The General Assembly Members visit  Al-Fukhari sanitary Landfill

On Thursday, January 31, 2019, the Joint Services Council for Solid Waste Management in the governorates of Khan Younis, Rafah and Middle Area organized a field visit to the Al-Fukhari (Sofa) Landfill. The 17 mayors, members of the council's general assembly, In these municipalities, invited to visit the site of Al-Fukhari (Sofa) Landfill in order to see the latest developments on the site and to know the achievements of the solid waste management project in the Gaza Strip to date.

Eng. Aladdin Al-Bata, Chairman of the Board welcomed the attendees and explained that the new landfill will be opened within the next few months as it is in the final stages of construction. In turn, Dr. Ali Barhoum, Executive Director of the Council, gave a detailed explanation of the components of the construction site. Tamer Abu al-Zomor, head of the landfill department of the Council, reviewed the activities carried out in the solid waste management project implemented by the Municipal Development and Lending Fund for the Council, financed by the World Bank, the French Development Agency and the European Union.

At the end of the visit, Eng. Enas Qandeel, "Public Information and Outreach Officer at JCS-KRM" mentioned the role of the Council in the follow-up of environmental and social management plans in the project and called for the need to unify awareness plans and community participation between municipalities and the Council to ensure broad community participation.