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التدريب العملي على ALF: دعوة مفتوحة للمشاركة! - الدورة الثانية
Vice Chairperson and senior Expert at Adyan Foundation- Lebanon. Former Director of the Institute of Citizenship and Diversity Management - Adyan Foundation (2015-2020). Tabbara holds a PhD in Science of Religions from Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne-Paris) and Saint...
Vice-présidente et experte à la Fondation Adyan - Liban. Nayla Tabbara est ancienne directrice de l'Institut de gestion de la citoyenneté et de la diversité - Fondation Adyan (2015-2020). Elle est titulaire d'un doctorat en sciences des religions de l'Ecole...
Beyrouth – Rue Clemenceau- Ecole des Filles de la Charité
Beirut
لبنان
- To help to create oasis of meetings between Lebanese youth and children, without any discrimination of regions or religions .
- To promote the value of the citizenship by direct engagement for the most disadvantaged people of the society through sustainable development projects.
- Summer camps.
- Reconstruction site (Prisons , Schools )
- Sustainable development (districts of misery )
- Seminars.
youth
Members of the ALF Lebanese Network participated in an online networking session on 21 December 2023 with Albanian and Danish members to discuss the joint challenges they face and to generate ideas for cooperation in addressing those challenges.
This session facilitated by the Coordinator of the Lebanese Network, was part of a series initiated by the Albanian Media Institute (HoN Albania) in collaboration with Our Common Future (HoN Luxembourg), Agir Ensemble (HoN Morocco) and the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO (HoN Lebanon. This initiative gathered approximately 50 network members, fostering collaboration between ALF network members across the North and South of the Mediterranean.
Discussions revealed that challenges faced by all countries were remarkably similar, marking a crucial step towards fostering synergies and joint actions. The thematic focus encompassed youth engagement, gender equality/gender-based violence, diversity and human rights, polarization and hate speech, along with media and information literacy.
Post-sessions, HoN in Albania initiated a call for proposals, encouraging participating members to apply and address the shared challenges identified during the discussions.
Mar Elias Street - Tallet el Khayat Building - 2nd floor
Beirut 1105
لبنان
PartnersLebanon, a member of the Partners Global network, was established in 2017 as registered nongovernmental organization. We infuse arts programming with conflict mediation tools to bridge cultural divides, re-inject the historical memory of heritage, and cultivate a sense of unity and belonging in Lebanese communities. By using arts as a tool for grassroots conflict management, PartnersLebanon promotes sustainable peace, especially among youth, so they may pass this sense of cohesion on to future generations.
VISION:
PartnersLebanon has a vision for a Lebanon where its diverse communities coexist in harmony and dignity with a shared sense of identity and belonging above all ideologies and beliefs; collaborating towards achieving and sustaining peace, prosperity and inclusion.
MISSION:
PartnersLebanon uses creativity to bridge divides; empower women and youth; and, promote sustainable development. Through our programming, we bring together different actors and diverse perspectives to connect on a deeper level through the transformative power of the arts for social change.
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https://www.partnersglobal.org/when-refugee-and-host-country-kids-sing-…
With Arts and Culture as our priority reinforcement approach, we recognize that our focus on individual relationships through music and personal well-being (such as mindfulness practices) is only part of a process of lasting social change. PartnersLebanon is committed to linking our programs with broader societal change initiatives that are focused on improving good governance and responsiveness to the needs of marginalized populations. We will connect with advocacy networks, such as the ALF Network in Lebanon, to ensure access to the stories and needs of our community constituents. We will also use the creative content and channels we develop in collaboration with like-minded peers to promote advocacy messages for long-term positive change in Lebanon.
PartnersLebanon's aims and objectives are in full agreement and alignment with those of the ALF Network members.
We constantly seek to collaborate with impactful change-makers, exchange knowledge and expertise promoting successful forms of narratives for peace; empowering and guiding youth towards creating positive change in our societies; mitigating social conflicts, bridging social divides created by the past decades of civil war in our country; and strengthening resiliency and determination against all levels of discrimination and social injustice.
We eagerly look forward to mutual productive engagements in the near future.
L'Usine Alita
Byblos 1401
لبنان
Our mission is to promote and expand a culture of peace and diversity throughout Lebanon, through recreational, cultural, educational and artistic activities. We believe that Lebanon has hardly tapped into its cultural and religious diversity because of its fragmentation. People boast about the country's diversity but do not know much about it. Through our activities, we encourage people to discover and explore cultural and religious differences, by becoming more mobile, curious and engaging. We aim at developing projects that expand and develop cross-communal, interfaith and intercultural dialogue and reconciliation. Peace Initiatives engages in activities that diffuse a peace culture and uphold and advance cultural and religious diversity. Our actions are mostly youth oriented. We believe that youth play a special role in the struggle against mistrust, prejudice, resentment and ignorance. We find it crucial to enable them to become irreplaceable actors in the maintenance and advancement of peace.
Education workshops and training for peace - Sawa 1, "Together for Peace in Time of War" (summer 2006). - Sawa 2, "Introduction to Peace and Diversity" (summer 2007). - Liqa'at lil-Tawasol (summer 2008), follow up activity to Sawa 2. - Peace Workouts (September 2010) - Training for Peace in collaboration with Aie Serve (winter 2010). - Lobbying for environmental projects, improvisational theatre, promoting self-confidence. - Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto Boal. - Conflict resolution. Cultural events - Introduction to theatrical improvisation on the theme of otherness. - Cineclub on the theme of “encounters”. - Exhibition on the theme "flowers and peace" Psychological support: - Support for a group of young volunteers engaged in relief operations (compassion / fatigue management). Advocacy: - Celebration of World Peace Day, film screening followed by an Iftar (September 21, 2007). - Commemoration of the outbreak of the Civil War: organizing the "Carrefour des associations - 33 years of commitment to peace" (April 13, 2008). - Participation in the International Fair for Peace Initiatives, Paris (spring 2008). Partnerships, collaboration, civic engagement: - With the library association Assabil for running a film club and a theatre workshop. - With the House of Franco-Palestinian Friendship (MAFPA) and the Jinishian Memorial Program for Sawa 2. - With Sustainable Democracy Center (SDC) as part of its project "Bridging National Solidarity". - Active participation in the campaign “Ou3a"(2007). - Participation in the march "Our unity is our salvation" organized by 50 Lebanese NGOs (April 13, 2008). - Active participation in the movement Khalass! (2007-2008) - Participated in the founding of the Arab Network for Non-Violence in Amman. - Organization of the World Social Forum with Lebanon’s Permanent Peace Movement and the support of Nova (Spain). - Partnership with the Permanent Peace Movement on their proposed Youth Council.
Jdaideh-Fakeha, near Mar Jerjes Church, Al-Ain Main Road
Fakiha
لبنان
We are a local youth NGO that uses art and culture in place of conflict and violence as tools to promote Peace. Currently, we have two paid staff members, and 15 volunteers. Budgetary resource in a year: About 30,000 Euros Sources of previous funding: Euromed Feminist Initiative – E.U. Madad, U.S. Embassy Beirut, U.N. Youth Solidarity Fund, and we also receive a small amount of funds from art and music classes. Modalities of action: There are too many to list. I have attached a summary of our activities for the last two years. Main partners: United Nations Network of Young Peacebuilders, E.U., U.N., U.S. Embassy Beirut
Mission: Positive Young Changemakers Peace of Art is a local organization that uses Art and culture in place of conflict and violence as tools to promote Peace. We create groups of young changemakers to be the future leaders in Art and to transform a culture of violence, discrimination, extremism and ignorance into tolerance, acceptance, development, and freedom. We break barriers and create an alternative culture that promotes peaceful coexistence and reduces the negative impact of conflict and armed violence in villages of different ethnic, religious, and political backgrounds in North Bekaa through art, education, and culture. Objectives: Build a youth-led community where art and other nonviolent means of communication are employed for the betterment of society. We do this through designed programs that focus on fine art training (music, theater, photography, film making, drawing), and civil training (citizenship, acceptance toward others, leadership skills, conflict mediation and resolution).
Peace of Art’s Activities: Art trainings (music, theater, photography, video art production, robotics); civil trainings (conflict resolution, peace building thought art and education, leadership skills, tolerance, acceptance toward others); capacity building for youth & women (preserving cultural heritage, carpet weaving, musical instruments, local handmade crafts, and language courses); and organizing youth training programs, and art events (music festivals, photography and drawing exhibitions, film screenings).
We build youth-led community dialogues though the fine arts which are building alternative narratives to extremist beliefs and ideologies. So we can contribute by being a voice for the North Bekaa region and a representative of youth-led intercultural dialogue and relations in the area.
We are in a very rural area and we are the only activity center within a two-hour drive for 400,000+ Lebanese and Syrian refugees. Additionally, we are the only activity center that works on intercultural dialogue within an even greater distance. We rely on our participation in the global community to enhance and support our work and connect with partners to strengthen our skills, outreach, and policy advocacy, as art is often the last priority in places of conflict; and Lebanon has seen/is seeing its share of conflict. We would also like a greater opportunity to partner with local organizations that we may not normally connect with due to our ruralness. ALF is the perfect way to connect globally with organizations that promote dialogue between cultures. We would also be excited to offer the opportunity for our youth to participate in dialogues at the "Young Mediterranean Voices"
Hazmieh Baabda Bassil Building
Hazmieh
لبنان
Pen Lebanon was founded in 2012 by prominent Lebanese writers and journalists. Among these names Iman Humaydan, Hassan Daoud, Abbass Beydoun, Yussef Bazzi, Chaza Charafeddine, Hala Kawsarani; Hazem Saghieh, Mohammad Abi Samra, Alawiyah Sobh, Marie Tawk, and many others. Pen Lebanon focused mainly on the youth through its activities in schools and cultural clubs. It aimed at narrowing the gap between the youth and literature by encouraging them to read and to express themselves. Encounters that bring writers and secondary students together took place in many places in Lebanon mainly in public schools in remote areas of the country. Our partner in this project was the American University in Beirut, Writers Unlimited in Netherlands, and Pen International. In order to achieve and implement its projects Pen Lebanon depends upon the membership fees and on its partners as well as on the volonteer work of its members. There are no staff members in Pen Lebanon and no office base. Our archives are on our Facebook page and our mails. WE organoze meetings in cafes and in our homes. However, in 1948 Camille Aboussouan, writer and ambassador has founded Pen Liban , then a member in pen International, which was a Francophone Pen center. During the civil wars in Lebanon ( 1975-1990) Pen Liban was not active and later it was put into dormant. In 2012, one of the members of the old Pen Liban, Hyam Yared, poet and novelist, made contacts with many Lebanese writers and journalists to found a new Pen. A new Pen center was founded with a new registration number and a new legal identity. It includes Lebanese writers who write Arabic, French as well as English. Pen Lebanon is a reflection of the cultural and linguistic diversity of the country. Since its establishment, Pen Lebanon became an active member of Pen International. The center has been presided by Hyam Yared (poet and novelist) from 2012 till 2015. At present it is presided by Iman Humaydan (novelist and researcher). Elections for a new board will take place in January 2020.
Pen Lebanon is an affiliated and active member in Pen International based in London. Thus it follows the general chart of Pen International that calls for freedom of expression of thinking of imagination and fights against repression and censorship. WE chose to work with public schools mainly in the remote areas inorder to support the new generation and to encourage it to love reading and love writing literary texts.
Since two years and beside readings in public schools, Pen Lebanon expanded its activities and became a founding member in Salon de Livre in France maghreb de Livres. IN February 2019, Pen Lebanon invited 2 Lebanese writers to participate in the book fair: Tracy Chahwan and Dr. Ahmad Beydoun. Pen Lebanon covered the financial and logistic expenses of both writers.
By many ways, mainly exchange in experience ,. ideas and openness
To be an active part of the whole and to give and take experiences and ideas on cultural developemnt.
In the midst of a global digital transformation, the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO is unveiling the podcast series “Femmes de mon pays” as part of its commitment to promoting gender equality.
With the support of UNESCO participation program, this initiative is dedicated to showcasing the stories and experiences of 12 inspiring Lebanese women who are driving positive change in their communities, in their respective fields, including art, science, culture, sports, and more.
The podcast takes the form of concise 20-minute interviews, with questions being asked by students of UNESCO ASPnet schools (Grand Lycée Franco-Libanais, and Lycée Officiel Dr Hassan Saab), and provides a platform for these women to share their voices, discussing their rights, successes, challenges, and struggles. The interviews delve into their journeys, from conception to fruition, shedding light on how they navigated through injustices or discrimination they may have encountered along the way.
All episodes are posted weekly, starting February, on the Lebanese National Commission YouTube channel.
Furn El Chebbak, Jaloul Bldg., 1st floor
Beirut
لبنان
The Popular Aid for Relief and Development is a non profit, grass-root; rights based NGO that aims to promote gender equality and the right of marginalized and vulnerable groups, especially in the Palestinian gatherings, to access social, health and environmental services. PARD does so by providing access to healthcare and environmental health services and by empowering women and youth to practice their rights and participate effectively within their communities. PARD also provides support and relief to people affected by disasters.
Strategy One: Public Health of the Community
Areas of focus (Entities): Mother & Child health care services, environmental health, health education, community participation, awareness, family planning, preventive and curative services and advice, peer education, access to clean water supply, monitoring water sources, disposal of solid waste, vector control, infrastructure development, environmental health hazards control, health consultations, advocacy, policies, biostatistics, nutrition, etc.
OBJECTIVES OF STRATEGY ONE:
Enhance the life quality, reduce disease and promote better health conditions and practices among Palestinian refugees
Increase the life expectancy, reduce infant and child morality and decrease communicable diseases within the Palestinian refugee camps and gatherings
Improve the informed choices of the Palestinian communities and individuals towards health issues
Provide health care services to the refugees with a focus on mothers and children
Reduce the environmental health hazards in the Palestinian refugee camps and gatherings
Strategy Two: Environmental Health Services, Awareness and Trainings
The interventions of the Environmental Health Program are:
Water Supply: includes the following activities:
Maintenance of water network, wells and reservoirs
Water Network installations
Water control and testing
Training local water caretakers
Raising awareness on water issues
Pumping out wastewater, cleaning manholes, maintenance of waste water network
Solid waste management: this project includes the following activities:
Regular solid waste collection at the household level. About 13990 m3 (4941 tons) of domestic wastes were collected from Shatila camp in Beirut and 3055 m3 (1079 tons) from eight south gatherings near Tyre.
Cleaning of public zones
Composting
Strategy Three: Emergency Relief
The volatile situation in Syria has led to an increase in the number of Palestine refugees fleeing to Lebanon, now approximately 57,000 individuals (7 June 2013). In Lebanon, Palestine refugees from Syria are dispersed in Saida (30 per cent), northern Lebanon (15 per cent), Beqa’a (23 per cent), central Lebanon Area (17 per cent) and Tyre (15 per cent). Especially since Yarmouk camp, Syria’s biggest Palestinian refugee camp, became battle ground for the two groups in December 2012, there has been a large increase in Palestinians fleeing Syria. So far, Palestine refugees, and the PLO, have taken a neutral political stance and are not partaking in the fighting.
PARD decided to get involved in the relief operation for those refugee families in July 2012. At the beginning, PARD took the following actions:
The team of PARD conducted a new rapid needs assessment to define the basic needs of those families.
The team of PARD visited all the refugees in the targeted areas (Beirut & the South) for new statistics regularly.
The team of PARD contacted certain donors to obtain support for implementing relief projects for the welfare of the targeted refugees.
The beneficiaries stated their problems and numerated their needs which were recorded in the needs assessment report. The priority needs requested by the people included:
- Primary health care (through clinics and first aid services)
- Food items support
- Non food items support
- WASH activities and Health Education (on health subjects related to personal and general hygiene, scabies, head lice, water pollution, food preservation, measles, breastfeeding, and nutrition)
- Shelter rehabilitation and building
In Beirut, PARD targeted 70 children (aged 4 to 6 years) through establishing a kindergarten for them.
This kindergarten is divided into 3 grades (KG1 for 4 years, KG2 for 5 years, KG3 for 6 years).
A team of 3 teachers, 3 teacher assistants, 1 coordinator,
1 psychosocial assistant, and a cleaning lady operate this KG.
The KG started in October 2012 till June 2013.
In July- August 2013, the same children joined
summer activities organized by PARD. The same
project restarted in September 2013 and will continue
until June 2014.
In addition to the activities in the KG, 65 children aged
from 7 till 12 years attended education support and
extra curriculum activities 5 days per week in the afternoons.
PARD has the capacity to implement community projects within the vulnerable Lebanese and Palestinian communities in Beirut and South Lebanon. We do have a track record of implementing large scale projects in collaboration with UN agencies, international NGOs, governmental and non governmental bodies.
PARD do consider the network as a platform for more cooporation and partnership between various community minded entities. Such opportunity needs to be utilised constructively.
