Hamra, Souraty street, Shartouni building, 7th floor, Apartment 36 & 37
Beirut 01135979
Lebanon
- Youth and education
Masar has 7 staff members divided across 3 units: Management, Administration, and Programs. In 2022, Masar’s budgetary resources were 234,592.09 USD. In 2021, budgetary resources were 658,448.96 USD.
Some of our donors over the past few years have been the Asfari Foundation, The National Council of Swedish Youth Organizations (LSU), UNICEF, Swiss Embassy in Lebanon, and Norwegian Embassy in Lebanon, among others.
Our modalities of action are concrete projects spanning awareness and outreach activities, advocacy meetings and campaigning.
The main partners involved in our modalities of action are youth initiatives from all over the country, youth NGOs and political groups, and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
Masar Association was founded in 2005 with the aim of contributing to local and national development processes and the advancement of society. Masar operates at the community and policy levels, enabling wide access to information and emphasizing empowerment and advocacy as cross-cutting approaches. We envision a secular and inclusive State where every human being is actively engaged, enjoys public freedoms, and where the rule of law is respected and abided by.
Masar has three programs: Youth for Community Development (YCD), Youth Policy & Governance (YPG), Rights for Palestinians in Lebanon (RPL). Any project/activity needs to fall under one of these programs. Some of our latest projects are: “The Provision of Economic, Social and Legal Protection & Security for Palestinian Nurses at the Workplace in Lebanon” project in partnership with the Swiss Embassy in Lebanon; “Youth Citizens of Today” project, in partnership with UNICEF; “Advocating a National Youth Policy” in partnership with The National Council of Swedish Youth Organizations (LSU).
Masar has extensive experience in community mobilization, and in networking among diverse groups over specific issues and causes. It has created and acted as the Secretariat of the “Youth Forum for Youth Policy” that gathers youth from across the different colors of the Lebanese political spectrum to advocate collectively a youth policy, and “Qindeel – The Network of Palestinian Nurses in Lebanon” that gathers Palestinian nurses from across Lebanon to advocate their rights at the workplace in Lebanon. Masar can share best practices in networking and in forging win- win scenarios based on concrete experience.
Masar association is interested to join ALF Network to reach out to new partners and opportunities and expand its work with youth, adding new dimensions to it. Masar is interested in particular to enhance its work on intercultural dialogue which is highly needed in Lebanon and the MENA region, and even beyond, which would strengthen citizenship practices and social cohesion.