Empowerment is the process of gaining enough control and confidence that urge make social and economic changes within the community
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Youths in Lebanon encounter numerous challenges associated to the economic, political and social impediment to their integration within their community.
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As part of the services provided by Nuwat Association (Ein El Helwi Camp) within the New Beam of Life project, the association provides milk for children born within the project from the age of six months and above. We encourage mothers to continue breastfeeding from the birth of the child until the age of two years due to the health benefits that breastfeeding provides for both the mother and the child.
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The psychologist conducted a depression awareness session for the supportive-education students at Ein El-Hilweh camp as part of the alternative school project. The session was characterized by significant interaction between the students and the psychologist, who shared personal stories and events they had experienced. The session aimed to increase awareness and understanding of depression, and to provide effective strategies for coping with it. This contributes to creating a school environment characterized by understanding, cooperation, and enhancing psychological support for students in need. This project is funded by Sardegna Palestina, Regione Autonoma Della Sardegna, and the Municipality of Quartu Sant'Elena.
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The MircoCredit Project team, funded by Fons Menorquí de cooperació, held a training workshop entitled “How to Prepare and Submit Loan Applications”. The workshop included many activities and main topics, including getting to know each other, methods of filling out loan applications, and the social worker explained the details of the project. The economic expert for the project also provided a detailed explanation of the process of preparing the feasibility study and its importance. This was in the presence and wide interaction of the residents of Ein el-Hilweh camp, who praised and welcomed the idea of the project, which made the place full of positive and optimistic spirits. This project is funded by ESFONS Menorqui
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It is not a first round in any case, as this latest aggression was preceded by attacks, or as they are said, military escalations, and this only indicates that the aggression is ongoing in various fields and for many reasons, but it is escalated from time to time according to the requirements and visions of the replacement colonial entity. We must review a few facts here. First, the Gaza Strip, which is a coastal strip with an area of 365 square kilometers, is indirectly occupied and besieged. In addition, for example, to being forced to trade in the enemy’s currency, the enemy stands at all of its crossings, controlling movement, livelihood, and the economy, except for the crossing. Rafah, the connecting point between Palestinian Rafah and Egyptian Rafah, is supposed to be a sovereign point on which Egypt is based. Secondly, the enemy had withdrawn from Gaza in 2005, driven by intense resistance. In his announcement of withdrawal, he revealed a unilateral disengagement decision, which is a political term that aims to separate between two states until each state achieves its geographical and political sovereignty. The Knesset will later cancel the decision in March from the year 2023. Third, the siege on Gaza began in 2007 following the legislative elections in January 2006, as a collective punishment for the people of Gaza choosing their legislative representative, through a democratic election process. However, the enemy - the only democracy in the Middle East according to the West’s estimation - wanted a different fate for the people of Gaza. Fourth, since its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip until before October 7, 2023, the Israeli enemy attacked Gaza six times, the longest of which was Operation Protective Edge in 2014, which lasted 51 days and killed 2,322 martyrs. How can we today count more than 220 days of aggression against the Gaza Strip? More than 35 thousand martyrs, more than 10 thousand missing, whether prisoner, martyr, or alive under the rubble, and tens of thousands of wounded who did not survive their wounds and will not survive another targeting. Public opinion agreed upon the beginning of the aggression in October 2023 on a scenario different from the incident, similar to previous attacks at the very least. In our conversations, we used to say that this world will move naturally. We attribute this wish to several reasons, including: The Israeli narrative has been proven false, and it has become clear that the enemy is using media platforms and tongues in a ridiculous and vulgar manner. The issue is fundamentally related to a state of continuous struggle and a valid cause, which is historical Palestine, and that the Palestinian people are a people of a nation that will not watch them being slaughtered. It is a struggle between an occupying colonizer and a people who have been under substitutionary colonialism for 76 years, and that international humanitarian law stipulates the right to self-defense for whom, and when it is due. We are in the era of human rights and organizations striving for this cause, in addition to those who believe in rights and humanity, on another authoritarian side, countries and groups with popular, political and military weight condemn the right of the Palestinian struggle and the duty to support and advocate for it. But “we” have been since the date of this aggression, and we have stood by every massacre that we believe will push this world to stand up for once against the enemy. What is also striking is that when we said, we do not mean the Palestinian people exclusively, and we did not only include Arab public opinion, but rather we are groups of varying race, gender, and affiliation. Culture believes that this genocide against the Gaza Strip must be stopped, but rather the Palestinian right from the river to the sea must be restored. There is a real scene today of communities living on the streets of varying ages, educational levels, societal jobs, and positions, all of them from his place and his country asking for serious action to stop the genocide, and to stop supporting the criminal enemy, but something stands between the will of the communities and stopping the genocide, is the will of the governments that have concluded that there is no evidence of genocide in Gaza, and it tried its best to promote the story of the colonial enemy that it unleashed hell on Gaza only out of self-defense! Rather, it seemed as if the ruling class around the world was waiting for the opportunity to “neutralize” the Gaza Strip, and amid speeches and statements filled with “I am a human being who opposes violence,” a convoy of advanced modern weapons crossed, from them to Israel, destroying the health and education sector, amputating people’s limbs, weighing down their hearts, and pursuing them from a building to a tent, and we turn our attention between two situations, either the Philadelphia land crossing between Gaza and Egypt, or a water pier that they used to build with the rubble of buildings destroyed in Gaza that may carry the bones of martyrs or their flesh! In this accelerating time frame, none of the delegations from the developed world that rushed to the region seeking war or peace did not ask Gaza what it wants, and what fate it desires! This is another scenario of war that was not expected by an analyst or expert, I think. Readings continued to exaggerate the events. Some claimed that it was an aggression that would not last, and others believed that a war would take place in the region, but Gaza remained in the middle, being attacked from all sides, tasting the horrors of the wars that was witnessed by the nations in one aggression, one sentence... It is not a war we wish for, but rather how did we misjudge its age and brutality?
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The struggle itself is a right that is being taken away from us little by little for pretexts. The international community has actually shown reservations regarding the Palestinian situation, ruling that the legitimacy of the struggle is suspended. However, all of this did not eliminate the role of the Palestinian refugee youth in the struggle and in investing their asylum in support of a renewed struggle machine in Palestine. The refugee youth are a mobile speaking media that serves the Palestinian news, a corrective narrator of poisonous narratives broadcast through the enemy’s media machine, and a steadfast person who clings to “no settlement. Written by: Marwa Kindi
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There is an urgent need in the first place to show your opinion, to stand among a group of your people and influence them and they influence you, then you will find a way, know it, and pursue it. All this is an indispensable benefit in order for the judgment to be upright, and lest you make a tyrant over you, and you will end up disliking something. The firm human right to participate in political life is an instinct in the individual and the group whose goal is to make society equal and correct. The viewer alone is to look with his one eye without taking into account the opinions and perceptions of others, he is without creativity and intelligence, and to his immediate desire is closer than his need to refine and preserve his humanity. There is no doubt or dispute that the leadership or management or whatever its name is the system based on the order of the group, it is in its opinion, assessment, management and treatment of issues, capable of achieving and meeting the needs of the individual and the group of food, housing, security, dignity and others, also capable of tyranny and deny rights. And when a person renounces a right, it is as if he renounces his rights all at once. What about the oppressed refugee who does not know where the helm is? Of course, asylum and the complex factional situation does not justify the reluctance of the Palestinian society from its right. The political situation in Lebanon in its general image is also not a justification. Let us suppose that the factions are like them in a special case, but in some way, they have given them a head that represents us, that is, that represents the summary of what we want, and represents the summary of what we see. Our voice, our expressions and our dialect, so how can this political and administrative representation achieve the desired of it if our voice and our opinion did not reach it! There is no legitimacy for a voice that emanates from the people and is independent of them, and on the other hand, the voice of those who whispered or shouted in the midst of chaos does not reach. It is not difficult for a single group to gather and define its priorities and demands, even if its origin and branch differed, it has been placed today in one trench. The refugee people should appreciate the course of things, and realize that the main reason for the widening of their plight is that they stood by and watched in the face of successive crises, and that the consequences of their fear that silenced them made things worse. Know first and foremost that loudspeakers are not restricted by anyone, and there is no need for you to understand politics in order to participate in it. It is a definite legal right to demand your proper representation and to form a group under the name you desire, to ask a referendum, to hold a sit-in, to disobey, and to say in a clear and frank voice That a human being is in my group and we need this or we do not want this. This is a right related to being a human being in the first place, not to being a citizen of your country. International laws guarantee without discrimination the right to self- determination, as there is no legitimacy for some individuals to decide the fate of the group without referring to it.
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“My husband is Syrian and I am Lebanese. Neither the UNHCR, nor the Lebanese ministry of public health accepted to cover percentage from the fees of my delivery “. Fatima When Fatima was trying to find an institution to help her, she was informed about the New Beam of Life Project as it helped her by covering a large amount of the fees of her delivery as well as the fees of the Intensive care unit of the neonates as her baby needed to stay there for two days after being born. Also, she added “The milk that the association distribute to my daughter was very helpful as the price of milk container is very high and sometimes it is difficult for us to find the milk in the pharmacies.” Helping women in our project is not only limited to covering the costs related to childbirth, but we also work to educate women about their pregnancy period and also to improve women’s mental health through awareness and psychological sessions, as Fatima mentioned the following “The awareness sessions that you give us concerning pregnancy and mental health gives us a lot of useful information about our pregnancy period and how to deal with the changes that we may have through this period.”
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Alternative School Project: “I haven't been to school in my life, but I came to Nuwat and studied and learned. I changed for the better, my self-confidence increased, and I now have many dreams that I will try to achieve little by little”. Azzam, 15 years old Three years after he learned reading and writing skills and many life skills in the Alternative School Project, the graduation of this student who dropped out of school was a huge achievement because he believed that learning was his weapon for the coming days in building his future. Azzam now works in a clothing factory in Ain al-Hilweh camp, sewing clothes meticulously, carrying with him dreams of independence and self-sufficiency. Despite the challenges he faced earlier, he remains steadfast in his pursuit of a career that reflects his new skills and ambitions. With every stitch, he sees his dreams together, envisioning a future where his determination and hard effort push him toward a full, independent living.
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“I advise every woman to work on her situation, not to despair in the face of difficult life circumstances, to overcome difficulties, and to be stronger than the circumstances with faith and a solid will.” May Ourabi May a Palestinian refugee from Burj al-Barajneh camp, and she is a member of the Economic and Social Empowerment of Refugee Women in Lebanon Project. she was keen to break restrictions and was one of the women who had the opportunity to learn how to prepare Palestinian food mortar in the traditional way and with high skills, as she turned her small kitchen into a source of creativity and entrepreneurship. She started her own project from her home located in the alleys of the camp, where she began preparing mortar items using the most delicious recipes that the project trainers provided to her. Through determination and perseverance, she was able to secure a source of income that would help make her life and the life of her family better. The success of May encouraged many other women in the camp, because she was able to be a beacon of hope amidst difficulties so that her story remains an imprint and a living witness to the strength inherent in the Palestinian refugee woman who has been accustomed to facing challenges and crises since 1948 and has proven herself every time that she is the most powerful woman in the world.
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Empowering young refugee women in Lebanon through microcredit project It is a project that works to empower young refugee women in Lebanon, especially those who suffer from a very difficult economic situation and live in the following camps: Ain al-Hilweh, Burj al-Barajneh, Beddawi, Nahr al-Bared, and their surroundings. The core of the work of this project is in the interest of Palestinian refugee women to acquire the basic skills and sufficient passion to join the ranks of successful and creative people who form the cornerstone of raising awareness among the rest of the segments of our Palestinian society and be a ray of hope for those who are frustrated by the current economic conditions. As well as empowering refugee women who have a small project and need financial support to develop it. This project aims to empower female beneficiaries economically from the age of 18 to the age of 50 through small loans and also through training workshops on the administrative and financial issues necessary for them to manage their projects successfully. Through small loans economically, through the establishment of training workshops on the administrative and financial issues necessary for them to manage their project competently and to transfer the expertise of our team supervising this project to these people, enabling them to Dive into life and face different challenges. The lending and training process for beneficiaries through this project will be subject to some general conditions and preventive measures to ensure its sustainability and maintain its continuity to support and train the largest number of beneficiaries.
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This project aims to strengthen the Nuwat Association's administrative and financial capabilities by training employees and volunteers on several administrative and financial skills.
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The primary objective of Socio-economic empowerment for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon project is to enhance equal access and control of economic resources among Palestinian refugee women in Ein El Helweh, Burj El-Barajneh, Beddawi, and Naher Al-Bared camps.
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Self-determination is the right of peoples to take their future in their own hands and determine the path and political options that they deem appropriate, including forming their governments without external influence and determining the form of government.
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