Lebanon

1. The programs

> Happinest programs
The art programs offered by Happinest are divided into two main categories: visual arts and performance arts.

- Visual Arts Programs:
1. Art programs (trainings and workshops in painting, illustration, sculpting, mixed media, etc.)
2. Ceramics & pottery

- Performance Arts Programs:
1. Comedy program
2. Music programs (singing, songwriting, and composition)
3. Musical theater program

> Partner programs
The nest is happy to open its doors to any potential partnership and/or collaboration with entities and organizations that promote or conduct artistic programs or activities aligned with our mission. In May 2023, we had the pleasure of offering a residency to 5 artists as part of Goethe’s ArtEvolution Program.

2. Activities

> Regular

- Training modules:
Regular classes will be offered periodically. Participants will have the option to choose one or more disciplines to explore.

- Art therapy:
In parallel to the art classes, an art therapy program will be in process. This program accompanies participants on a long-term basis, following the progress of their journey. Certified therapists and psychologists will be consulted in the design and will monitor in detail the implementation of the program.

- Guesthouse/Residency:
The upper two floors, containing a living room and five bedrooms, will be open to accommodate creatives for residencies, guest speakers/teachers, or any individuals looking to retreat into a wholesome and transformative artistic experience.

- Co-working space & library café
Originally a kitchen, a dining room, and two living rooms, these functions will jointly operate as a co-working space and library café. The facility will be open for individuals seeking a workspace to focus on their academic, cultural, or artistic projects.

>. Sporadic

- Workshops
Complementary to the classes, workshops covering a variety of artistic disciplines will be carried out frequently. Through these intensive short-term workshops, participants will have the opportunity to learn extensively from local and international artists and professionals.

- Exhibitions
Happinest will be organizing occasional art exhibitions (across numerous disciplines) that will allow participants as well as professional artists to display, and eventually sell, their artwork.

- Events & live performances
Our capacious indoor and outdoor spaces enable us to organize and host a broad and eclectic assortment of communal and live events that range from musical performances to standup comedy, slam poetry and spoken word, etc.

Sheghel Dayati project: The "Sheghel Dayati" project includes several activities aimed to economically empowering women to achieve financial independence. These activities involve capacity building courses in the food industry and handicrafts. Alongside these trainings, the association conducts separate awareness sessions to educate women about their rights and how to ensure their economic rights and manage them effectively.

Haqi-Aaraf project: During this project, the association provided model legal training on inheritance laws and the ways in which women are deprived of their rights. The implementation of the project included media campaigns on social media and traditional means. The project also included interviews and a conference with influencers and community leaders to gather information about the reasons for women's deprivation of inheritance, and we came up with recommendations and proposals for solutions.

Sahha and Afieh project: This project was about food security, it served 90 families that in dire need. Haqi-Awrath supported the most vulnerable families with meal kits and food parcels during two months. In addition, Haqi-Awrath created short-term employment opportunities for 18 local cooks and 24 young. A community kitchen was established in the center of Haqi-Awrath.
Project funded by the Canada Embassy: it started on August 2023, its end will be on 28 February 2024, it is about ”Enhancing women’s knowledge and claiming of their right to inheritance in Lebanon’s Baalbeck-Hermel governorate through research, training, legal advice and advocacy”.
Ongoing project funded by WPHF and UN Women: this project is complementary to that funded by the Canada Embassy, it will be implemented in Baalbeck-Hermel governorate but with different villages and city. A piece of theater will be realized during this project and then several plays will be conducted in the schools of this region. This project started on December 2023 and it will last 12 months.
Upcoming project funded by WPHF and UN Women: this project is related to an award assigned to Dr Ouloum AUDI, founder and president of Haqi Awrath Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund WPHF and Women Have Wings in coordination with UN Women. In the context of this award, peer exchange experiences will be covered by $8,000. Ouloum Audi from Haqi-Awrath Association, together with Maryam Al-Dirani from the Naba Association, will exchange experiences on women’s rights and empowerment. Ouloum will provide trainings on economic violence against women and protection for the Naba team, while Maryam will lead trainings on advocacy and campaigning.

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Main projects: Outreach and leadership academy- Vocational Training Center- Promoting Active Citizenship through Coaching &Training (PACCT)- Lebanon 2020- Arab Women Observatory- BALADI

In 2022, Haven opened its 3rd cultural center that has thus far hosted 144 free and accessible cultural workshops, panels, and events reaching over 2000 women and marginalized community members focusing on decolonial knowledge production, intersectional feminism, racial justice, and gender equality. Haven also publishes cultural publications and a community-led zine titled Manbouzine. The Haven House hosts a bilingual public library, with over 330 books ranging from fiction and non-fiction, theory, poetry, essays, zines, and comics.

We host and produce:
- Clubs, Workshops, and Panels
- Cultural Publications
- Exhibitions, Festivals & Cultural events
- Creative Campaigns
- Artist studios
- Feminist Public Library

1. Carrying out the necessary specialized researches that concerned our societies by the help of expert researchers and scientists in our nations and others.
2. Translating and publishing these researches through available media and press to deliver it to Arab reader.
3. Forming and establishing communication and contact channels between researchers and those who are interested in the Arab society’s affairs to proliferate the best studies and researches of our center.
4. Issuing periodical and specific brochures (reports) and put it at the Arabic reader reach.
5. Making opinion polls among different sections of societies to set up an idea about the trends and views toward the current and expected events in the society where they live.
Thus, the fields and majors that we are interested within our center are: practical, economic, social, educational, computer science, human rights and health sciences.

- "Le festival Hounna" en 2022: une soirée artistique et culturelle en la présence de la chanteuse Oumayma Al Khalil et l'écrivaine Fatima Charafeddine - La bibliothèque Hounna: au sein du local loué dans la place du village. Des petits et des grands viennent lire ou emprunter des livres surtout durant l'été. La structure ne dispose pas de moyens lui permettant d'engager du personnel ou de défrayer des bénévoles tout au long de l'année. - "Pas à pas vers l'indépendance économique et sociale" qui vise la formation des femmes au marketing et les aider à commercialiser leurs productions ( création de réseaux, les mettre en contact avec des structures spécialisées, les aider pour participer à des expositions, etc) - Les rencontres thématiques: estime de soi, Yoga, créer son association, etc - Les ateliers de peinture -La promotion des talents des femmes sur la page Facebook - ...