoud, as well as waste collection vehicles. In relation with Caritas Lebanon, the Pastoral Ministry team of the Marist College of Jbail has identified 150 families and drawn up a list of basic needs. The Fratelli Project is dedicated to refugee and displaced children from the war in Lebanon. Last year, garbage piled up on streets in northern Lebanon after an unregulated dumpsite was closed without an environmentally sound alternative. There have also been cases of former students, at least one of whom died on 4 August 2020. At a home for the elderly in Bourj Hammoud, ... there is the place where he found his wife Liza, who died in the explosion. We asked them to draw up one each week so that we make the necessary orders for the meals to be prepared each day by a restaurant owner. More than a month since the explosion, construction workers trudge up and down the stairs of Bandikian's 1930s villa. The August 4 blast at Beirut's Port killed more than 190 people, injured thousands and ravaged dwellings in large parts of the capital. It is a veritable humanitarian assistance "souk" on Martyrs Square in the heart of Beirut, a few kilometres from the harbour. Later in the evening, we learned that the explosion had damaged the three high schools belonging to the Brothers. However, there were no more doors or windows in any of the rooms or offices. But for others in the community, the pain of the blast is still very raw. According to LBCI, a local television channel, one of the proposed measures is to again expand the Bourj Hammoud/Jdeideh landfill and temporarily extend its life expectancy. It serves an important low-income Armenian population in Bourj Hammoud. What can we do? All of us were waiting for the results of the official investigation initiated by the government. But the cast-iron craftsman said he had mixed feelings about moving back in after the repairs have been finished. Therefore, no work will be carried out before two months, the time to assess the damage and prepare the consequent estimates. Three times a week, AGBU distributes a total of 1,500 meals in the Bourj Hammoud and Mar Mikhail neighbourhoods, Ghazarian said. Geuzubeuyukian said they had no choice but to move back in. The Fratelli Project took it upon itself to buy and send 26 products to the Marist Pastoral Ministry, which, together with Caritas Lebanon, made small packets and distributed them to the families concerned. This commitment lasted from the 10th to the 31st of August 2020. The government responded by creating temporary landfills in Bourj Hammoud/Jdeideh and in Costa Brava. It hopes to restore 600 homes in total, not all of them belonging to Armenians. Around 400 parcels of hot meal were distributed to 26 families, in the severely hit areas of Gemmaizeh, Mar Mikhael, Ashrafieh and Bourj Hammoud. They prefer to stay there despite the absence of doors and windows. But I can't. Some 140,000 Armenians live in Lebanon, mostly descendants of those who escaped the mass killings of their people under the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1917. Image Credit: AFP.
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