Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Construction project of irrigation canals

Kaa is a village located in the caza of Baalbeck, on the Lebanese Syrian frontier.
95% of the families live from agriculture, breeding…
This village is considered to be located in a region considered as a desert region.In this village where the people live from agriculture, water is an issue with great importance
For a long period of time and during the wars from 1975 till 1990, the water that came from the source of labboué was deviated and did not arrive to Kaa. This situation had catastrophic consequences on the people of Kaa who had to live in poverty.

Today, with the Israeli war on Lebanon, the canalizations in Kaa were destroyed and the harvest is totally spoiled.
Now the canalizations that were used to irrigate the land are in catastrophic situation.
The farmers tried to create passage for the water in their fields, this proved to be inefficient. In fact, the water is absorbed by the land, the irrigation is not intensive and the yield is low. Once again, the farmers found themselves in a situation of extreme poverty.
Due to this critical situation, l’ILDES is launching a project to construct irrigation canals. In fact, if the canals were built in cement, it will facilitate the watering and economize the water and allow the farmers to increase their output.This project is vital to the people of Kaa. As a result,they should not be affected by any minor incident and they have to be able to ensure their harvesting which is their primary source of income.
This project is expensive and the farmers are penniless…
The construction cost of 1000m of canalization is 38750$.
For further information on this project Contact us

For your donation:
I.L.D.E.S. (Aides d'urgences)
Account N. in $ 1-00137642
Account N. in € 1-00137643
Banque Libanaise pour le Commerce (BLC)
Jal El Dib Branch-Lebanon
SWIFT CODE: LICOLBBX

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RIB : 30004 00187 00010039291 10
IBAN : FR76 3000 4001 8700 0100 3929 110
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Holder of the account in Paris:
Developpement et Civilisations
LEBRET IRFED

Friday, September 15, 2006

Emergency call for help

"The Social Institution of the Sisters of Charity of Besançon" is located in Baskinta, caza of Metn, it shelters orphans and social cases in a free boarding school.
Its mission is to help destitute persons and to take care of children with social problems that were most frequently abandoned by their families.Since the beginning of the war in the 13th of July, this institution looks after 32 displaced families from the southern suburb of Beirut and from the Mohafazat of Nabatyé and South Lebanon.
Among them, there are sick persons, infants and old people.
With the cessation of the hostilities, some of them regain their homes… and others are waiting for the clearing of the rebel.
The Sisters of Charity and with the help of some volunteers took charge of the displaced people that had taken refuge in the center and provided them with food, clothes, bedding, medications….
Furthermore they took care of their educational needs and entertaining activities.
The Sister of Charity provided them with every item they had (food & none food items) so that they would reduce the suffering of the refugees and make their every day life more bearable.

In order to take good care of the displaced, the sisters of charity had to use up all their stocks: fuel and gas stock, food stock, medication stock…….
Furthermore, they had to buy on a regular basis fresh food and hygienic products.

Also they had to hospitalize some patients and they had to buy medication for patient with chronic disease, these medications were not found at the Red Cross.
These expenses were done without any hesitation and with the joy of easing the suffering of the displaced, but it have left them penniless…with the fear of not being able to open their doors this year.

In fact, the emergency aid that arrived to Lebanon during this war covered only food cans and a small part of their medications that was provided by the Red Cross.
The Sisters covered all other expenses, which the amount has reached 7500 euro.
This amount does not include the stocks or the costs of the reparations that have to be done in the center due to this situation.

Faced to that situation, ILDES launched a project to help the Social Institution of the Sisters of Charity in order to enables them to start their social Institution this year and to help them to persevere.
Indeed, they do not have any more reserves! No More stocks! No money!
This institute cannot remain without fuels, food and medication and with buildings to be repaired especially that it is located in the mountains.
It will be very difficult for them to open their doors for the orphans and children with social problems whom they shelter and whose majority live in the areas that were bombarded (chyah, Baabda, Ain El Remaneh…) and are coming from poor areas.
Today they have more than ever need to be surrounded!

For further information Contact us.

For your donation:
I.L.D.E.S. (Aides d'urgences)
Account N. in $ 1-00137642
Account N. in € 1-00137643
Banque Libanaise pour le Commerce (BLC)
Jal El Dib Branch-Lebanon
SWIFT CODE: LICOLBBX
Domiciliation PARIS PL MAUBERT (00187)
RIB : 30004 00187 00010039291 10
IBAN : FR76 3000 4001 8700 0100 3929 110
BIC : BNPAFRPPPRG

Holder of the account in Paris:
Developpement et Civilisations
LEBRET IRFED