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Community Support
Under direct community support, CSP collaborates with local partners to implement short- and medium-term interventions aimed at improving livelihoods and ensuring access to services, alleviating sources of tension among communities.
Short-term interventions include the repair and rehabilitation of light infrastructure and the provision of equipment such as water tanks, generators, and streetlighting. Longer-term interventions are geared toward improving quality of life and achieving sustainable community development. These include solid waste management projects, clean energy solutions, and short-term income generating opportunities.
Once a community is selected for an intervention, CSP adopts a participatory design approach with local actors, including municipalities, civil society organizations (CSOs), and other community-based groups. CSP also consults with engineering and environmental contractors to maximize interventions’ benefit for communities and avoid implementation delays.
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Learn more about our
Community Support projects!
![USAID Logo in Blue and Red](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mask-Group-1@2x-1.jpg)
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Supporting the Municipality of Anane Through the Provision of Efficient Street Lighting
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.
Status Ongoing
![USAID Logo in Blue and Red](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mask-Group-1@2x-1.jpg)
![USAID Logo in Blue and Red](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mask-Group-1@2x-1.jpg)
Rehabilitating the Nahr Joz Main and Tertiary Irrigation Canals to Optimize Water Resources for Chebaa 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.
Status Ongoing
![USAID Logo in Blue and Red](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mask-Group-1@2x-1.jpg)
![USAID Logo in Blue and Red](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mask-Group-1@2x-1.jpg)
Completion of the Existing Solar Street Lighting System in Kfar Jarra
CSP is replacing and installing a total of 120 streetlights with solar LED in different locations across the village.
Status Ongoing
![USAID Logo in Blue and Red](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mask-Group-1@2x-1.jpg)
![USAID Logo in Blue and Red](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mask-Group-1@2x-1.jpg)
Improving the Livelihoods of Local Farmers and Women Processors in Saidoun
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.
Status Ongoing
![Labor Intensive Works in Forest Management Activities and Cleaning of Irrigation Canals in Al Hasbani Area](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH022.jpeg)
![Labor Intensive Works in Forest Management Activities and Cleaning of Irrigation Canals in Al Hasbani Area](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH022.jpeg)
Labor-Intensive Works in Forest Management Activities and Cleaning of Irrigation Canals in Al Hasbani Area
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.
Status Ongoing
![Labor Intensive Forest Management Activities in Chouf Aaley Area](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH021.jpg)
![Labor Intensive Forest Management Activities in Chouf Aaley Area](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH021.jpg)
Lebanon Reforestation Initiative (LRI) Labor Intensive Forest Management Activities in Chouf Aaley Area
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.
Status Ongoing
![Supporting the Sorting from Source Initiative in East Saida](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH020.jpg)
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Supporting the Sorting from Source Initiative in East Saida
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.
Status Ongoing
![USAID Logo in Blue and Red](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mask-Group-1@2x-1.jpg)
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Construction of an Elevated Water Tank in Jinsnaya
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.
Status Ongoing
![Improving Livelihoods of El Qariye Residents by Supporting a Community Market-place](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH017.jpg)
![Improving Livelihoods of El Qariye Residents by Supporting a Community Market-place](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH017.jpg)
Improving Livelihoods of El Qariye Residents by Supporting a Community Market-Place
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.
Status Ongoing
![Street Lightning Before and After Difference in the Municipality of Rashaiya el Foukhar](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH016.jpg)
![Street Lightning Before and After Difference in the Municipality of Rashaiya el Foukhar](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH016.jpg)
Supporting the Municipality of Rachaiya El Foukhar Through the Provision of Efficient Street Lighting.
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.
Status Ongoing
![Providing Equipment to Arc En Ciel in Response to the 2019 Latest Wildfire](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH015.jpg)
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Providing Equipment to Arc En Ciel in Response to the 2019 Latest Wildfires
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.
Status Ongoing
![Emergency Response to Damour Wildfires](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH014.jpg)
![Emergency Response to Damour Wildfires](https://csplebanon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STH014.jpg)
Emergency Response to Damour Wildfires
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.
Status Ongoing