Activity 01
Risk education (EORE / CPP)
Deployment of 8 community liaison officers (50% women) in schools and shelters
Completed project
Localising mine action in crisis and post-crisis
Lebanon – South Lebanon and Nabatieh governorates
- Period
- 2024-2025
- Duration
- 10 months
- Funding
- €623,114
- Area of operation
- South Lebanon and Nabatieh governorates
The project
THE CONTEXT
Launched in 2024 in the face of the escalating conflict, this project set out to respond to the crisis while preparing the very first transition of Lebanese local actors to autonomous demining operations. The project had to show great agility, switching from a conventional approach to Conflict Preparedness and Protection (CPP) activities during the mass displacements of autumn 2024.
PROJECT IMPACT
direct beneficiaries
32,390
indirect beneficiaries
1,596,674
hazardous areas identified or cancelled
19,653m²
The figures in detail
direct beneficiaries
More than 32,390 people: 13,390 beneficiaries of conventional EORE (82% of them children) and more than 19,000 beneficiaries of emergency EORE
indirect beneficiaries
Nearly 1.6 million people (1,596,674) reached by the digital and SMS campaign, against an initial target of 39,000
Our objective
Strengthen the local mine action response
Help people return safely through risk education (EORE) and hazard identification (NTS)
Build the technical capacity of local NGOs for clearance
In the field
WHAT WE DO
Activity 02
Innovative mass campaign
400,000 targeted SMS messages, road signs installed at checkpoints and social media campaigns with the University of Balamand
Activity 03
Non-Technical Surveys (NTS)
166 surveys carried out, including a new emergency rubble survey format to map damaged buildings quickly
Activity 04
Capacity building and accreditation
24 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) validated and the first local clearance teams (DCB), 43% of them women, trained by ERDHL
AROUND THE PROJECT
Lead local partner
Beeatoona
The first national NGO accredited for demining.
Actors and partners
- LMAC
- ERDHL
- SHEILD
- University of Balamand (UoB)
Funders
Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères (CDCS), France
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