Abed Al-Majid Bazzi Bldg., 1st floor, Al-Saray street
Saida 1600
Lebanon
- Democracy and community development
Following our vision of a society built on the respect of human rights, our mission is to empower local communities so as to uphold the rights of children living in Lebanon, for them to play an active role within their society and grow up in a safe environment. Following our core values of neutrality, participation, and transparency, we work on helping Palestinian refugees as well as Lebanese community to take control over the decisions affecting their lives while addressing collective needs. We aim to support children and youth who are the most at risk of dropping out from school and being neglected or mistreated in their community. We particularly focus on marginalized girls, who have restricted mobility and are being denied education, when they are not confronted with early marriages. We also try to increase women’s role in the community decision-making processes, regarding gender equality and children’s rights issues mostly.
Relying on our complementary Child Rights, Community Development, Advocacy, Inclusive Education, Capacity-Building and Emergency programs, we do this by: - Providing skills trainings, recreational activities, and after-school support - Working with teachers and parents to strengthen their understanding of children’s needs - Providing awareness-building workshops - Involving community agencies (e.g. vocational training centers, health centers, NGOs) to improve the services addressing children and youth. - Participating in local networks of NGOS, popular committees, and active groups involving local decision makers. - Using our experience to provide key service providers (such as UNRWA) with relevant advice. - Promoting women rights through national advocacy campaigns and regional initiatives. Our work is based on an integrated and participatory approach. Our management team regularly meets with field workers and project coordinators to discuss strengths and weaknesses of our running projects. We closely monitor our activities and regularly produce reports to our donors and partners.