We operate in Libya since 2019 with a coordination office in Tripoli, delivering humanitarian assistance and implementing development projects. We support the most vulnerable groups through actions aimed at strengthening the civil society, guaranteeing access to basic needs and the respect of human rights through the establishment of a solid operational footprint across the key regions of the country: Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan and recently Bengasi.

Context

More than a decade after the revolution, Libya is still experiencing a situation of crisis with profound political, social, economic and humanitarian consequences – the latter mostly in urban areas. The conflict has caused considerable damage to infrastructure and drastically reduced access to basic services and income for the population, further worsening the conditions of the groups living with limited resources.

Moreover, the hostilities have induced hundreds of thousands to be internally displaced. The major needs are therefore in protection and access to essential services, with the vulnerable groups, which include refugees and migrants, that face additional challenges also in terms of discrimination and violation of human rights.

Our intervention

We operate in Libya since 2019 with a coordination office in Tripoli, and our interventions span various sectors such as water and sanitation (WASH), healthcare, environment and sustainability, access to quality basic services and community empowerment by leveraging a multi-sectoral approach.

Through collaborative efforts with local partners and stakeholders, we enhance livelihoods, promote social inclusion, social cohesion and conflict prevention, fostering resilience among vulnerable populations. Being a complex and dynamic environment, we remain committed to upholding humanitarian principles and delivering effective, needs-based assistance to those affected by conflict, displacement, and socio-economic difficulties in Libya, thus striving to contribute to the sustainable development and well-being of communities across the country.

There are five ongoing projects in Lybia:

  • EQUAL – Enhancing Quality Access to Basic Services in southern Libya, which intervenes on WASH, Environment and Access to basic needs sectors and aims at upgrading basic services facilities, strengthening technical and managerial capacities of relevant basic service providers’ personnel and raising awareness on inclusive access to basic services among the targeted population.
  • OPLA: Ospedali Pediatrici Accessibili in Libia, which operates on the health sector andstrives for the improvementof the healthcare offer directed to minors, caregivers and patients with special needs; for ensuring access to psychosocial support for children and members of their families or communities during their stay at the hospital and for the enhancement of the exchange of techniques, skills and information between local helthcare and reference structures.
  • M-WISE Municipal Water Improvement, Sanitation and Environment: the project is focused on the WASH sector and aims at strengthening the solid waste management system in the Municipality of Al Baida, as well as its fecal Sludge Management System, while enhancing awareness on public health throughout targeted campaigns.
  • GAIA, an action that aims at increasing  the effectiveness and efficiency of the response to emergencies in the 8 target Municipalities,  enhancing access to essential WASH services (water systems, sewage systems and waste management) and the improvement the efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of social services in favor of the community.
  • FLOOD RESPONSE: an immediate and mid-term response to the flooding emergency of September 2023, through the distribution of hygiene kits.