| Country: |
Lebanon |
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Organization: |
Mouvement Social |
| Address: |
P.O. Box: 116-5212, Museum
Beirut 1106-2020 Lebanon |
| Tel: |
(961-1) 381 879 – 383 718 |
| Fax: |
(961-1) 387 736 |
| E-mail: |
mouvementsocial@mouvementsocial.org |
| Coverage: |
National Organization
Main Centers: Halba; Tripoli; Bourj Hammoud; Roumieh Prison; Nabaa; Badaro; Ghobeiry; Jnah ; Barbar al Khazen Prison; Sidon; Nabatieh; Zahle; Ras Baalbeck;
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| Objectives: |
1. Facilitating the access of the poorest to autonomy and citizenship through socio-economic development projects;
2. Involving Lebanese young people in development and citizenship;
3. Ensuring economic and social empowerment for women and youth.
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| Approach: |
Training; development projects; gender equality approach. |
| Intervention Sectors: |
Education: Vocational training.
Employment: Income generating projects; micro-credit schemes; employability strategy.
Health.
Social Integration.
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| Leadership: |
Young women’s participation at decision-making levels, as follows:
As board members--> None
As committee members--> None
As partners in program planning and decision-making ------> None
As participants and volunteers--> None |
| Networking: |
Cooperation with official bodies:
1. UNICEF;
2. Municipalities;
3. Ministry of Health;
4. National Employment Office;
5. Ministry of the Environment. |
| Involvement: |
Involvement in designing, implementing and evaluating national youth policies:
Member of a consortium of NGOs advocating for national youth policies in Lebanon, which was organized by UNESCO, Save the Children and in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth. |
| Guidelines/ Participation: |
The participation of young women, namely:
1. As program participants;
2. As staff members;
3. As partners in program implementation and evaluation.
Existing policies and guidelines to ensure the participation of young women in the following:
1. Annual leadership training sessions;
2. Access to information, including rights and responsibilities;
3. Providing an enabling environment. |
| Project: |
Rural Development Program for Girls and Young Women. |
| Objectives: |
1. Improving the living conditions of populations in rural areas, and in particular those of women and girls;
2. Increasing the economic role of women and girls in rural areas and empowering them to become self-reliant. |
| Brief: |
Established initially for the benefit of rural women, the program is currently targeting rural young women and girls to help them develop their socio-economic capabilities and enhance their participation in rural development. Through income generating activities, they acquire a certain level of education by learning how to manufacture, manage and sell rural products such as crafts, jams and others. |
| Duration: |
Ongoing |
| Location: |
North Lebanon, South Lebanon, and the Bekaa valley. |
| Target Group: |
Direct beneficiaries: Rural girls and young women who are mostly illiterate;Indirect beneficiaries: Large rural families, with no social security, illiterate, or with a poor educational level. |
| Results: |
By contributing to the family income and by taking decision regarding their future, rural girls and young women are gaining self-esteem and opening-up to the world. |
| Project 2: |
Vocational Training for School Drop-Outs. |
| Objectives: |
Empowering school drop-outs for a better future through vocational training and social rehabilitation sessions. |
| Brief: |
Since 1995, Mouvement Social has been running a vocational training program for youth in difficulty. In collaboration with the National Employment Office, the association seeks out these young people, organizes them in groups and adapts vocational and social training to fit both the market needs and their level of education. Along this, the social workers complete the vocational training by conducting social rehabilitation sessions, which help the young people to socialize, and to gain confidence in themselves. |
| Duration: |
On-going since 1995 |
| Location: |
Bourj Hammoud, Nabaa, Roumieh Prison; Jnah, Ghobeiry; Nabatiye, Sidon; Zahle; Tripoli, and Akkar. |
| Target Group: |
1. Illiterate youth and youth in difficulties, who have already suffered serious setbacks;
2. Youth who dropped out of school under the pressure of family poverty. |
| Challenges: |
Due to the economic situation, the main challenge remains in convincing the parents to allow their children go back to school and pursue a vocation. |
| Results: |
Every year, 500 young people can envisage another future, as 65% of them enter the labor market and start making a decent living. |
| Future Plans: |
To continue on adapting programs and training courses according to the labor market requirements. |
