Check Yourself in Tripoli

“Check Yourself” is the title of Makhzoumi Foundation’s breast cancer awareness campaign that was launched in October 2018, to raise awareness about the importance of early detection of breast cancer. Under this campaign, Makhzoumi Foundation’s Tripoli branch organized awareness session about breast cancer prevention, protection and early detection, and the importance of the mammography test,…

AFKAR 3 in its second part

Under the patronage of the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs, and in the presence of MP Fouad Makhzoumi, Makhzoumi Foundation’s president Mrs. May Makhzoumi, the representative of Bishop Issam Yohanna Darwish, presidents of the union of municipalities participating in the project, mayors and associations or their representatives, officials of Bekaa,…

The microcredit program joins the National Campaign with of the Ministry of Social Affairs

Based on the sustainable development goals for society, which we always strive to achieve, Makhzoumi Foundation participated in the National Campaign of the Ministry of Social Affairs to combat addiction, spread awareness on reproductive health, family education, and nutrition, and to promote community development in cooperation with the Lebanese Microfinance Association. Noting that the Makhzoumi…

Launching of the Microsoft Office Specialist Championship Lebanon 2019

Sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, and in collaboration with Makhzoumi Foundation, Information Technology Leading Services ITLS launched Microsoft Office Specialist Championship (MOS Lebanon), in the presence of the representative of the minister of education and higher education Mr. Marwan Hmade, director of secondary education Mrs. Jamal Baghdadi, and Mrs. May Makhzoumi,…

Self-Evaluation workshop with UNHCR

Working to improve our community can be achieved when we start with ourselves! That’s why the community development center group members a Makhzoumi Foundation, Tripoli branch participated in the Self-Evaluation workshop that was implemented by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR. The purpose of undertaking a participatory Self-Evaluations is twofold: learning and accountability,…

Makhzoumi Foundation at UN Biodiversity Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh

Makhzoumi Foundation has dedicated great attention to Environmental Protection and Preservation since its establishment. It has implemented several environmental projects and awareness-raising gatherings, in this respect. As we are always concerned to keep up with the activities that serve environmental projects and seeks to achieve more, Makhzoumi Foundation participated in the “UN Biodiversity Conference” that…

Makhzoumi Foundation launches it Breast Cancer awareness Campaign

Keeping our word “Empowering a better tomorrow”, and in the occasion of International Breast Cancer Awareness month, each October of every year, Makhzoumi Foundation launched “Examine Yourself” (Fhassi Halek) campaign, to spread awareness about the importance of early detection for breast cancer treatment. Makhzoumi Foundation announced that its doors are open for the ladies willing…

Mrs. May Makhzoumi: A new award for Leadership and Entrepreneurship

The Women and Business Development Council held its Second International Conference entitled “Strategic Planning for the Management of Development – Leadership and Entrepreneurship”, on 27-30 July 2018, at the Lancaster Plaza Hotel – Beirut. The Women and Business Development Council is concerned with enhancing the role of investment in achieving sustainable development, institutional and strategic…

A cleaner Mediterranean region

Support is always needed for environmental projects to be successful and sustainable with achievable objectives. Support actually provides all the elements of success, starting with the economic strategies that are one of their priorities and adopting the policies necessary to implement them. Lebanon and its main cities such as Sidon, Tripoli and its capital, Beirut,…

Alphabet Dialogue

With the drawing contest, Dialogue of Alphabets, the Alphabet becomes an example of tolerance, solidarity and mutual respect translated through our daily communication. Launched by Fabriano for school students, Dialogue of Alphabets comes as an answer to an appeal that extends beyond this nation’s borders and calls for a cultural restoration. Children drawings celebrated the…

Spreading safety instead of germs!

All health-care workers require clear and comprehensive training and education on the importance of hand hygiene, the approach and the correct procedures for hand-rubbing and handwashing. Because health care-associated infections (HCAI) place a serious disease burden and has a significant economic impact on patients and health-care systems, the simple task of cleaning hands at the…

Yale University joins Makhzoumi Foundation in cancer research

The academic internship nowadays shapes the career path of university students. This is why Makhzoumi Foundation has set partnerships with educational institutions across Lebanon to receive their students’ rotations within its programs. The strong belief that real-world experience through joining an organization as an intern gives youth the opportunity to work for hands-on in a…

Sharing Good Practices

UNHCR community-based protection unit nationwide paid an exchange visit to Makhzoumi Foundation community mobilization center in Tripoli within the project implemented the Danish Refugee Council in Lebanon. The main objective of the visit is to share good practices, lessons learned and or exchange experiences by attending the ongoing activities.

Vocational Training for strengthening youth resilience

The internships opportunities aim in strengthening youth resilience and empowering youth to utilize knowledge and opportunities that would enable them to confidently participate in economic and social life, and also aims to mobilize and train youth to implement initiatives that benefit their local communities. This was achieved by giving these targeted beneficiaries the market-based skills…

Focused toward goals

A meeting was held at the Hassan Center in Aramoun, which belongs to the Irchad and Islah Association between a representative of Makhzoumi Foundation and the Director of the Association, Mr. Khodor Al-Agha, and the Public Relations Committee at the Center, where the group discussed ways of cooperation, especially regarding the free vocational training courses…

Makhzoumi Foundation President, Mrs. May Makhzoumi, was honored at the Charity Society for the Care of Muslim Children’s annual Iftar

The Charity Society for the Care of Muslim Children organized its annual Iftar on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan on June 4, 2018 at the Phenicia Hotel in Beirut in the presence of the Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, represented by Dr. Ammar Houri, the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Abdullatif Darian…