Multi-dimensional Peacebuilding Community-led Initiatives

Our Initiatives

Cultural &/or Creative Engagement 

Creativity heals and connects. Through music, storytelling, food, or traditional arts, this area uses culture to foster empathy, preserve identity, and spark collective imagination. These efforts create space for joy, memory, and dialogue across divides.

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

Hope Makers – Level I – صانعات الأمل – المرحلة الأولى

Led by a group of mothers, this initiative created a welcoming play space where women and children from different nationalities could safely interact. It helped build friendships, challenge stereotypes, and promote understanding through shared activities.

Completed

AA Riwak – عرواق

A creative, dialogue-driven project focused on coexistence, AA Riwak created space for film screenings, art workshops, and open discussions. It encouraged shared understanding and stress relief through cultural expression and storytelling.

Completed

Impact – أثر

Over six months, this youth-led initiative hosted biweekly sessions combining conflict resolution, trust-building, and dialogue through creative methods. Young people from different cultures came together to reflect on peace, empathy, and coexistence.

Completed

Joyful Gathering – لمة فرحة

Lamet Farha brought cinema to underserved neighborhoods, screening films for children and women that promote peace and shared values. It created moments of joy, inclusion, and reflection for communities with limited access to cultural experiences

Completed

We get your trip started – Level I – بترحلك مشوار – المرحلة الأولى

Thirteen community trips brought together people of all backgrounds, including nomadic communities, to explore different Lebanese regions. Each trip included historical site visits, cultural learning, and shared activities—bridging regions through connection.

Completed

Butterfly Circus – سيرك الفراشة

A mobile circus offering fun, educational performances that build children’s confidence and community ties. The experience was documented in a short film, turning joyful expression into collective memory

Completed

Our Village – ضيعتنا

This initiative revived local customs and traditions by organizing a community-wide cultural event that brought together Lebanese and Syrian families for a day of recreation, storytelling, and celebration in the village’s public space. The event promoted peaceful coexistence, eased tensions between clashing clans over a landfill dispute, and fostered cultural exchange between diverse residents.

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A Cake of Blessings – كعكة البركة

This initiative brought together Lebanese and Syrian men and women to bake and package cookies at Basamat’s kitchen. Each package included messages promoting peace, coexistence, and mutual respect, along with an outline describing the initiative’s goals. The activity fostered cross-community collaboration and dialogue, while sharing symbolic messages of unity with the wider public.

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Forward, Together – معاٌ نمضي

Two youth groups from different NGOs collaborated to implement a multifaceted initiative aimed at improving public spaces and promoting social cohesion. Activities included installing a village sign with directions to nearby destinations, conducting a village-wide cleaning campaign, renovating the public garden, and placing benches in communal areas. The initiative culminated in a joint trip bringing together Lebanese and Syrian youth from Adwe and Akkar to foster peacebuilding and challenge mutual stereotypes.

Completed

Nothing tastes better than this – مافي أطيب من هيك

This initiative brought together a diverse group of youth for a one-week scout-style program featuring sports, recreational, and cultural integration activities. Homemade food was served throughout the week, celebrating culinary traditions, while a dialogue session facilitated by HOPe helped foster mutual understanding. The initiative emphasized inclusion, cultural exchange, and community building among participants from various backgrounds.

Completed

Generations of Learning – أجيال المعرفة

This initiative established a public library accessible to both children and adults in Adwe, providing books for those who cannot afford them. It aimed to promote literacy, expand children’s imaginations through storytelling, and encourage community-wide reading and learning. A video projector was installed to screen and discuss educational films and documentaries. Additionally, participants rehabilitated the community center hosting the library, turning it into a functional, welcoming space for learning and dialogue.

Completed

Side by Side – جنباً إلى جنب

This initiative provided media training to Lebanese and Syrian youth and launched a joint Facebook page to share their concerns, aspirations, and perspectives. The platform aimed to foster mutual understanding, reduce tension, and support the social peace process by enabling youth from both communities to communicate openly and without prejudice.

Completed

Tent of Peace – خيمة السلام 

This initiative established a community tent that served as a safe and inclusive space for both Lebanese and Syrian residents of Bar Elias. It was inaugurated with a celebration honoring families who supported displaced camp residents after the 2017 eviction crisis. The tent became a symbol of solidarity and a platform for ongoing events and gatherings that promote social cohesion and mutual support.
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