Raising Awareness to Combat Desertification

On the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification, the 16th of June of each year, Makhzoumi Foundation’s Development Program participated in an awareness-raising event for a group of Al-Mabarrat school students during the environmental day organized by the Al-Mabrat Charitable Society in the pine grove of Beirut on 20 June 2019. Awareness sessions on…

The 6th Garden Show and Spring Festival

Makhzoumi Foundation participated at The 6th Garden Show and Spring Festival at Beirut Hippodrome between the 5th and the 8th of June 2019. The Garden Show & Spring Festival is an annual unique anticipated destination for garden enthusiasts and outdoor lovers, that also aims to promote Lebanon’s environmental tourism and cultural heritage. Makhzoumi Foundation’s stand…

Discussing social inclusion at MIO ESDE

Being the Lebanese partner of the “DIVE-IN” project, Makhzoumi Foundation participated in the Peer Learning Seminar at the Mediterranean Information Office (MIO-ECSDE) in Athens, whereby it provided a group of educators and professionals from Greece, Jordan and Palestine with a workshop about social inclusion in Lebanon. The workshop was held on the 24th of May…

Green Week at Brussels!

Makhzoumi Foundation participated at the EU Green Week that was held at the Blue Point Conference Center in Brussels, Belgium, May 15th -17th. Under the theme “Take the Initiative! Applying environmental legislation”, Makhzoumi Foundation participated at several sessions, including: Environment and Health, How Civil Society can facilitate implementation of environmental laws, Sustainable Fertilizers, Steps to…

Not Before 18 Years Old!!

Makhzoumi Foundation participated in the celebration ceremony organized by the Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education, to announce the results of the expressionist and artistic competition on the issue of the marriage of underage girls under the title “Not before 18 Years Old” which targeted middle and…

Keeping The Big Blue Clean!

As an extension to its initiative in the preservation of the environment “Yalla Nefroz”, Makhzoumi Foundation participated in the campaign of the Big Blue Association to clean the Lebanese coast and sea, from Arida north to Ras Al Naqoura in the south, along with the Lebanese army, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, the…

Beirut Environment Conference 2019

Environment is our home, and it reflects our culture, and we have to be aware and cultured to maintain a healthy environment. To keep with Makhzoumi Foundation’s interest in implementing the sustainable development goals in Lebanon, the objectives of the environment occupies a wide space, given their importance and direct impact on our daily lives…

I Deserve Quality Education!

Based on the concern of Makhzoumi Foundation for achieving the sustainable development goals, the Foundation’s Development Program participated in the closing ceremony of the “Learning for All Week” activities under the title “I Deserve Quality Education”, held at Al Kawthar High School on 17 April 2019, under the auspices of the Regional Specialist for Basic…

Networking with LWR!

Makhzoumi Foundation participated on April 10th and 11th in the Kick off meeting at CITEA hotel for the project “Training on Beekeeping Skills and Environmental Arts and Crafts in the Bekaa and Greater Beirut” funded by the Lutheran World Relief (LWR). The meeting was an opportunity for LWR to present their expectations towards the project,…

Promoting the 3Rs at Dunes Exhibition!

On the occasion of the International Day of Recycling, the Makhzoumi Foundation Development Program participated in the “Big Blue Campaign” exhibition, from 18 to 23 March 2019, at the Dunes Hotel – Verdun, under the patronage of Minister of Environment Fadi Jrayssati. The exhibition included a display of innovations in the recycling sector, where Makhzoumi…

Supporting Women in Local Exhibitions!

A new opportunity provided by Makhzoumi Foundation for Women’s Support, through the participation of the Development Program and Microcredit Program at exhibition held by Mufti Hassan Khaled Association, during the period from 6 to 8 March 2019. Where Makhzoumi Foundation promoted the products of a number of women beneficiaries of the development and microcredit programs,…

Empowering Women in the Agri-food Sector

Makhzoumi Foundation participated on March 5th in the launching of the project “Support to Women Cooperatives and Associations in the Agro-Food sector of Lebanon”, at Lancaster Hotel, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO, and funded by the Embassy of Canada. This project – informally known as…

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,…

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…

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…

AFKAR Program Training Workshops

Makhzoumi Foundations is participating in four training workshops under the title “Development Projects Management: Design and Management – Participatory Writing – Evaluation and follow-up”, organized by AFKAR Program, funded by EU and managed by OMSAR.   These workshops come within the context of the training and capacity building plans that AFKAR Program conducts to enhance…

Awareness Sessions for Students with Learning Disabilities

Being concerned to raise awareness on the critical issues related to children and youth, The Makhzoumi Foundation conducted, through its Development Program, two awareness workshops on “Protection from sexual harassment”, for students with learning disabilities at Lycee Provincial – Antelias, on March 12, 2018. Students from the 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th and 12th-grade classes took…

Prospects and challenges towards enhancing the role of women in society

A number of social, diplomatic and media figures, representatives of international and local associations, implementing agencies, government institutions and a number of project beneficiaries from all Lebanese regions attended the closing ceremony of the project that empowers reproductive health and addresses violence against women. The project was being implemented by Makhzoumi Foundation, Akkarouna, Al Mabarrat…

Cyprus hosts the 1st Meeting of the Mediterranean Education for Sustainable Development Committee.

The 1st Meeting of the Mediterranean Education for Sustainable Development Committee Action held in Cyprus focused on the needs to be taken, in order for the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to respond to the needs of the international community for social, financial, ecological and political sustainability. The meeting was launched during a session at the House…

Think Twice. Seek Advice.

One of the strategic objectives of Makhzoumi Foundation is Partnership for sustainable development. Partnership increases the possibilities to spread awareness messages into the community in many sectors, wether in health, education, economic empowerment and humanitarian issues. This time, a social, non-political, non-profit association of volunteering students specializing in pharmacy and medicine joined the loop of…

Makhzoumi Foundation Ran The Beirut Marathon “To Empower A Better Tomorrow!”

Organized by the Beirut Marathon Association, the annual event kicked off in the Lebanese capital at the Beirut Waterfront with the participation of more than 48,000 athletes from Lebanon and around the world under the slogan of “15 Years And We Shall Run.” In the presence of President Michel Aoun, represented by his wife, First Lady…

Beekeeping Workshops in Bekaa

The Makhzoumi Foundation has initiated training workshops on beekeeping in the framework of the “Civil Society for Sustainable Development” Project, which is implemented within the EU-funded AFKAR III Program, managed by the Office of the Minister of State for Administrative Reform, and in partnership with MIO-ECSDE, the Lebanese Association ALMEE and the Lebanese National Commission…

Launching of the Report on National Strategy for Women in Lebanon

Makhzoumi Foundation attended the ceremony organized by the Lebanese National Commission for Lebanese Women and UNFPA to launch the third yearly report on the implementation of the National Strategy for Women in Lebanon, which was accomplished in a participatory manner among the concerned departments, NGOs, universities and international organizations “. The ceremony took place on…

AFKAR III Workshop for NGOs

Being a partner in AFKAR III Program, which is funded by EU and managed by OMSAR, the Makhzoumi Foundation participated in the workshop organized by the Program under the title “Capacity Building of NGOs in the Legal, Financial and Reporting Areas” with the aim of empowering those working in EU funded projects. The workshop was…

“Civil Society in Action towards Sustainable Development” Contest

Makhzoumi Foundation, in partnership with Armadella (Italian NGO) & MIO-ECSDE (Greek NGO) & ALMEE (Lebanese NGO) and UNESCO National Committee, organized the award distribution ceremonies of the competition of the project “Civil Society in Action towards Sustainable Development” implemented by the Foundation and its partners in the framework of AFKAR III Program, funded by the…

Workshops Enhancing Different Skills

Makhzoumi Foundation conducts, in collaboration with Positive Planet, training workshops on food preparation, Hairdressing and Men Barber. These sessions are held with an additional course on Entrepreneurship, benefiting Lebanese and Syrians. Two sessions have started in early April and continue over May 2017, one at the Foundation’s center in Mazraa and the other at Aramoun…

At the Islamic Center Exhibition

Makhzoumi Foundation participated at the Islamic Center exhibition on March 17-18 and 19, 2017, whereby the Development Program/Department of crafts and environmental arts displayed craft environmental items made of household solid waste, through which the Foundation aims to encourage reduction of waste through recycling and up-cycling. The Foundation presented as well the services of the…

Awareness Sessions at Schools

The Makhzoumi Foundation’s Department of Crafts and Environmental Arts conducted three awareness sessions on the importance of sorting, recycling and reusing of waste on March 14 and 16, 2017, at the Al Rida Al Amileyya School in Beirut. These meetings included as well environmental handicrafts, involving 45 students from the second, fourth and fifth grades.

Online Safety at UNESCO

Makhzoumi Foundation participated at the “Safer Internet Day for Children” gathering, called for by the Higher Council for Children and the British Council and held on March 18, 2017, at UNESCO Palace. The stand of the Foundation’s Development Program will be receiving the children and the young aged between 13 and 18 years, whereby they…

Valentine’s Day Candles

Makhzoumi Foundation carried out through the Development Program/ Crafts and Environmental Arts, in collaboration with the Diplomats’ Spouses Association in Lebanon DSAL, a session on making and decorating wax on February 7, 2017 at the Foundation’s Atelier in Mazraa. A number of Diplomats’ Spouses and their friends participated in the session whereby they learned how…