A new intervention to assist and support the Palestinian refugee population in camps in Lebanon to cope with the Covid-19 emergency has begun. With the project "Emergency Covid-19 in Palestinian camps in Lebanon", financed by Fons Català de Cooperaciò al Desenvolupament, between December 2020 for two months will guarantee support to the educational centres of the local organisation Beit Aftal Assumoud, a long-standing partner of Un Ponte Per in the camps of Nahr el Bared and Beddawi (North Tripoli), Wavel (Baalbeck), Shatila and Bourj al Barajneh (Beirut), Ain el Helwe (Saida), El Buss and Bourj el Shemali (Tyre).
Among the main activities planned: the distribution of 1260 hygiene kits, personal protective equipment (sanitising gel, washable masks) to childrenə attending school centres in Beit Aftal Assumoud, which will in turn be equipped with 130 plastic panels to be fixed on the desks to ensure physical separation, and thus allow studentsə to return to the classroom.
In order to facilitate the circular return of funds and to ensure support for the women in the camps as well, 1,700 reusable masks will be produced by the Shatila camp sewing group, while teaching staff will be provided with 145 transparent plastic masks to enable childrenə to follow lessons more easily.
