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Understanding the Needs of the Community in water and sanitation sector

Organization Work Plan and membership registration for the years 2020-2021

A 2-pages summary of OSAS organization profile.

This document describes the structure of our NGO along with our objectives, our ongoing projects and project's milestones.

The Jafra Foundation releases its 2017 Annual Report to the public.

“More than 60% of Syrian refugees households comprise a person with disabilities and 1/5 Syrian refugees has a disability in Lebanon and Jordan”, shows a large study conducted by Humanity & Inclusion (HI) and iMMAP.

For the last six years, Lebanon has been at the forefront of one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time.

Refugee protection is inherently political. While international law and values inevitably influence governments’ decisions about how to respond to refugees, so too do power and interests.

This policy brief analyses the socio-political implications of the so-called October policies, and suggests legislative, political, and practical measures to improve the situation of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. It also aims to inform policy formulation regarding Syrian refugees from a human rights-based perspective, while discussing modalities for enhanced programming at the civil society level. This policy brief is the fourth publication of a research project investigating the social effects of political and legal measures on Syrian refugees’ daily lives. The brief is based on a consultative...

This document is an adaption of a speech delivered on May 12, 2015 at the launch of a report by the Syrian Justice and Accountability Center (SJAC) entitled ”A Step Towards Justice: Current Accountability Options for Crimes under International Law Committed in Syria.” The repo

Since the onset of the crisis in Syria in 2011, Lebanon has faced numerous spill over effects.

This working paper seeks to document and analyse collaboration mechanisms between local authorities and humanitarian actors in addressing the Syrian refugee crisis in urban and peri-urban settings in Lebanon.

The concept of resilience offers a framework that facilitates cross-institutional and cross-disciplinary dialogue and pushes us to examine systems that influence complex situations.

This is an assessment done in the detention centers and prisons in south Lebanon in coordination with the prisons department in the ministry of interior through which the WASH situation inside these prisons and centers was detected, needs and priorities were defined and possible rehabilitation and enhancement explored.

This paper was prepared by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) as a background paper contributing to the Arab Sustainable Development Report. It focuses on gender equality as a core element to achieve sustainable development.

The recommendations contained in this report have been developed by a consortium of civil society actors.

The population shift from Syria, as a result of the Syrian Crisis, is causing enormous pressure on host communities and exacerbating instability factors.

As the Syrian Crisis enters its fourth year, numerous water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) needs remain to be filled among Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, who now number more than 1.1 million.

The continuing unrest in Syria is resulting in a growing influx of Syrian refugees to Lebanon. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has registered over 57,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon (September 7, 2012) while many refugees are awaiting registration.

As part of the assessment support mission, capacity assessment requested by the WASH partners to be carried out, the assessment team developed a Capacity Assessment Tool designed to collect information covering aspects, such as, profile, WASH response, WASH activities, transpo