National Institution of Social care and Vocational training

The National Institution of Social Care and Vocational training (NISCVT) known as Beit Atfal Assumoud (BAS) is a humanitarian, non-secular, non-sectarian and non-governmental organization, and it is not related to any political group. It was established in 1976 after Tal Al Zaatar massacre to provide assistance and accommodation for the orphaned children who lost their parents during the massacre (license no. 135/AD). Today, NISCVT is providing services for the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and other disadvantaged people with other nationalities living in the camps or close to them. Since its establishment NISCVT aimed at fulfilling basic social, educational and health, needs of families living in Palestinian camps in Lebanon suffering from lack of basic human rights. It started off with establishing its big center Beit Atfal el Somoud which was a home to shelter and take care of 210 children who lost their parents as a consequence of the Tal Ezzaatar Massacre in 1976. However after 1982 the institution had to expand its service to encompass more families outside this home fulfilling growing needs of Palestinian families in various refugee camps. To accomplish this aim it opened centers in refugee camps in various areas in Lebanon. All through our focus has been to empower Palestinian refugee families both as individuals and as members of their community, hence addressing all its members. From this perspective we aimed at developing capacities of individuals socially, intellectually and maintaining their state of health, will enable them to improve their living conditions and lead an ordinary life like any other family, on one hand, and to properly carry out their responsibilities toward their homeland, and efficiently work for returning back home, where it is only there that these families will have their full rights as proper citizen in a free country.  It is only there that they can have their full rights as humans. This being our vision and hence mission our programs address the individual and national needs of these families focusing mainly on children and youth preparing them for such responsibility. From that perspective our programs are multifaceted dealing with individual social health and education needs, as well as transmitting the knowledge of history and geography of Palestine and its various cultural aspects in form of art, literature, music, folklore so that they would be committed to this culture and land, be proud of themselves as Palestinian working for their country to be free. Though our focus is the children and youth however the well being of the whole family is our overall aim.  Hence the NISCVT is continuously expanding its services both in kind and number of beneficiaries addressing various growing needs of Palestinian families.