NGOs in Lebanon

Our Mission SEF (Service de l’Enfant au Foyer) is a Lebanese non-profit organization that provides quality comprehensive services for children and their mothers suffering from domestic violence regardless of their social, religious or political affiliation. SEF shelters, supports and empowers children and their mothers, over a period of time, by creating a supporting environment for growth and advocating for their rights while working towards their safe and sustainable reintegration in society. Our Vision A community where every child enjoys his rights and is raised with dignity in an environment free from violence. Mission Le Service de l’Enfant au Foyer est une ONG libanaise qui a pour mission d’héberger des enfants et leurs mères victimes de violences conjugales, sans discrimination sociale, religieuse ou politique, et de les accompagner vers une autonomie par l’insertion économique et sociale. Le foyer propose aux familles un cadre stable et sécurisant. Ainsi qu’il accompagne dans la durée les enfants avec leur mère tout en privilégiant l’accès à leurs droits, le renforcement de la relation mère-enfants et la construction d’un projet familial visant à l’autonomie. Ce que nous visons Une communauté où chaque enfant peut être élevé dans un environnement non violent, dans la dignité et dans le plein respect de ses droits.

Serving the society (Children, Elderly, Poverty,...)

SADA (Servir Agir Donner Aimer) is a Lebanese non-profit, non-religious charity and non-governmental civil society organization, founded in 2017 under Registration Number 1877 Our ultimate goal is to help the needy and vulnerable people living in inhuman conditions have a better life. We work on providing poor families with social, educational, medical and psychological support. Our support program embodies cash or in kind aids. We are on a journey of helping needy individuals in our community so that they can bring descent food and clothing, medicine, hospitalization and moral support to their families. Activities and Programs: Our contribution in improving the livelihoods of the most vulnerable comes in different activities and programs:- Helping families overcome their daily problems- Improving the financial, educational and social status of the families- Empowering women to play a more effective role in the society and education of their children through raising awareness about their significant contribution in the community- Capacity building of individuals to have better acquisition of life skills- Helping students prepare for official and admission exams to score better results- Guiding secondary school students in choosing their future career major- Organizing awareness campaigns, conferences and training workshops in different domains such us IT, handicrafts, learning foreign languages and eradicating illiteracy- Restoring peace in the society through cultural activities, festival and exhibitions- Encouraging humanitarian acts and initiatives to be taken by different influencers in the society: municipalities, public and private institutions, universities and schools- Conducting field visits and trips for technical, scientific and cultural purposes- Publishing research papers, newsletters, brochures, leaflets, etc. on various matters except political ones

Our noble objective is to promote the culture of interactive theater as an effective means to mitigate social ills and build peace. We aim to engage audiences in interactive theatrical performances that address social issues and inspire dialogue, fostering understanding and empathy. Through our work, we strive to contribute to the reduction of social challenges and the cultivation of a peaceful society.

“Shabebik Association” is a non-profit cultural and social charity organization founded in December 2018 in Beirut. It operates under the guidance and oversight of 1006, a non-profit public benefit entity. OUR MISSION: Shabebik’s mission is to promote the mental and physical well-being of all members of society by advocating for dignity, self-reliance, and empowering youth. The organization strives to ease hardships and create opportunities for personal growth and empowerment. OUR VISION: Shabebik envisions a community where every individual has the chance to thrive, youth are empowered to lead, and all can realize their full potential, contributing to a stronger Lebanon. Our Team: The achievements of Shabebik since its inception are the result of the collective efforts of our dedicated team of employees and volunteers. Their unwavering commitment, passion, and tireless work have been instrumental in driving our mission forward. By dedicating their time and skills, they have played a crucial role in improving lives and working towards the elimination of poverty across Lebanon. Together, we continue to make a positive impact, one step at a time.

​​​​​​SHAHD Association is a Lebanese non-profit association founded in 2016 and registered with the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities under the No. 2510, its main office is located in Baalbek along with its Multi Service Community Center Ibdaa. Following the Sustainable Development Goals and in line with the Human Rights principles, SHAHD is working to meet the humanitarian needs and strengthening the local community through Protection, Education, Basic Assistance and livelihood Sectors, maintaining the basic principles of humanitarianism, neutrality, impartiality and independence. In coordination and networking with local associations and international organizations, we are responding to the humanitarian crisis and alleviating the human suffering from the emergency situations, fighting poverty and supporting socio-economic development initiatives for youth and women, stimulating inclusive lifelong learning, empowering capacities, and providing access to education for all, along with providing high quality of protection services to the neediest populations without discrimination. Vision Statement: A happy, healthy, and creative child whose rights are protected and honored in a society that is built on respect for dignity, justice, and equity for all. Mission Statement: Empowering a society that guarantees and advocates the rights of Palestinian children and youth and increases their potential for better life quality.

كمنظمة إنسانية ريادية غير ربحية، نهدف من خلال مشاريعنا المستدامة، ومن خلال تعاوننا مع أهل الخير إلى محاربة البطالة والفقر والجهل، عبر تنمية وتأطير الإمكانات والقدرات الفردية، والارتقاء بها الى مستوى المهارات المهنية المعاصرة، بهدف تعزيز الوعي، وفرص العمل، والحفاظ على كرامة الانسان بأفضل المعايير والسبل الممكنة.

Sharekkna.com is built with care to spread knowledge. It’s a multi-platform digital media podium that tackles life problems from diverse corners. Sharekkna.com exposes valuable spots in health, education, environment, and many other fields using a multimedia approach. SHAREKKNA empowers the community and publishes awareness by collecting & spreading referenced knowledge that tackles the diverse corners of life, and broadcasts all of it on digital media. After the Beirut Explosion, Sharekkna has set on its pages a platform for Volunteers and NGOs where they can post all their work and promote their donations, for free.

shareQ or شارك is a Lebanese non-profit organization launched by a group of dedicated young professionals in 2012.The NGO’s vision is to insure support for people facing physical and financial challenges so they can overcome them and lead a productive and dignified life.shareQ’s mission is to launch social enterprises and programs that offer innovative products, services while providing solutions for crucial social challenges.

We envision and aspire to support the development of a harmonious pluralistic world in which people are free to share their stories with confidence and hear those of others with acceptance. We practice and promote togetherness and the elimination of othering by enabling communities to embrace and celebrate diversity through story sharing, collective action, and community building. We value integrity, curiosity & authenticity, empathy & equality, and transparency & accountability, and see them as core to the pursuit of peace and pluralism. We strengthen the ability of people to hear and be heard by developing opportunities for the development of skills that enhance productive expression and debate and by providing opportunities for people to apply these skills during fruitful interactions with others. We believe in the individual as a motor of change; in a commitment to limiting citizen reliance on group representation; and in a dedication to the development of innovative and attractive platforms that promote peace through dialogue. We support the creation of independent spaces and platforms that enable uncensored exchange of ideas and aim to improve the quality of representation and storytelling in the Arab world through engagement with journalists, artists and activists. Our partners include the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Minority Rights Group, the Swedish Institute, Creative Commons, the Arab Human Rights Fund, UCL, the UK FCO, the Asfari Institute, the Issam Fares Institute at AUB, and the KAICIID Dialogue Centre.

We work with LGBTQI+ individuals for the capacity building and their wellbeing, in order to give everyone the access to equal opportunities in life, and to support people achieving more in their future.

SHEILD is a Lebanese association. The mission of SHEILD is to bring relief to the population in general and to those who suffered and still suffering from war and from the absence of governmental health and social care and protection in particular, through direct assistance as well as through community based interventions to enhance human rights and social awareness, economical conditions and protection for all community categories, following a participatory approach through involving local stakeholders and authorities in a system of coordination to assess needs and implement programs responding to these needs with the most vulnerable and deprived in the center of attention and focus. This approach is the vision that SHEILD adopts and designs its interventions and programs according to. SHEILD started to work according to this methodology and it will continue to work according to this methodology. SHEILD aims at having an ideal community with all its categories protected and having equal attention, yet, this is not achievable within few years to come, but SHEILD's vision is to raise the level of protection as much as possible for those most neglected and to enforce governmental capacities to be able to respond to the needs through capacity building and fruitful partnerships.