Activity 01
Deployment of 2 clearance teams (BAC)
Ongoing
AL-MASAR programme: empowering Lebanese deminers
Lebanon – South Lebanon, Nabatieh, Beirut and Mount Lebanon
- Period
- 2025-2027
- Funding
- €2,500,000
- Area of operation
- South Lebanon, Nabatieh, Beirut and Mount Lebanon
The project
THE CONTEXT
Building on the success of the 2024 emergency project, the AL-MASAR programme made possible the historic deployment of the first demining team from a Lebanese NGO. Faced with the large-scale war of March 2026, the programme adapted its phase 1 to protect civilians, while preparing an ambitious phase 2 of clearance and land release.
PROJECT IMPACT
direct beneficiaries
33,000
The figures in detail
direct beneficiaries
More than 33,000 beneficiaries (EORE and land released), with a target of more than 100,000 m² of land cleared
Our objective
Reduce accidents caused by explosive remnants
Clear agricultural and residential land
Make the local NGO Beeatoona fully autonomous
In the field
WHAT WE DO
Activity 02
Emergency risk education (CPP approach in shelters)
Activity 03
Completion of a mine detection dog centre for the army
Activity 04
Capacity-building audit
Funding
€2,500,000
Total budget
- Phase 1 (CDCS)
- €1,500,000
- Phase 2 (GFFO)
- €1,000,000
AROUND THE PROJECT
Lead local partner
Beeatoona
The first national NGO accredited for demining.
Actors and partners
- LMAC
- University of Balamand
- Ministry of Education (MEHE)
- Lebanese Armed Forces (J4 Regiment)
Funders
French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (CDCS), France; German Federal Foreign Office (GFFO), Germany
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