Our playgrounds
Nahr el Bared, UN Refugee Camp in LebanonNahr el Bared, UN Refugee Camp in Lebanon
The Nahr el Bared Camp (NBC) was established in December 1949 by the League of Red Cross Societies in order to accommodate the Palestinian refugees suffering from the difficult winter conditions in the Beqa’a valley and the suburbs of Tripoli. Located 16km from the city of Tripoli and occupying an area of about 20 km2, some 31,000 displaced Palestinians and their descendents live in and around the camp, named after the river that runs south of the camp.
On 20th May 2006, fierce clashes erupted between armed members of the radical group Fatah Al Islam (FAI) and the Lebanese Army in Tripoli in northern Lebanon. These quickly spread to the nearby Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el Bared (NBC), causing more than 300 deaths. The camp was decimated and became uninhabitable. The human, economic and political consequences of this conflict are severe.
The "new" Nahr el Bared camp was set up to accommodate the refugees of the refugee camp and is in great need of help. PfP has partnered with ANERA and MECA to provide children in this impoverished camp with a safe and fun place to play. A donation to ANERA from the family of the late Mazen Afifi made it possible to establish a park where our playground could be installed.Click on a thumbnail below to see a larger version of the image
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