NGO

Bedayati is a new social sector organization that works to empower marginalized youth to access decent and sustainable employment, championing an inclusive economy that expands decent work for all. We provide holistic employment services, skills training and personal development support to empower marginalized youth to sustainably enter the labor market, giving priority to economically marginalized and at-risk youth. We partner with a range of organizations to build diverse and inclusive workplaces, advocating an inclusive economy that works for everyone.

We are a collective of women working on relief operations and sustainable growth in Lebanon since October 2019 to respond to the socio-economic crisis and urgent needs that have arisen. We have been confronted to a new reality, where local communities have lost access to their basic needs and seen their dignity threatened. We come from different backgrounds of expertise and we value our diversity. We are engaged in a mission to assess, support, connect and empower the different humanitarian actions and NGOs taking place in Lebanon. We work in close communication with an ever-growing number of NGOs and initiatives in order to be able to spot the gaps and missing links of the ecosystem of change, to aim for a more collaborative, transparent and long-lasting civic action. This day-to-day mapping of the humanitarian actions is complemented by connections to the private sector in hope of matching needs with opportunities and urgency with sustainability.

Permanent Peace Movement (PPM) is an independent Lebanese, Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) founded in 1989 as the height of the Lebanese Civil war by a group of young university students unified by their common version of the future and their aversion to war. They considered that the peaceful means for conflict resolution are the most useful of all, and once exhausted, one should resort to non-violent means and never to violence. Permanent Peace Movement (PPM) works in coordination with the various components of the community in the following fields: - Resolving/preventing conflicts through researches and trainings, and intervening where necessary and possible - Controlling armament, possession and misuse of small arms - Promoting transitional justice, facing the past and consolidating reconciliation in the post-war society - Human rights and human security. - Promoting children’s rights and stopping the use of children in armed conflicts - Spreading the culture of non-violence so that it becomes a value and a human choice by itself - Replacing retributive justice by restorative justice - Promoting citizenship and democracy and motivating individuals as well as groups to fulfill their duties and know their rights Permanent Peace Movement’s (PPM) work covers all the Lebanese regions as well as the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). It contributes, along with several active ministries and international organizations to building peace; those include, but are not limited to: Ministry of Displaced, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Administrative Reform, European Union (EU), Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), AMIDEAST, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), United Nations’ Development Program, United Nations Reintegration and Socio-Economic Rehabilitation (UNRSRD), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations’ Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), OXFAM – Quebec, NOVA, National Democratic Institute (NDI), World Council of Churches (WCC), United Nations Fund for Democracy, UPP, COSV, ZIVIK, Columbia University, Conventry University, MEPI, Crisis action