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Description:

Basmeh & Zeitooneh (B&Z) is a grassroots organization started in 2012 when a group of volunteers in Lebanon, driven by the plight of Syrian refugees, began a small relief operation. Within a year the volunteers had set up their organization as a Lebanese NGO and received their first grant to start three different programs in their community center in Shatila a preexisting Palestinian refugee camp that was hosting Syrian refugees. From these beginnings, B&Z grew at a compound annual growth rate in excess of 50% and became one of the premier local Syrian relief and development organizations. In 2015 a branch was setup in Turkey and in 2017 and 2018 the organization registered fund-raising subsidiaries in the US and UK. In 2019 work was launched in Erbil, Iraq.

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Arts & Culture,Basic Assistance,Development,Education,Livelihoods,Displaced/Refugee Affairs,Protection / Child Protection,Research & Human Rights