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.
- Year : 2024
- House of Peace Community Center
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.
- Year : 2021
- Tripoli – Tebbeneh
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.
- Year : 2018
- Tripoli – Riva
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.
- Year : 2018
- Tripoli – Riva
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.
- Year : 2018
- Baalbek
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.
- Year : 2018
- Tripoli – Riva
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