Post-Disaster Recovery

in Karantina
MESIL-Group 8

Leonard IIka, Amal Tarhini, Rayya Hamad, Lujain Abdel Qader

 Table of
Contents

01 02 03
Empathy
04 05
Location Stakeholders Community
DPSIR
Mapping Map
Diagram

06 07 08 09
Theory of Our Vision Reflection References
Change

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 01 Location

Karantina,
Lebanon
A low-income district situated nearby the
port of Beirut. This area, while industrial in
nature with all of its’ factories & import
offices, features residential areas with
diverse users. While surrounded by busy,
cultural districts & streets, it is also at the
same time, isolated; socially & physically
through development restrictions & the
existence of a highway that acts as a
divide.

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 Proximity to
Explosion

Port of Beirut Karantina

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 Sustainable
development
Goals

Port of Beirut Karantina

In danger:
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 02 Stakeholders

Residents

Physical
Institutions
Space
Community
Karantina

External
Companies Associations Stakeholders

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 Syrian Nusaned
South Asian Palestina
Kurdish Build it Green The Beirut Mechanics Livestock
Armenian Municipality shops
Nationalities Lebanon Associations Fruit shops
Bedouins Industrial
UNICEF Offre-Joie
Employed Animal
Greek Catalytic Action Slaughterhouse
Child laborers Workers Orthodox Hospital
Business Fire Brigade
Owners
Work Residents Religion Sunni Local
Ramco Businesses Companies Army
Christian Port
Housemaids Fishermen Warehouse
Unemployed Muslim Container homes
Factories
Resident Buildings Corporate
Parents Elderly Freight Comp. Forum De
People Buildings Warehouses
Beyrouth
Youth Abandoned Commercial
Adults
Arch. Offices
Homeless Buildings & Lots
Kids Clubs Real Est.
BO18
Park Physical The Linor Highway
The Sahabi Mosque Space The Naameh Landfill Business people
Fire Brigade Scrapyard Government
Green Space Neighborhood
Water Tower Companies External
Institutions Customs
Streets & Alleyways Urban Stakeholder
Hospital Playground nightlife s
Arab Al Maslakh block
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Fish Market

Adults
Children rely on adults for basic
needs, education, health etc. Our
aim is to include adults in
income generating activities in
order for their funds to be self-
sufficient/to provide for children
in the area
Youth & Children
We aim to target the well-being
of children & young adults due
to this user being the most
vulnerable & also the one with
most potential for future
change.
Our Focus
Associations
With the help of associations
like certain NGOs in the area, our
interventions can come to light.
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 03 Empathy
Mapping

Associations Youth & Adults

Children

Profile Perspective Obstacles Needs

Actions Feedback Goals Fear

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04 Community
Map

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 05 DPSIR
Diagram

Driver: Pressures: State: Impact: Response:

No proper educational -Unemployment -Lack of -Adult residents Provide good quality

facilities in area -Criminal activity environmental -Youth & children education.
-Discrimination awareness -Future generations
-Unhealthy lifestyles -High rates of
-Lack of self- unemployment
expression -Social tensions
-Explotation/Child -Child labor
labor -Criminal activity
-Less career -Insufficient funds for
opportunities basic needs
-Instability (economic, -High rates of
living conditions) homelessness
-Isolation -More than 50% of
-Psychological school-age children
frustration are out of school
-No motivation for -Poor living conditions
self-betterment -Less job
opportunities

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Problem: Key Audience: Entry Points: Key Steps: Measurable Wider Benefits:
Effect:
Youth & Children -Using existing -Identify suitable -Community spirit
[Ages: 6-18] workshops places to set up Better is enhanced
[Catalytic Action] work Interaction -Reduced
-Organizing the inequalities
-Learn-&-Play within social Long Term Goal:
role of the -Peace & stronger
activities groups
community relationships
-Awareness -Use art as a Everyone in
Campaigns driving Karantina can
Key Assumptions: Key Assumptions: - Distributing force/marketing learn, grow, and
Manuals scheme (ie get ahead,
No proper Most vulnerable -Using existing posters, graffiti) Measurable Wider Benefits:
educational residents. regardless of
playground -Identifying Effect:
facilities provided race, gender,
[Karantina Park] associations to -More employment
in area. partner with ethnicity, or
Passion for opportunities family income.
-Recruit volunteers -Income is generated
knowledge
-Open a charity -Mortality increases
fund/Grantee

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Theory of Change
support Self-betterment

Better grades
-Crime rates decrease
-Poverty decreases

Key Assumptions: Key Assumptions: Key Assumptions: Key Assumptions: Stakeholders:

[Our Community Challenge] Most obvious Studies show that -Adults
Child-friendly Social tensions, effects education reduces -Youth & Children
approach, reaches lack of Students/ crime rates, -Associations
a wide audience communication Education changes poverty & reaps
within community community benefits
behavior / mentioned.
engagement
 Addressed
Issues

Addressed Issues:
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07 Our Vision

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Our Vision

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 08 Reflection

What is our
strategy?

Why Youth &

Children?

Why focus on Which questions

education?
do you need to
ask now?

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Appendix

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Profile: Associations Perspective:
● Build it Green Lebanon ● Children need mental-health + educational support +
● UNICEF basic necessities
● Victims of blast need medical support
● Catalytic Action ● Physical spaces need reconstruction/restoration
● Offre-joie ● Infrastructure repair
● The Beirut Municipality ● Adults need financial + mental health support + basic
● UNDP necessities
● Area needs access to clean water
● The Chain Effect Associations ● Area needs public/green spaces
● Recycle Lebanon ● Institutions need rehabilitation
● Urban Pins ● Local economy needs to be boosted
● Tandem Works ● Community needs to be unified

Actions Feedback
● Created a fundraiser for victims ● Playground offers fun/interactive space for children
● Mobilized medical resources ● Playground has distinctive features/can be located from afar
● Reconstruction of physical spaces ● Parents are able to overlook over their children in playground
● Offered emergency funds ● Community satisfied with overall design
● Offered health & nutrition supplies ● Social tensions still present
● Established child-friendly spaces ● Workshops help residents express anxieties
● Offered psychological first aid ● Food parcels, hygiene kits and funds helped displaced families
● Rehabilitating schools around area ● Houses were rebuilt - still in progress
● Created income generation opportunities for youth ● Fire brigade in the process of being rebuilt
● Rebuilding health-care centers ● Church rebuilt, christian community satisfied
● Providing counselling sessions on child care ● Children received proper nutritional supplies
● Installation of water tanks/connections ● Caregivers are given proper counselling
● Hire local workers/purchase local materials ● Inadequate water supply
● Enhance skill-sets of officers, teachers, workers and city ● Inadequate income gen. activities
council staff ● Inadequate financial support
Obstacles Needs
● Inaccessible areas
● Cooperative community
● Recruitment
● Proper funds
● Child labor
● Proper promotion
● Unsafe areas ● Proper management/volunteers/staff/experts
● Poor infrastructure ● Good relationship with beneficiaries
● Land use problems ● Good relationship with donors
● Economic crisis ● A good understanding of the context
● Lack of funds
● Proper physical space to set up work
● Social tensions Associations ● Legal support
● Congestion & pollution
● “Generator Mafia”
● Harsh political climate
● Uncooperative adults/youth
● Uncooperative governmental organizations

Goals Fears
● Provide emergency assistance
● Provide income ● Lack of maintenance
● Boost the local economy ● Absence of networking
● Encourage collab. between diverse groups ● Having a limited supply of finances
● Create participatory programs to bring people ● Low levels of self-sustainability
together ● Having a limited institutional capacity
● Create safe spaces ● Having limited management expertise
● Create child friendly spaces ● Lack of coordination/communication
● Sustainable reconstruction ● Lack of proper physical spaces
● Supporting small businesses ● Lack of proper understanding of context
● Provide access to sanitation & food ● Social tensions
● Relieve victims from anxieties/fears ● Lack of trust between organization & donors
● Reurbanization of public spaces ● Lack of proper promotion
● Assisting with house appliances/furniture ● Political and economic instability
● Repair or rebuild physical spaces
Profile: Youth & Children Perspective:
● Age range: 6-18 ● poor education
● Nationalities: Armenian, Kurdish, ● poverty
● low income
Bedoiun, Palestinian, Syrian ● low wage jobs/ unemployment
● Financial backgrounds: Low-income ● homelessness
● Educational level: Little to none ● criminal career
● displacement from the area
● Tight-knit community
Youth & Children ● Difficult upbringing
● Basic necessities not being met
● Witnesses abuse

Actions Feedback
● Playing/ Hanging out on ● get off the streets
streets/parks/playground/soccer place ● don't do anything stupid
● meeting with friends ● better learn something
● learning ● start earning money
● traveling to school ● stay safe
● staying at home ● dont play/hang out in certain (unsafe) areas
● go to school
● dont stay with them (different religion maybe/
friendship not approved)
Obstacles Needs
● child labour ● support in all walks of life
● abusive home ● somebody who listens / tutoring
● unsafe areas ● protection
● social tensions ● money
● poor education system/ schools are outside ● Safe playgrounds
● parents & government not active ● Better quality of life
● child poverty ● Better nutrition
● no perspective ● Access to water/basic needs
● playing areas in bad condition Youth & Children ● *see goals*
● pollution
● No access to basic needs
● Poor sanitation
● Eviction

Goals Fears
● provide a perspective ● failing the future generation
● provide future jobs ● no perspective and future in life or in karantina
● a better education ● Abuse
● better/ more playing areas ● Unsafe areas causing harm
● safer homes ● Social tensions growing
● safe places ● Political climate causing harm
● protection against external negative influences ● Inability to find proper careers with current education
● Inability to find proper education
Profile: Adults
● Age range: 18-55
● Nationalities:Armenian, Kurdish, Bedoiun,
Palestinian, Syrian, South Asian
● Financial backgrounds: Low-Middle Class
● Religious backgrounds: Muslim/Christian
● Occupations: Fishermen, Factory workers, Fruit
shop workers, Local business owners,
Housemaids, Mechanics, Livestock workers
Adults
Perspective:
● Area unable to accommodate basic needs
● Little to no job opportunities in area
● Children are potentially in danger
● Tight knit community (social connections)
● Gender-based violence
● Unstable political climate
● Religious differences
● Uncomfortable with the night-club scene in area
● Possible eviction/Homelessness
● Living space too crowded/congested
● Witnessing pollution
● No proper parking spots

Actions Feedback
● Balconies & streets used as social gathering spaces ● Not doing enough to generate income
● Partaking in community development ● Tight knit community
● Working at the port ● The “Outsiders” of Beirut
● Working at the factories ● Friendly/open towards people outside of Karantina
● Working in other areas beside Karantina ● Stubborn
● Owning local shops/Importing ● Bad business
● Using religious buildings for worship ● Religious intolerance/prejudice
● Using containers as living space ● Put children in dangerous spaces
● Being excluded due to religious differences ● Hard Workers
● Gender-based violence ● Are willing to develop community
Obstacles Needs
● Generator mafia ● Basic needs
● Little to no job opportunities/unemployment ● Proper access to water
● Gender based violence ● Stable income
● Political and economic instability ● Stable electricity
● Potential criminal activity taking place ● Stable living conditions
● Waste disposals ● Removal of waste/pollution
● Factory smoke ● Safe spaces for children
● Trucks causing congestion ● Political/economic stability
● Shortage in water Adults
● Social exclusion
● Unsafe living spaces

Goals
● Bettering the community
● Maintaining business/stability
● Providing for children
● Self-sufficient income
● Finding better education for children
● Finding better playground spaces for children
● Being provided with proper access to water
● Being provided with proper access to electricity
● Being provided with proper nutrition
● Maintaining the buildings in Karantina
Fears
● Improper food/water
● Forced eviction
● No job opportunities/source of income
● Dangerous spaces for children
● Inability to provide needs for children
● Political instability
● Gentrification raising prices
● Night club scene intruding
● Social tensions/Gender based violence
 Community
Features
The streets: A social space & a playground

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 Community
Features
Community Expression Through Art

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 Community
Features
Existing Children-Oriented Workshops

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 Community
Features
The Existing ‘Karantina Park’

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 Community
Features
No Proper Educational Facilities

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 Community
Features
Child Labor

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 Community
Features
Poverty

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 Community
Features
Social Tensions

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 First Steps
Awareness Campaigns

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 First Steps
Learn-&-Play Activities

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 First Steps
Educational Workshops

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