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CSP is replacing 143 old streetlights bulbs with LED-bulbs streetlights. CSP is also installing 26 complete solar powered lighting systems with all needed accessories. This activity will reduce cost burdens on the municipality and increase sense of security among residents.

CSP is implementing an activity that will reduce the water losses in the main line irrigation system and convert channels to pipes, in order to enhance irrigation practices.

CSP is replacing and installing a total of 120 streetlights with solar LED in different locations across the village.

CSP is supporting the farmers of Saidoun, Rimat and Hidab in reducing production costs and improving agricultural practices through equipping the Saidoun Agricultural Cooperative with necessary and needed equipment.

CSP, in partnership with the Association for Forests, Development, and Conservation (AFDC), is creating short-term work opportunities for Lebanese residents in eight villages in the Al Hasbani Municipal Union (Nabatieh). The works include cleaning up, pruning, and trimming foliage along roadsides and public land, picking up recyclables, and recycling and disposing of larger materials.

CSP is partnering with the Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI) to provide temporary income for more than 150 residents to carry out a series of short-term, labor intensive works that reduce fire risk in the area. The works include cleaning up, pruning, and trimming foliage along roadsides and public land, picking up recyclables, and recycling and disposing of larger materials. This activity addresses emergency needs in Damour, Mechref, and Kfarmatta – three villages hit hardest by the October 2019 wildfires in Lebanon.

CSP is procuring and distributing recycling bins to benefit six municipalities and is supporting and expanding an awareness campaign including door-to-door visits and townhall sessions.

CSP is constructing a 300-cubic-meter elevated water tank to provide Jinsnaya’s residents with a more equitable distribution of water. The CSP-provided tank, which will be fed from a source in Jinsnaya, will meet residents’ basic water needs and reduce pressure on the rest of the system. The activity is also expected to alleviate the economic burden on residents who previously had to pay to truck in water.

CSP is equipping the El Qariye municipality’s rundown event space with kiosks, tents, benches, sunshades, and toilets. This intervention aims to improve the incomes of four local small businesses and 14 of El Qariye’s most vulnerable women-headed families by providing them with a year-round event space to sell their homemade products and seasonal goods.

CSP is replacing 220 nonfunctional lightbulbs with LED-type bulbs and connecting 70 of them to a municipal generator to ensure that they continue operating during state-electricity cuts.

CSP is supporting Arc en Ciel by providing them with all needed equipment to regain operations following damages by the 2019 wildfire. The activity aims at ensuring that Arc en Ciel continues its support to the most vulnerable communities in Damour and surroundings.

CSP replaced all damaged electrical cables and water networks in the area. This activity is expected to address emergency needs in communities affected by the wildfires damage in 2019, allowing them to also re-gain access to water supply.