Beaded Bracelets Workshop

The Environment and Development Program at Makhzoumi Foundation implemented a workshop on making beaded bracelets, especially for kids. During the workshop, the participating girls learned how to harmoniously assort and knit beads to make bracelets. They produced several bracelets, which they designed according to their desire, taking into account the harmony in shapes and colors.

Protecting Our Environment

Environment preservation and protection are among the primary goals #Makhzoumi_Foundation that seeks to achieve through its Environment and Development Program. The program works to spread awareness and implement projects, initiatives, and workshops to achieve these goals. Within this context, the program implemented a workshop on Découpage for kids, during which they were trained to upcycle…

Better Access to the Job Market

Boosting the #renewable energy sector and creating #job opportunities for more than 20 young #Lebanese in #Beirut including women! With the support of our partner the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency #TIKA, we are offering training on the fundamentals of Solar Energy to empower participants in accessing the job market. 

Official Handover

Under the #SustainingPartnerships theme, #MakhzoumiFoundation attended the German Corporation for International Cooperation #GIZ official handover of country director Thomas Mueller to his successor Matthias Wagner in a ceremony attended by representatives of the #German Embassy, #EuropeanUnion, and international and local partners.

Dedicated to Our Environmental Mission

Makhzoumi Foundation continues to fulfill its environmental mission by encouraging planting of trees and ornamental plants in various Lebanese regions. Within this context, the Foundation, in coordination with “Insan Association for Environment and Development” (HEAD), provided three hundred saplings of fruit and ornamental trees, to the ladies of the Orthodox parish of Our Lady of…

Environmental Awareness Seminar for Students

Makhzoumi Foundation conducted, in cooperation with Al-Iman Model High School, an awareness seminar on the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling waste. The meeting brought together 160 students from grades one and two. The awareness workshop was followed by handicraft workshops for the participating children, during which they made samples made of solid waste that…

Natural Soaps

The Environment and Development Program at Makhzoumi Foundation continued to implement workshops on molding solid soap using natural ingredients like olive oil, coconut oil, and palm oil, alongside creating unique scents and colors. The program will be launching more advanced workshops in this field.

Be Creative…You Win

The participants spent hours of entertainment and fun in the Shambhala Bracelets workshop, organized by the Environment and Development Program at Makhzoumi Foundation and implemented at the Foundation’s main center in Mazraa. The participants produced several Shambala bracelets with various braids inlaid with beads, increasing their confidence in the skills they acquired for this craft.

Gifts by Your hand

Making accessories gives us a special pleasure, specially making of necklaces, bracelets and others…; focusing on choosing colors and filling beads is like an entertainment session, as if moving beads between the fingers. The participants, during the jewelry workshop at Makhzoumi Foundation, have learned the secrets of this craft that they can produce pieces and…

Green Demonstration Room Project

The Manager of the Environment and Development Program at Makhzoumi Foundation gave a presentation about its Green Demonstration Room Project at the online plenary session of the “Regional Meeting of the Water and Environment Support”. It is an Environmental Education initiative for students implemented in partnership with the Center of Research and Development and the…

Highly Demanded Workshop

The “Environment and Development Program” at Makhzoumi Foundation implemented a workshop on “Molding Solid soap” from olive oil, coconut oil and palm oil, in addition to perfume and coloring. The workshop witnessed intense attendance and the participants expressed their interest in following more workshops centered on soap making, such as extracting essential oils and others.

A Change…to the Better

Empowering Change: The successful completion of the QUEST Project, led by Lutheran World Relief  and funded by Kerk in Actie, marked a significant milestone. Makhzoumi Foundation, a key contributor, supported 145 women entrepreneurs by disbursing over $250,000 in combined loans and grants. Additionally, 32 women gained valuable skills through targeted training programs. Celebrating the impact…

“Yalla Nefroz” initiative

The ‘Yalla Nefroz’ video, produced under the EDP program, delivers a persuasive message advocating for responsible environmental care and active participation within the community. With the caption “Together, let’s unite for a greener Beirut and a healthier environment!”, the video encourages viewers to join the ‘Yalla Nefroz’ initiative, emphasizing the importance of collective action in creating…

Distribution of Certificates Ceremony

Makhzoumi Foundation and Corus International Organization held a ceremony for distributing certificates for 31 women trained in handicrafts in several Lebanese regions. The ceremony took place in the presence of the President of Makhzoumi Foundation, Mrs. May Makhzoumi, and the Regional Director for Asia and the Middle East, Mr. Abdullah Al-Zubi, accompanied by a regional…

Hours of fun and benefit

Away from the electronic devices that captivate the majority of our children throughout the day, Makhzoumi Foundation provided hours of fun and benefit for children between ages 9 and 13 years; they prepared and decorated cookies with sugar paste, at the Foundation’s Mazraa Center, creating different shapes to present to parents and friends.

Launching the National Hygiene Campaign

The National Hygiene Campaign #نظف_بلدك was launched from Beirut with the Ministry of Environment, in cooperation with municipalities, social and environmental associations and with the participation of Makhzoumi Foundation. The campaign runs from July 22 to October 22, with the aim of promoting awareness on the importance of cleanliness and motivating the community to actively…

Holiday workshops

Making chocolate at home help the family save the labor wages and the seller’s profit, and makes room for the use of ingredients available at home and for innovation. To prepare for the holidays, Makhzoumi Foundation trained on molding bitter and sweet chocolate stuffed with nuts, dried fruits and soft fillings…

For a less polluted environment

Being keen to protect people and environment, Makhzoumi Foundation continues to periodically collect sorted waste in neighborhoods of Beirut and its suburbs, and transfers it to factories for recycling, within its “Let’s Sort” project, which was launched in 2016; schools, residential buildings and institutions benefit from it, and it keeps expanding.

Yalla Nefroz

Being keen to protect people and environment, Makhzoumi Foundation continues to periodically collect sorted waste in neighborhoods of Beirut and its suburbs, and transfers it to factories for recycling, within its “Let’s Sort” project, which was launched in 2016; schools, residential buildings and institutions benefit from it, and it keeps expanding.  

Handicrafts

To revive handicrafts, Makhzoumi Foundation trains on some of them through applied workshops that it holds at its Mazraa Center, receiving participants from various Lebanese regions. Among these crafts is crochet knitting to make wool clothes and various decorative covers.  

Empowering Women…Ongoing

The Environment and Development Program team at Makhzoumi Foundation employ (use) all its capacities to develop the beneficiaries’ skills to transfer them into productive and financially independent individuals. The program also aims to encourage creativity and develop talents, preserve crafts and empower housewives. To that regard, the program’s diverse workshops continue throughout the year. September…

Mediterranean Action Plan of the UN Environment Program and the Global Environment Facility

The President of Makhzoumi Foundation, Mrs. May Makhzoumi, representing the National Commission for Lebanese Women’s Affairs, participated in the first consultative meeting on the Water, Energy, Food and Ecosystems Nexus Management Project (Nexus) in Lebanon, organized by the Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP) -Med), which comes within the framework of the Mediterranean Action Plan…

Professional courses to secure a profitable career

Multiple craft courses, throughout the year, are held at Makhzoumi Foundation, with the aim of teaching beneficiaries a profitable profession and transforming them into productive individuals. Within this framework, the high demand for cupcake preparation courses continues at Makhzoumi Foundation, during which participants learn several recipes for cupcakes and muffins, and ways to decorate them…

Announcing “My Sustainable Beirut in 2030” contest winners

Makhzoumi Foundation organized a Nationwide Contest entitled “My Sustainable Beirut” in cooperation with the Lebanese National Commission for UNESCO. This Action aimed to raise public awareness on the importance of sustainable cities, in line with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG11 “Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. This contest…

Challenging And Facing The Crises

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…

Women Empowerment Is Our Priority

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…

Craft Workshops To Empower Women

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…

Let’s Get Knitting!

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.

Decoupage: Beautiful Up-Cycled Crafts

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…

Announcing “MAD For The Ocean” contest winners

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,…

“Let’s Sort”: An Initiative For A Sustainable City!

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…

Let’s “Clean Up The Med”

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…