Multi-dimensional Peacebuilding Community-led Initiatives

Our Initiatives

Community Livelihood Creation  

Real peace requires opportunity. This area uplifts community members by creating income-generating pathways beyond the implementing team—training others in skills, creating markets, or supporting collective business ventures. It’s about shared livelihoods, not individual gain.

Completed

Threads of Hope – Level I (خيوط الأمل – المرحلة الأولى)

This women-led initiative empowered selected participants through specialized peacebuilding workshops and vocational training in cooking, embroidery, and wellness care. It provided a safe space for cultural exchange, dialogue, and informal community gatherings—helping women build peace, economic independence, and lasting social connections.

Completed

Velvet Sugar – سُكَر نواعم

A twice-weekly women’s baking and distribution workshop that helped women from different areas connect, relax, and share baked goods. It promoted mental well-being and cross-regional interaction through food.

Ongoing

Beauty Salon – الصالون

A women’s care salon offering free and low-cost services for women unable to afford commercial salons. Weekly gatherings include beauty services and skill-building workshops, enhancingdignity,y and self-sufficiency.

Ongoing

Atelier – المشغل

This initiative collects and distributes secondhand clothes through community bazaars and offers sewing and embroidery training to women. It strengthens women’s financial independence and promotes environmental sustainability through upcycling.

Completed

The Golden Tips – النصائح الذهبية

A group of Lebanese and Syrian women transformed a space into a small educational center, offering self-empowerment workshops including sewing, pottery painting, and basic Arabic literacy. Over three months, the center welcomed around 25 mostly female participants. The initiative concluded with a joint exhibition showcasing their work, aiming to build networks with local women and businesspeople to sustain the initiative independently.

Ongoing

The Pantry – المونة

A traditional food preservation initiative offering free mortar products to families in Jabal Mohsen and neighboring areas. The project fosters peacebuilding, knowledge exchange, and cross-community friendships through shared culinary heritage.
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