Children & Youth NGOs in Lebanon

AID Lebanon is a locally registered NGO supporting vulnerable families through the deteriorating economic crisis in Lebanon with a focus on education. What we do: Free teaching servicing - psychosocial support - distribution of education tools - food support - period poverty - cleaning kits

Active voice is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-partisan organization, the organization's main work includes:- Local Development projects- Literacy projects- Institutional Capacity Building

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is a global humanitarian organization with a mission to work with people in poverty and distress to create just and positive change. ADRA Lebanon belongs to the worldwide ADRA network, comprised more than of 120 supporting and implementing country offices. ADRA’s five core sectors include Food Security; Health; Economic Growth; Education; and Emergency Management. ADRA Lebanon has developed its expertise in these sectors and in various subsectors, specifically in Education and Emergency Management.

نحن مجموعة من أبناء الشمال، تربويون، رجال أعمال، وعاملون في مختلف المجالات، جمعتنا رغبة صادقة في تغيير واقعنا ومجتمعاتنا. بما أن شمال لبنان يعاني من تراجع على الكثير من الأصعدة، وحيث أننا في واقع تعليمي وتربوي دون المستوى الذي يخوّلنا تخريج الأجيال القادرة على النهوض بمجتمعاتها، ومعالجة أزماتها، أخذنا على عاتقنا مهمة المساهمة في بناء الإنسان الصالح المصلح، لنطلقه من شمال لبنان ليكون فاعلاً أينما وجد. رؤيتنا: نطور الإنسان ليطور العالم. رسالتنا: نعمل معًا من خلال التطوّع والمأسسة ليكون شمال لبنان بإنسانه وقيمه واقتصاده وبيئته وعمرانه ملهمًا للعالم. مؤسساتنا: مدرسة أهداف: أنشأنا مدرسة أهداف لتكون محضناً تربوياً يقدم تعليماً فعالاً ويبني قيماً صالحة عند الطلاب، حيث نعتمد أساليباً نشطةً تقوم على مشاركة الطلاب، ومنهجاً تعليمياً حديثاً يحفز على الإبداع ويشجع على المناقشة وتفعيل مستويات التفكير العليا (التحليل-التركيب والتقييم) وكل ذلك في بيئة آمنة وداعمة تنمي روح التعاون والمسؤولية. أكاديمية إشراقة: هدفها الحد من ظاهرة التسرب المدرسي وتأهيل الفتية الناشئة في المناطق المحرومة ليرتقوا بأنفسهم ويكونوا نواةً صالحة، تشارك بفاعلية في بناء المجتمع. برنامج علمني: يتوجّه برنامج علمني إلى الطلاب في المرحلة الجامعية، فيقدم لهم مساعدات مادية وتربوية وتعليمية مستمرة على مدار العام الدراسي، مع المتابعة لأدائهم لضمان تخريج جيل مميز يتكفل بتطوير مجتمعه ويمثل القيم والأخلاق الصالحة. مركز أجود: أجود هي مؤسسة تهدف إلى تطوير المدارس في كل جوانبها، نُقدم خُبراتنا وخدماتنا للجهاز الإداري والتعليمي ليحقق أجود معايير التربية والتعليم، ونُواكب المدارس لتنافس على المستوى العالمي. وذلك من خلال ابتكار أنظمة إدارية وتعليمية وتربوية، لتستثمر في مدارس لبنان والشرق الأوسط، فتمكّنها من تخريج أجيال ذوي كفاءة منافسة على مستوى عالمي.

Backgrund : Ahlam Lajea Association (ALA) is a Lebanese non-governmental organization working in Palestinian refugee camps and vulnerable communities across Lebanon. The organization focuses on education , protection, psychosocial support, and social inclusion of marginalized groups, particularly children, youth, women, and persons with disabilities. ALA implements community-based programs that strengthen resilience, improve access to essential services, and promote dignity and wellbeing. Its work includes case management, safe referrals, psychosocial support activities, capacity building for community actors, and awareness initiatives addressing protection risks, gender-based violence, and social cohesion. Through strong community engagement and partnerships with local and international actors, ALA supports inclusive, safer, and more supportive environments for vulnerable populations. Vision:To build a future where every Palestinian refugee in Lebanon enjoys equal opportunities, quality education, and a life of dignity ,empowered to reach their full potential and actively contribute to a just, inclusive, and resilient society Mission:Ahlam Lajea Association works to empower refugees and vulnerable communities in Lebanon to live with dignity, access their fundamental rights, and strengthen their social and economic resilience. We achieve this through inclusive education, protection, youth empowerment, and development programs that promote stability, participation, and sustainable change.

Ahlouna Association is a non-profit, non-governmental, civil society organization which provides sustainable educational and social services targeted towards women, youth, children, elderly and disabled individuals in the community of Saida, Lebanon. Vision: To reach a just and secure society resulting from moral and financial interdependence and the cooperation of its citizens. Mission: Our mission is to contribute to the development of citizens on a social level, especially the disadvantaged, including children, youth, and women. We work to eradicate poverty and empower individuals through diverse fields of education and personal development, with the aim, not only to facilitate the personal growth of the individual, but to also improve the social development of their community.

Methle Methlak is a youth-based initiative that aims to alleviate juveniles and young adults' reintegration process, namely after their release from prison. Our goal is to offer these juveniles a second chance through the provision of much needed services that they are in need of in order to ease this challenging process and continue their journey in life. These services may include but are not limited to vocational trainings, mental health and health services, legal services, educational services and others.

The Alawite Islamic Charity Association (AICA), is an NGO/FBO located in Lebanon, registered under the decree No. 4500/1950, was founded year 1950 in order to claim the rights of communities through development and social projects as well as health care and medical services. Its projects and activities aim to mitigate all forms of discrimination towards civil rights access (medical, health, education, work opportunities, or any other additional required support), raise individual and collective awareness, mainstream protection and disseminate risks prevention. The intervention strategy consists of a holistic approach within development, advocacy and resilience as well as relief and emergency response action. Since 1950, AICA has created several institutions and locations in order to ensure specific programs/activities responding to vulnerable communities and individuals’ needs, such as: � Alzahraa Medical Center � House of Wisdom Community Kitchen � The Social Hall � Aldouha Scientific School � Mosque of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib (as) � Mosque of Fatima Zahra (as) � AICA's Social Services Community Center � Netizens' Digital Lab Vision: AICA adapts a humanitarian response action, development and benevolence, targeting the whole community through the adoption of an integrated global ecosystem approach based on Human Rights. AICA ensures coverage of needs related to basic rights without any discrimination through access to services & advocacy, with a horizontal axe of action. AICA takes action through community participation, youth-led initiatives, builds bridges through culture and dialogue, as well as encourages partnership & community initiatives through development & peacebuilding, whilst transforming challenges into opportunities, and conflicts to Peace Main Goal: Standing by the 17 SDGs, AICA intends to lead a global networking through faith in potentials, creating opportunities, reinforcing positive social values, resources management, strategic partnerships and community development to achieve a better & more sustainable future Mission: AICA empowers vulnerable communities, through community development, advocacy & peace-building, and humanitarian response action to enjoy social justice. Values: With reference to Human Rights Declaration Charter, & based on Imam Ali Bin Abi Taleb (as) values, AICA adopts principles considered fundamental to humanitarian actions: Humanity : “Whatever is taken away from you will be replaced with something better.” Imam Ali (as) Social Justice: “Justice is the base that supports the whole world.” Imam Ali (as) Active Citizenship: “Work for a better Life as if you live forever, and work for better Ends as if you die tomorrow.” Imam Ali (as) Partnership : “Understanding is what makes relationships.” Imam Ali (as) Volunteering: “Don’t feel ashamed when giving little for charity, that is because there is always goodness in giving no matter how little.” Imam Ali (as) Sustainability: “It is in the changing of circumstances in life that the essence of man is revealed.” Imam Ali (as)

Who we are?Al-besher is a Lebanese non-profit organization for the social development of Lebanon. Established in 2010 by the President Mrs. Lilian Maarabani, located in Tripoli-Lebanon. This humanitarian organization aims to fight ignorance by presenting learning programs to whom need this service, helping divorced women and taking care of their children, strengthening education, providing healthcare services, and providing services for the orphans. Al-besher’s objective is to break the cycle of poverty in the country of Lebanon by acting on all accords that will result in the beneficial outcome of all classes.Our slogan:Towards a Leader society… Our massage:“To face poverty, illiteracy, and supporting the healthy for an integrated society by providing to the less fortunate social groups, and provide all services through the practice of multi activities.” Our values:Humanity. Impartiality, Integrity, Independence, Professionalism, Innovation, and Confidence.Our Current Projects:• Fighting Poverty• Strengthening Education• Providing Healthcare• Assisting the orphans• Sociability’s events• Other Activities

An extended family union registered as a Lebanese NGO, active in development & welfare of local communities.

Al-Ensan Amanah's visions are designed to have the broadest reach possible and provide people with Needs and opportunities that enable them to withstand and continue in their lives and empower themselves socially, economically and personally. Since the foundation of the association, many achievements have been made for individuals and local society, among the most important of these achievements was the establishment of a campaign called (From Hand of Hand), As this campaign was characterized by helping patients with the costs of treatment and surgeries, the price of medicines, providing medical equipment to those in need, setting up free medical days (free medical examinations and distributing free medicines), supporting the national campaign for early detection of breast cancer, providing psychological support to those affected by crises and publishing awareness articles in the fields of Diverse medicine. And providing school supplies for children (stationery, clothes and shoes, school bags), and opening donation centers to provide basic materials to poor families (clothes, food, cleaning materials, cash), As Al-Ensan Amanah acted as a mediator between donors and those in need, provide support and cooperation to charitable campaigns issued by other local associations, and supporting solidarity projects with refugee camps. Al-Ensan Amanah Goals: Spreading preventive medical and health awareness. Health care insurance for the needy. Providing humanitarian and charitable services related to health and medical aspects. Contributing to securing medicines, especially for chronic diseases. Opening charitable health centers. Organizing first aid courses and opening first aid centers. Taking care of youth through educational programs. Combating drug addiction through seminars and guidance leaflets. Establish working relationships with civil associations and coordinate with them for the sake of good.

As the first venture philanthropy organisation working exclusively in the Arab world, Alfanar aims to strengthen grassroots organisations that serve the region’s most vulnerable citizens. We apply the principles of private sector investment to charitable giving and offer small-sized grants and highly engaged coaching and management support to social enterprise organisations -- organisations that generate both financial and social returns while also transforming lives in the region’s most disadvantaged communities. We work hand-in-hand with these organisations, supporting them to become resilient and financially sustainable in their local communities while bolstering civil society in the Arab world.True to the meaning of our name in Arabic, Alfanar strives to be a ‘beacon’ of change for the Arab world.