Jdaideh-Fakeha, near Mar Jerjes Church, Al-Ain Main Road
Fakiha
Lebanon
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- Heritage
- Human rights
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Media
- Youth and education
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"