Challenging and facing crises is our choice; from this perspective, Makhzoumi Foundation always opens doors to empower and guide individuals. Its craft workshops come within this context. The most recent were workshops training on cupcakes preparation and decoration, and sewing clothes. The cupcakes preparation and decoration workshop witnessed high demand, as we all look for…
On the occasion of International Day of Yoga, Makhzoumi Foundation in cooperation with Embassy of India in Lebanon & the National Diabetes Organization Dia-Leb, organized a round table discussion on “Yoga For Humanity”, tackling the importance of Yoga and its impact on individual’s health The president of Dia-Leb Dr. Jackie Maalouf showed a presentation, and…
On the occasion of the “World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought”, which the world celebrates on June 17 of each year, the Environment and Development Program at Makhzoumi Foundation distributed saplings and aromatic plants, from its Nursery in Akkar, to the passers-by in front of the Foundation’s entrance in Mazraa – Barbour area, aiming…
Because we don’t just want to respond to crises, we want to avoid them, prevention measures are better than corrective ones! After Beirut Forest fires for the second time in 2022, a campaign to weed and grass the forest to avoid more fires, was launched under the patronage of His Excellency the Governor of Beirut,…
A quarter of a century has passed since the launch of Makhzoumi Foundation. 25 years, during which the Foundation has never stopped practicing its mission, no matter how compelling the circumstances. Neither wars, nor divisions, nor fires, nor explosions, nor any crisis have hindered our tasks. In every crisis, as during every day of every…
In cooperation and coordination with the Internal Security Forces, the Lebanese Charitable Association for Reform and Rehabilitation organized a meeting that brought together the inmates of Tripoli women’s prison with their children, in a humane meeting filled with feelings that erupted into tears of joy the moment they embraced their daughters-in-law. They also exchanged gifts…
The Embassy of India and Makhzoumi Foundation jointly organized the celebration of World Bicycle Day on June 3, 2022. The event was organized at the Beirut Waterfront. The United Nations General Assembly declared June 3 as International World Bicycle Day in the year 2018. The resolution for World Bicycle Day recognizes “the uniqueness, longevity and…
Makhzoumi Foundation hosted VIA Lebanon Board of Directors and some of its members, at the Foundation’s headquarters in Barbour, Zreik Street. After the welcoming them, Mrs. May Makhzoumi, President of Makhzoumi Foundation, gave a speech in which she introduced the Foundation and its history spanning more than 24 years, along with an explanatory video. The…
Empowering individuals is the most important step to empowering society, and helping them to become active individuals is the basis for building a productive society. Hence Makhzoumi Foundation’s vision of the necessity of empowering women to become independent producers and income earners, in the simplest ways. Thus were our monthly courses and craft workshops. Within…
Makhzoumi Foundation participated at the Microsoft Office Specialist – MOS Championship Lebanon final ceremony, to award the champions of Lebanon 2022. Microsoft Office Specialist World Championship is a global competition that tests students’ skills on Microsoft Office Word and Excel. MOS Championship Lebanon is the official qualifier for Lebanon, for the winners to participate in…
Makhzoumi Foundation has completed the first and second phases of the initiative to illuminate Beirut’s streets through solar energy, where the streets of Corniche Al Mazraa, Bechara El Khoury, Al Hamra, Barbour, Zureik, Mar Elias, and Tariq Al Jdeideh were lit, with the support of the Foundation’s honorary president, His Excellency Deputy Fouad Makhzoumi. The…
The Beirut codes team at Makhzoumi foundation organized a series of training that targeted youth from universities in a TOT – Training of Trainers for over 30 university students on Microbit and coding literacy. Beirut Codes worked on introducing Youth and Children to coding and equipped them with one of the most demanding 21st century…
The Little Engineer, in cooperation with Makhzoumi Foundation, concluded the Rebuild Beirut project, which was launched in cooperation with Makassed Charitable Association, which gave students an opportunity to learn and apply robotics and technology through technical workshops, stimulating the creativity of young people to devise scientific and practical solutions for the development of their community.…
After the first phase, which included the entire Mazraa line, Makhzoumi Foundation’s initiative to light the streets of Beirut with environmentally friendly solar energy continues, with the support of its honorary president, His Excellency Deputy Fouad Makhzoumi, where solar lighting was installed in Mar Elias and Zureik Street in Mazraa, and initiated the installations in…
The month of Ramadan, a long-awaited month at Makhzoumi Foundation… we wish the whole year was Ramadan. As every year, Makhzoumi Foundation prepares an exceptional suit to receive the month of goodness, in which the activities of its various programs crowd together, to contribute to alleviating the stress of life in the month of mercy.…
As part of our efforts to empower youth, comes “Step Forward” Initiative, from Makhzoumi Foundation’s vocational training program. It is an initiative that recruits interns, and provides them with the opportunity to practice day-by-day job tasks and acquire the skills needed to experiment with potential career paths. Moreover, we put human values above everything else.…
Makhzoumi Foundation continued its free health campaigns during the month of April at the Foundation’s Primary Health Care Center in Barbour, and through its mobile clinic on the land of Dar Al Fatwa in Verdun, Beirut. Hundreds of citizens benefited from the free health campaigns and laboratory tests provided by the Foundation to its various…
As we always aim to empower women and help them become strong and independent productive citizens, Makhzoumi Foundation’s environment and development program continues its workshops, to provide women with skills that secures them an independent job. Demand on learning various handicrafts, including the art of embroidery, has been increasing lately; accordingly, Makhzoumi Foundation held a…
Makhzoumi Foundation’s Development and Environment Program launched during March many crafts workshops, that teaches women new skills they can benefit from, and become financially independent. Embroidery Makhzoumi Foundation’s Development and Environment Program launched a new craft workshop in the Embroidery field, during which the participants enjoyed learning the basic stitches of this craft and applying…
For the fifth month in a row, the mobile health campaigns organized by Makhzoumi Foundation, through its mobile clinic, continue. Where free medical and health services are provided to the beneficiaries, including consultations with doctors of public health, cardiology, genecology, children, and ENT ear, nose and throat, in addition to free blood and laboratory tests,…
Teachers’ Day is a special day for the appreciation of teachers, and to celebrate and honor them for their special contributions on empowering the community, and building a better future. In this occasion, Makhzoumi Foundation celebrated teachers’ day with the instructors of our vocational training center, in all our branches in different areas in Lebanon.…
In the occasion of “International Women’s Day”, a worldwide campaign was launched on social media under the hashtag “#BreakTheBias”, to raise awareness on the importance and urge to achieve equality and break the bias in our communities. As a defender and advocator to equality and human rights, Makhzoumi foundation participated in this campaign, as we…
Since Riad El Solh Public School is concerned with building students’ character, unleashing their potentials and seeking to renew the accreditation of the International School Award with the British Council, they organized a round table activity entitled “Entrepreneurship and Success Stories” with a number of leading figures within this field. Makhzoumi foundation was invited to participate…
Building societies requires building capabilities. And what’s better than ripple effect capacity building to ensure having helped as much as possible? At Makhzoumi foundation, we applied our ripple effect system with “Beirut Codes” workshop. Through Beirut Codes we introduced coding to young university students and equipped them with one of the most demanding 21st century…
Wool knitting craft had been passing through generations from grandmothers to granddaughters, to become a legacy. This craft disappeared after women had joined the labor market, so Makhzoumi Foundation took care of reviving it within its craft courses whereby the most recent was in late February 2022.
Because children and human rights are at the core of our work, we spare no effort to work to fulfil them. While the community nutritionists at Makhzoumi Foundation primary healthcare center performed the routine malnutrition screening and management for children and pregnant-lactating mothers, the children enjoyed their time playing with the UNICEF donated LEGO. They…
As part of its permanent endeavors to develop constructive international relations, which promote cultural exchange, Makhzoumi Foundation held a friendly tournament in table tennis, in cooperation with the Indian Embassy, on the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Day, which is an initiative of the Government of India to celebrate 75 years of progressive India…
Within its ongoing courses, Environment and Development program at Makhzoumi foundation continues to raise awareness and conduct training sessions on protecting the environment. And within this frame, we carried out a training workshop on Découpage at Makhzoumi Foundation Mazraa Center; a craft that joins pleasure with benefit and helps to reduce waste by the up-cycling…
Several health campaigns were launched during December, continued during February, and will continue with them, to provide the best health care services to you wherever you are…because your health is our concern! During January and February, Makhzoumi Foundation health care program organized health campaigns that employ the medical mobile unit MMU and target people from…
Makhzoumi Foundation implemented the project in cooperation with the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO funded by MIO- ESCDE 10/12/2021 Makhzoumi Foundation organized within MIO-ECSDE’s ‘Mediterranean Action Day 2021’ the contest entitled “MAD for the Ocean”, in cooperation with the Lebanese National commission for UNESCO and funded by MIO-ESCDE (Mediterranean Information Office for the Environment,…
In response to the need of Beirut city and its people, and in implementation of Makhzoumi Foundation’s approach, working to make Beirut a sustainable city, the Corniche Al Mazraa Street was lit up again through solar panels, by the initiative of the Honorary President of Makhzoumi Foundation, His Excellency Deputy Fouad Makhzoumi. After the approval…
The President of Makhzoumi Foundation, Mrs. May Makhzoumi, handed over the flag from Beirut to Cairo to be the “Arab City for Social Responsibility for the year 2022”, during the 10th CSR Regional Network Partners Forum for the year 2022. This comes after the Lebanese capital Beirut, held the title for the year 2021, chosen…
As usual, the Honorary President of Makhzoumi Foundation, His Excellency Deputy Fouad Makhzoumi, visited the foundation’s headquarters in Barbour, to follow up on the proper progress of work, and to listen to the beneficiaries. H.E Makhzoumi toured the foundation’s departments, inspecting the proper progress of work, and praising the efforts of the tireless work team,…
As the pressures and stifling conditions increase in Lebanon, it becomes necessary to find a place to support and help people to express their concerns and feelings. This is what we aimed for through the “Expressive Art Workshop”, that was held at Makhzoumi Foundation Headquarters, in collaboration with “People Beyond Borders”. “Maruee Pahujee” – expressive…
As we witness ourselves at the helm of the holiday season, we must take a moment to reflect on ourselves and on the sacred values that define us as human. Diverse in our beliefs, we share a common cause, a promise to our charter of existence to care about our fellow humans and look after…
In implementation of the approach that has been followed since its establishment, Makhzoumi Foundation continued its work to empower the community through the Pfizer Vaccine campaign, to fight the Corona virus and empower the community health. The Foundation, with a gift from its honorary president, H.E Deputy Fouad Makhzoumi, and its president Mrs. May Makhzoumi,…
For the sixth year in a row, Makhzoumi Foundation’s “Let’s Sort – Yalla Nefroz” initiative continues. Out of our strong desire to achieve sustainable development and preserve our environment, Makhzoumi Foundation launched an environmental initiative entitled “Let’s Sort…Let’s Start the First Step Together”, in collaboration with CEDAR-Environmental, back in 2016, aiming at stimulating the neighborhoods of…
Over the course of three days, the Regional Network for Social Responsibility held a workshop entitled “Specialist in the United Nations Global Compact Program” in cooperation with Makhzoumi Foundation. A number of activists in the social fields in Lebanon and the Arab countries participated in this workshop, along with a group of elite Arab lecturers.…
In recognition of her efforts and continuous work, the International Excellence Foundation honored the president of Makhzoumi Foundation, Mrs. May Makhzoumi, by awarding her “Fakhr Al Arab” International Award in the NGO category. This award came in appreciation of the work of Mrs. Makhzoumi in managing Makhzoumi Foundation as a humanitarian foundation with departments, programs…
The Governor of Beirut Municipality, Judge Marwan Abboud, in cooperation with the Beirut Municipality, launched a campaign to clean the capital under the title “Let us all bow to Beirut” in partnership with civil society, scout and media associations, the fire brigade and the Beirut City Guard. Makhzoumi Foundation participated in this campaign. Corniche Mazraa…
Makhzoumi Foundation held a training workshop on making and shaping ceramic dough, which is a distinctive art that combines fun and benefit, and is easy to learn, and allows gaining money by using it to make a masterpiece as a special and unique gift. It is one of the dozens of handicrafts on which the…
As part of the weekly online sessions hosted by Makhzoumi Foundation, the international trainer Ahmed Al-Quddus delivered a workshop on “Mind Mapping”, the method that increases the productivity of individuals at the professional, educational, and personal levels The workshop was interactive, where the participants presented their mind maps at the end of the session
Makhzoumi Foundation’s Environment and Development Program organized a drawing and video shooting contest as a contribution to the environmental activity within the 28th edition of “Clean Up The Med” campaign, which was launched in the Mediterranean in 1995. This activity aimed at raising awareness on the dangers of Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea and its…
October… or “Pinktocber”, is globally known as the breast cancer awareness month, to raise awareness on the importance of the yearly checkup for breast cancer early detection, and to support the women with cancer, all over the world. And like every year, under the title “Check Yourself”, Makhzoumi Foundation launched its campaign to raise awareness,…
‘The Chief itof Health and Nutrition from UNICEF visited Makhzoumi Foundation Primary Healthcare Center on October 8th, accompanied by the Health Program Manager from European Union Delegation Lebanon. The guests were introduced to the different health programs, and they highlighted the importance of Makhzoumi Foundation’s approach towards achieving holistic community health.
Stemming from the importance of education, and the importance of involving student energies in the reconstruction of the country to build a better tomorrow, The Little Engineer launched the Rebuild Beirut project, in cooperation with Makhzoumi Foundation, The Lifetime Education Foundation, and Makassed Association. This project aims to harness science, technology, engineering and mathematics, to…
Makhzoumi Foundation has implemented a series of training courses at the Foundation’s center in Tripoli, benefiting a group of women, through the project to support and empower women in the Union of Relief and Development Associations (URDA) and the Cooperation for the Development of Emerging Countries (COSPE), funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation…
Makhzoumi Foundation participated at the “International Refugee Law and Migration Law of the Institute of Sanremo” seminar, tackling the Protection of Vulnerable Categories through Innovative Methods, during which they discussed the “Fun Bus” by Makhzoumi Foundation, and the need of having such initiatives during the hard times the country is passing through in addition to…
Be an active member, your community needs you. We support you! Educational institutions are not only about studying, examinations, and tuition. Community service is becoming a greater component of several universities and schools. Colleges and schools serve an important role in cultivating a culture of lifelong citizenship and service. When students volunteer as students, they…
Makhzoumi Foundation participated in the “Clean Beirut” initiative, which was launched with the joint efforts of the Volunteers Unit of the Makassed Association, in partnership with the Good Neighborhood Initiative at the American University of Beirut and with the support of the Hamra Street Friends Committee, in cooperation with NGOs, and a large number of…
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