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.
Amidst the most daunting refugee crisis seen so far in the 21st century, Intaliqi was founded in 2013 to support displaced Syrian women in Lebanon. In community, the women of Intaliqi have been provided with resources and skills enabling them to achieve self-reliance and create a ripple effect of change within their families and wider communities.
LebMASH, founded on Sept. 4th 2012, is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, registered in Lebanon, and governed by a board of directors that includes Lebanese health professionals based in Lebanon, the United States and Canada. LebMASH aims at advancing sexual and reproductive health for all individuals in Lebanon, with particular focus on LGBT and other marginalized populations in Lebanon.
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.
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.
The Lebanese Visual Art Association (LVAA), organizer of the Lebanese Pavilion at the International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, aims to promote Lebanon’s vibrant artistic scene on the international arena.
LVAA does not receive state funding and relies solely on the generosity of Lebanese donors and the friends of Lebanon, to fulfill its mission of supporting and encouraging Lebanese artists.
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.
