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Installing Urban Rooftop Gardens in Nahr El Bared, Lebanon

by Anera

November 11, 2022

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Anera launched our urban rooftop gardens first in Gaza, Palestine. Because of our success, Anera chose to transfer this experiment to the Nahr El Bared camp in northern Lebanon.

With funding and support from UNICEF, we started with theoretical training. Then we supplied tools for practical training with professionals. The project includes 50 rooftop urban gardens.

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