Our Mission is to ensure a sense of dignity to hard-working citizens once they retire, by assisting them in their struggle with the increasing cost of living. In a spirit of respect and support, we aim to provide a tailor-made accurate and beneficial response to Lebanon’s economic and multi-dimensional challenges that are depriving many retired citizens of their most basic needs and rights.
Azahir is a new community-based Lebanese NGO working in the marginalized areas of northern Lebanon to empower vulnerable youth, provide education & psycho-social support to children in need, and create safe spaces and social cohesion inclusive of Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian populations. The mission is to enhance community resilience and self-productivity of deprived communities in Akkar and North Lebanon and thereby promote stability in a high-risk area. Azahir runs regular programs at its two community centers including youth trainings, psycho-social support workshops for children, remedial education, and social cohesion and life-skills building through sports and cultural activities.
Arcenciel is a Lebanese based non-profit NGO, which supports Lebanon’s most underprivileged and marginalized communities, regardless of religion, political affiliation or nationality. Since its inception in 1985, Arcenciel’s mission in Lebanon has been to promote diversity, integration and development through 5 core programs: Agriculture & Environment, Mobility & Health, Responsible Tourism, Youth Empowerment, and Social Support.
SANAD is an independent non-governmental non-profit organization established in January 2010. SANAD provides comprehensive home-based hospice care to terminally ill patients and their families while preserving their dignity and enhancing the quality of their remaining life.
The Lebanese Center for Palliative Care – Balsam – is a non-governmental organization that works to relieve patient suffering and improve quality of life by providing medical services as well as psychological, social, practical, and spiritual support within the family and home environment.
Skoun aims to help people with addiction problems claim their lives by providing a nonjudgmental and caring environment of client-centered treatment and counseling. We deliver the tools and information necessary to reduce the harm caused by drug use and we advocate for drug policy change, increased public awareness and education regarding addiction.
Catharsis-Lebanese Center for Drama Therapy was established in 2007 to offer Drama Therapy services to the community in accordance with the highest ethical standards, providing a powerful tool to explore and deal effectively with the issues identified by a wide range of clients, especially the marginalized and disadvantaged communities in crisis, such as survivors of trauma, substance abusers, prison inmates, individual and mental illness, refugees, survivors of abuse, older adults and at-risk youth.
Nusaned began by reaching out to local stakeholders in North Lebanon, seeking to address the agricultural deficiencies of marginalized rural communities. The poverty, deprivation, and substandard living conditions of local residents prompted our team to respond quickly by providing much-needed food parcels, hygiene kits and clothing, while also initiating the rehabilitation of homes. Through those spontaneous actions came the building blocks of Nusaned’s agriculture and housing projects, which gradually evolved from an aid model into a platform to foster self-sufficiency and economic sustainability for these communities.
The New York Arabic Orchestra is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization and New York City’s leading institute in classical and contemporary Arabic music, directed by world-renowned virtuoso and educator, Bassam Saba. Their mission is the preservation and promotion of classical and traditional Arabic music through concerts, new compositions and education, and stand for Arabic music as a gateway to understanding and embracing Arab culture. The NYAO annual programming vision includes a concert series throughout the NY Metropolitan area and Northeast, workshops throughout the Northeast, and semester-long music classes in New York City.
The Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies is dedicated to research about Lebanese immigrants in the US and throughout the world, and to preserving and sharing that knowledge with the scholarly community and general public.
Act for Lebanon-USA (ACT) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization established in the US with a mission to support various causes in Lebanon.
