Durable Qaddura – Renovating Waste Management and a Public Park in the Qaddura Refugee Camp
Ramallah
Mayor
Issa Kasis
Start of Project
01/01/2023
End of Project
to be confirmed
Website
Overview
The Municipality of Ramallah commits to upgrading Qaddura Refugee Camp’s solid waste management system, rehabilitating its public park, and launching an awareness campaign about environmental stewardship for families living in the camp.
Ramallah will overhaul Qaddura Camp’s outdated and unreliable solid waste management system, which currently poses public health risks and contributes to environmental degradation in the camp. The municipality will conduct a survey of camp residents to identify their needs, replace the camp’s waste collection vehicle, and install new garbage and recycling bins. As part of this reform, Ramallah will implement an awareness campaign to teach children living in the camp about environmental stewardship and proper waste disposal.
In addition to waste management reform, Ramallah will refurbish a popular recreational park in Qaddura. Ramallah Municipality will redevelop the park into an age-responsive and gender-inclusive public space for children and their caregivers to play and rest. The park will also help protect Qaddura and its residents from the impacts of climate change.
Ramallah’s project will be implemented in partnership with refugee leaders from Qaddura, ensuring that the reforms create a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for all residents. This project is supported by the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees.
Expected Impact
Ramallah Municipality’s project will enhance sanitation, public health, and well-being for refugees living in Qaddura Camp.
Reforms to the camp’s waste management system will prevent solid waste accumulation and littering, reducing the spread of disease and air and water pollution.
Ramallah’s awareness-raising campaign will help ensure the sustainability of good sanitation and waste disposal practices, fostering a spirit of environmental stewardship among camp residents, especially children.
Qaddura’s rehabilitated park will promote healthy child development and support the well-being of caregivers. The park’s recreational areas will provide children with opportunities to practice social, emotional, and physical skills through play while offering their caregivers space to rest and socialize.
As a green space, the park will also help protect Qaddura and its residents from the impacts of climate change: the park’s vegetation, shaded areas, and other climate-smart infrastructure will help mitigate extreme heat and flooding.
With this commitment, Ramallah Municipality will work hand-in-hand with the Qaddura Refugee Camp committee to improve the quality of life in the camp, and to make it a safer, greener, cleaner, and more welcoming place for children and their caregivers to learn, play, and grow.
Priority Objectives
Minimising the drivers of forced displacement, including climate change and environmental drivers
Protecting those most vulnerable
Providing access to urban infrastructure, social services, and education,
regardless of status
“Thanks to the support of the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees, the City of Ramallah will improve Qaddura Refugee Camp’s solid waste systems, rehabilitate the poorly developed recreational park, and promote awareness-building campaigns to develop the next generation of environmental stewards. This project will protect the public health of all living in the camp, especially our youngest new residents and future leaders: children.”