Though some members of the Armenian community — like many young Lebanese — have emigrated in recent years because of the economic crisis, the older generation is bent on staying. This explosion has given the Fratelli Project the opportunity to collaborate with a third congregation in its direct interventions. There have also been cases of former students, at least one of whom died on 4 August 2020. Fratelli as an inter-congregational project remains open to collaboration with other religious institutes. According to LBCI, a local television channel, one of the proposed measures is to again expand the Bourj Hammoud/Jdeideh landfill and temporarily extend its life expectancy. Shop signs in the area are often in Armenian, residents use their own dialect, and the elderly often speak halting Arabic. Last year, garbage piled up on streets in northern Lebanon after an unregulated dumpsite was closed without an environmentally sound alternative. The Provincial of the Mediterranean Province of the Jesuit Fathers (Malta, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria), during one of his visits to us, was keen to encourage this initiative and hoped that it would be extended to areas other than ongoing humanitarian action. The products were distributed to the families concerned. Finally, we entrust to your humble prayers the rest of the souls of the victims of the explosion of August 4th in Beirut. From Sacred Heart High School, I went to Saint Vincent de Paul School located in the northern suburbs of Beirut in the Bourj Hammoud (B.H) neighbourhood. Fortunately, of the six Brothers living in the community the day before, two took the plane during the night for holidays in Egypt and Mexico, the other two left in the afternoon to spend the summer in the mountains. Help us continue to fight human rights abuses. Earlier this summer, garbage again filled the streets of Beirut and surrounding areas. The first day after the explosion, we took the time to try to understand what really happened. Above all, let us pray for the survivors so that they may regain strength and courage to rebuild their community life by relying on God and his many witnesses of Fraternity in this part of the Middle East, which is very sensitive to the question of religions. In conclusion, after this double explosion in Beirut which, according to the latest news, has left nearly 200 dead and more than 6500 injured, the challenge for the Fratelli Project is to get a little closer to the Lebanese people and to be able to respond to their needs due to the economic crisis and growing poverty in the country. Meanwhile, and at the worst possible time, the Bourj Hammoud/Jdeideh Landfill – one of two principal landfills servicing Beirut – is scheduled to shut down this month after reaching its maximum capacity. The government had promised to publish it within four days; we are still waiting for these results as we are starting the month of September. Three times a week, AGBU distributes a total of 1,500 meals in the Bourj Hammoud and Mar Mikhail neighbourhoods, Ghazarian said. "It will pass. Since then, the government has continued to rely – with limited success – on similar stopgap measures. In solidarity with all these families, Fratelli has offered a food package consisting of various foodstuffs for each family. is housed on the fourth floor. After a stop at the Directorate of General Security where I was able to collect my new resident permit, I returned to the community in Rmeileh shortly before 6 pm local time. "Hopefully they will come next week and do all the repairs," said the head of the institution, which also relies on non-governmental organisations to feed its 119 residents. Please give now to support our work, Beirut Blast Damaged Country’s Waste Management Infrastructure. E.g. All this, without forgetting our target, which is the Syrian and Iraqi refugees, were the subjects of our open-ended discussion that morning in Beirut. Three times a week, AGBU distributes a total of 1,500 meals in the Bourj Hammoud and Mar Mikhail neighbourhoods, Ghazarian said. The shards of glass had injured some members of the High school security. Additionally, the blast severely damaged two key sorting, recycling, and composting facilities in Karantina and Bourj Hammoud, as well as waste collection vehicles. We also visited the school of the Sacred Heart Brothers in Gemmayze. With Beirut's hospitals overwhelmed, she had to wait a whole day for someone to dress her wounds. Minister of Interior Mohammad Fahmi asserted on Wednesday that investigations in the explosion that took place at the Beirut port will be transparent and will take 5 days. Beirut’s port explosion, which killed 212 people and obliterated large parts of the city on August 4, has put additional strains on Lebanon’s already compromised ability to manage its waste. This was to gather the needs expressed and analyse them in order to initiate actions in connection with these direct actors on the ground with the victims. All Rights Reserved.Powered By: AccuSolutions Web Development & Mobile Applications. At a home for the elderly in Bourj Hammoud, ... there is the place where he found his wife Liza, who died in the explosion. The persistent difficulties linked to the fall of the Lebanese pound (the local currency) against the US dollar, the contribution and involvement of Fratelli with transparency in this difficult context, how to continue to support disadvantaged Lebanese families in this crisis that is still lasting. The August 4 blast at Beirut's Port killed more than 190 people, injured thousands and ravaged dwellings in large parts of the capital. Relatives in the United States have urged her to emigrate, but she is not interested. The most affected of the three was the Sacred Heart High School, which one had lost almost everything, as it was located near the harbour of Beirut. Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. In areas around the port, the explosion dealt a further blow to households already reeling from Lebanon's worst economic crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war.