Health for Lebanon
1for3-Lebanon
1for3 is excited to expand our work and plant seeds of hope in South Lebanon. The unfortunate yet common themes of war, occupation, and repeated displacement make our expansion into Lebanon a natural next step. Our successful experience in Palestine despite the major disruptions and conflict there has given us the confidence to start our work in South Lebanon. We chose this area for a number of reasons, primarily because the people of South Lebanon have asked us to. Our base is in Marjayoun close to the Israeli border. The people in the surrounding villages are religiously mixed, covering the main Lebanese sects. Our work is currently focused in Qlaya’a, Burj el Mulouk, Marjayoun, Dibbin, Blat, Bwaydah, and Ibl el Saqi. Our support means that the locals can remain steadfast in their resistance on their land and most importantly not become refugees. We support the local villagers in 3 ways: Health, Education, and the Environment.
Health 4 Lebanon: H4L
Our community health workers (CHW) make home visits focusing on chronic diseases that are endemic in the south; Diabetes and Cardiovascular health. They also cover women’s health as well as psychosocial trauma, especially with children and teens.
Education
1for3-Lebanon runs an entrepreneurship educational program for 3 high schools through an affiliation with Babson College; U.S. News & World Report continues to rank us #1 College in the US for Entrepreneurship. Ph
Seven teachers, trained by Babson College are learning the skills to teach Bac 1 & 2 about entrepreneurship. Hopefully this will have a long-term ripple effect to provide the youth with some tools to remain or return and be steadfast in the south.
Environment
With experts and volunteers in Environmental Science, we are assisting local farmers with their environmental needs. Their lands, which support their livelihoods and well-being have been subjected to repeated shelling and illegal use of phosphorous bombs. The contamination of water and soil has numerous, untold short and long-term effects, but we will assist in these remediation efforts and support. A pilot program which addresses the above by focusing on research in collaboration with Lebanese Agricultural Research Institute, and assist local farmers in planting unfarmed lands to support the H4L program by providing nutritious foods plus to help the many farmers who are unable to reach their lands due to security or contamination issues.
