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Tribute to minesweeper Belgian Stefaan Vanpetghem

two poets (one Lebanese and one Belgian) team up to make a Tribute to the Adjutant Stefaan Vanpeteghem fell in the hills of southern Lebanon with his life for our children and their Lebanese parents can continue to reap the olive groves safe.

Under the sky of the Cedars of Lebanon

Sun cedars seemed unreal
For the omens were sacrificial
But the sky blue heaven stooped
Welcoming the peak of an unusual
Anxious Knight walked into the duel
A Wealth (2) the expected ceremonial

The contention was not a land of culture
Just a grazing field
Lost in the hills of South Lebanon
which Fate had placed the trap delaying
Preux Minesweeper seen the hellish
S 'bowed before the goddess of evil
Dumped by rogue meteor
Placed there as offering innocent


The explosion feared, the wave furibarde
claimed the grim reaper (3) Judgement
time hours
Cuts Over reluctantly
Concha Minesweeper
Fallen the field of honor
In vain Earth Peace
"Your sacrifice is vain man of peace"


(1). Amateur poem in honor of the Adjutant Minesweeper Stefan Vanpeleghem member of the detachment of the Belgian UN force in southern Lebanon. Fallen Worship, 3 September 2008 1225 hrs 3 km from the Israeli border town of Ajt
Arun (2) type of M77 submunition Israeli manufacture.
(3) mythical character: Death represented by a skeleton with a sickle. "
Emile Tomboy

September 22, 2008


"When love beckons to you follow the.
Though his ways are hard and steep.
And when his wings enfold you yield to him.
Though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you.

And when he speaks to you believe in him.
While his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste your gardens.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you.

(Canna cave in southern Lebanon)

Just as it makes you grow, your pruning. Similarly
he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself.

He beats you to make you naked.
He sifts you to free you from your husks.
He grinds you to whiteness.
He kneads you until you are pliant.
And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast. "

Khalil Gibran
The deminer
Stefaan Vanpeteghem comes from the Department removal and destruction of explosive devices (ETS) Poelkapelle. It was part of the Belgian detachment BELUFIL VI in Lebanon. Fallen Worship, 3 September 2008 1225 hrs 3 km from the Israeli border town of Ajt Arun
Demining is one of the main tasks of the Belgian detachment. Since the arrival of Belgian miners in 2006, about 14,000 unexploded ordnance have been dismantled.
(NCC Brigadier General Michel WOUTERS and Colonel Dany De Wolf corps commander BELUFIL VI)

few days ago I shared a meal at home with Warrant Vanpeteghem, we prepare a program to support municipalities to work on cleaning up bombs inaccessible to demining NGOs. You should know that uses Belufil whenever a bomb is deeply buried (sometimes to eight meters deep).


(Partner HAMAP stop landmines, I just pay tribute to Stefan)

Stefaan intervened that day alone, his colleagues and two teams, one of protection and other medical remained at a distance. The submunition, type M-77 and Israeli construction has exploded during handling.
To continue reading the article, see
BELUFIL: Tribute to Ibrahim El Ali Belgian Luxembourg contingent of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL.

Or http://fondation-elali.blogspot.com/2007/07/hommage-ladjudant-eric-lalloyeau-le.html

ibrahim.el.ali @ gmail.com

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Ten projects we want to achieve in Lebanon throughout 2008-2009 ...... 1Reboisement olive

Lebanon for its friendly environment

1-Reforestation of 40,000 Olives

2-Build the capacity of the actions of firefighters Lebanon

3-awareness campaign to seismic risks in schools and training of civil defense

4-Detection and clearance of cluster munitions and awareness of population

5-cleaning rivers and awareness

6-Station sewage treatment for the hospital and the town of Tibnin

7-Support municipalities to treat waste

8-Awareness Environmental Protection Lebanon

9-Focus on Sustainable Development and Environment in Lebanon

10-Marine Protected Areas in Lebanon

1 - Reforestation of 40,000 Olives



Main objective The project objective is to replant olive trees in southern Lebanon, mostly in villages south of the Litani River.

This reforestation will essentially allow people to regain their lost income or because of war or because of the different forest fires that have hit small farms:

Small family farms have suffered the most forest fires

- which the fight against hunger and sustainable manner;
- to protect the environment by planting trees at first, but especially in promoting biodiversity;
- to contribute to sustainable development;
- to accompany a project of the UNIFIL and the French Development Agency to install 4 mills presses olive oil;
- for a Campaign many larger planting one million olive trees throughout Lebanon, the first campaign designed to serve as a model. Sensitizing the various countries of UNIFIL Italy, France, Spain, Turkey, Portugal, Mediterranean and World concentrating production of olive cultivation and using the technical infrastructure of UNIFIL to carry out this project term.

Specific objectives
Reforest 40,000 olive trees in 50 villages, with 1000 olive trees per village for villages above 5000 population of 500 trees
And for smaller villages.

Awareness of reforestation with UNIFIL, Mayors, religious leaders, teachers and NGOs

A rate of 3 trees per family or 13 333 families, the olive being a certain size, it is hoped that after 2 years the operator may benefit from resources provided by the olive tree.

100,000 people are directly or indirectly by this project, small manufacturing units of olive oil or soap in the first place, this project is a lever for development development in this poor region completely industry.

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2-3 Strengthen Firefighters and awareness campaign in Lebanon seismic

2 - Strengthening the capacity of the actions of firefighters Lebanon

This file is intended for reinforcement of the capacities of Firefighters from Lebanon, the fight against forest fires in framework of environmental protection and civil defense.

This program comes with a donation of equipment (10 fire trucks, ambulances, and equipment) in France recovered, refurbished and delivered to Lebanon.

training and team organization Lebanese firefighters will be issued for both the use of equipment, in a program to fight against forest fires and first aid training of emergency fire civil or traffic accident.

here Youth Volunteer Fire Tyre

3 - Awareness Campaign to seismic risks in schools and training of civil defense.

Mawassem Khair (Harvest charity) partner of the association "FIRE IN INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY", which has a practical international experience of many years in many countries is able to initiate a program of awareness and training of the Lebanese population.

simulator for earthquake awareness

The training of volunteers and Khair Mawassem rescue will sustain the actions.

More than 800 small earthquakes have been reported since February 2008, some of which have reached 3.5 at the Richter scale.
Experts predict a major earthquake whose epicenter was in southern Lebanon, and this is the first time in 40 years seismic activity such as frequency of earthquakes is observed.

Train Emergency Earthquake important

After political instability, massive bombing of the war, Widespread pollution, forest fires have destroyed more than 20% of the green landscape in Lebanon, Nahr al-Bared after, blocking massive demonstrations across the country, the mini civil war after the economic crisis facing the major Lebanon, here we we must prepare for a major earthquake.

The objective is to develop a culture of seismic risk in the school environment and to rely on children to spread this education within families. Children should know the risk, its origins and its manifestations to be prepared to confront, both physically and mentally.

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4-5 Detection and remediation of cluster bombs and cleaning of rivers in Lebanon

4-detection and clearance of cluster munitions and awareness of population

This file is intended for emergency clearance of cluster munitions located in residential areas, or small farm, or local municipalities.

here we tranquillisons people and take away a bomb in a tobacco field.

professionalism of the demining NGO HAMAP partner Mawassem Khair (Harvest charity), our knowledge of the terrain and conditions clearance, we will provide substantial assistance to revive a region trapped by these deadly devices.

This file is intended for emergency clearance of cluster munitions located in residential areas, and small farms, or local municipalities.

the midst of olive groves, in private gardens, we remove the weapons of death

This project is intended only to detect areas of emergency and to dispose of bombs. Then with HAMAP Training we will launch an awareness program with the public, schools and train local deminers.

5 - Cleaning of rivers and awareness

This file is intended to conduct an intensive and active cleaning of rivers and water resources development in Lebanon.

This campaign will be exercised over the 5 major rivers in Lebanon, with an awareness campaign among the population Industrialists and farmers' main sources of water pollution.

here in the southern suburbs of Beirut, plastic bags, industrial and agricultural waste into the sea eventually all

An assessment of the biodiversity of rivers will be made six months before work then a year after cleaning with students biologists from the University of Beirut, and with HAMAP We will determine the list of engineering projects to propose to the players to keep our resources in a proper state.

a campaign to raise awareness and intelligent solutions to the population are urgently

After an active campaign of cleaning and information, an inventory on all of Lebanon will be made, accompanied by media campaigns, and videos which will be distributed to schools and secondary schools.

Water there anywhere in Lebanon by an underground river, what is the nitrate levels? how to make it drinkable?

University biology geology, geography, Beirut will be our preferred partners to protect biodiversity in Lebanon, and restore drinking water to citizens.

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6-7-8 Sewerage treatment waste, awareness

6 - Water treatment plant wastewater for the hospital and the town of Tibnin

This file is intended to build a WWTP Wastewater Tibnine hospital in southern Lebanon,

This project will significantly improve the condition of the people nearby,

following a sewage wastewater to the hospital Kobayat HAMAP built by our partners, example to be emulated across

The hospital will give an image of commitment to improving environmental conditions by stopping the infiltration of wastewater into the groundwater table.

And the station can receive Wastewater UNIFIL barracks and the town of Tibnin.
Finally, the treated water will be re-used for irrigation of surrounding farmland.
This project will serve as a model to encourage other municipalities and agencies, hospitals, large corporations to treat wastewater locally particularly in the cities along the coast, instead of hoping for major state projects in Lebanon inappropriate.

you imagine that even the sanitary waste of the 14000 soldiers of the UNIFIL end up in septic tanks polluting open Bible and our mountains the tablecloths tables of Lebanon, do not he do something?

Mobilizing actors and create a true synergy of sustainable development in Lebanon

7 - Support to municipalities for household waste disposal

The first concern of this project is to organize effectively removing and treatment of household solid waste policy in all municipalities in Lebanon.

Here is how you collect the garbage in our villages

Here a sorting garbage off operation for lack of funding, we must know that the municipalities in Lebanon are difficult to budget allocated by state, then the taxes are very difficult to implement.

Or the garbage end up polluting our mountains or on the right picture, junk heaps on the water source of Tyre sources of Ras el Ain, sometimes known as the Solomon Basin

This project will start again this processing unit waste and use it as a showcase for other municipalities to form and create synergies between them to find solutions to environmental problems caused by such waste. Until one day we turn into wealth that everyone calls waste.

must operate which are already, and requires little funding, all the world powers prefer new projects that generate more funding, you guess why?

Here, a unit of sorting and incineration of waste and lack of means, the waste is burned the sky.

8 - Raising awareness of environmental protection in Lebanon

This file is intended to conduct an intensive and active awareness of issues related to protection of the environment in Lebanon. Media campaign with posters, local and international press, garbage collection with students and Boy Scouts, information at the edges of beaches and rivers.

awareness campaign to protect the environment and garbage collection

List all the problems raised by the mayors and create synergies between local French and Lebanese, and be the inventory level waste treatment, wastewater, various forms of pollution, nitrate, CO2, promote information campaigns on renewable energy.