Violet Home Project
Reduction of the vulnerability of refugee girls and adolescent girls in Lebanon.
This project is designed to protect and empower refugee girls and adolescent girls in Lebanon by strengthening their access to education, psychosocial support, life skills, and community protection mechanisms. It prioritizes safeguarding their rights, mitigating vulnerabilities, and advancing gender equality in line with Sustainable Development Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Initiated in 2020, the project continues to operate in Ein Al-Helweh and Nahr Al-Bared camps, providing sustained support to enhance the safety, development, and resilience of refugee girls.
Target Group:
school-enrolled refugee girls in need of remedial education (grades 7–12).
Dropped out-of-school refugee girls requiring alternative basic education
Girls and adolescents participating in psychosocial, life-skills, and advocacy activities
highly vulnerable refugee families.
Mothers through participating in awareness sessions.
Community actors, decision-makers, and camp stakeholders engaged in advocacy.
Main Activities:
Education Support:
- Remedial Education: Providing academic support classes to school-enrolled girls from grade 7 to grade 12.
- Alternative Education: Offering non-formal basic education to out-of-school girls and adolescents.
- Digital Literacy: Training out-of-school girls to use the Internet and computer programs.
- Scholarships: Providing vocational scholarships to girls enrolled in alternative education.
- Library Access: Carrying out structured activities in the women’s library and Internet center.
Psychosocial Support:
- Psychological Services: Implementing individual sessions and group sessions.
- Awareness for Girls: Implementing awareness-raising sessions on mental health, safety, and rights.
- Life-Skills Development: Conducting life-skills activities focused on confidence, communication, and leadership.
Leisure & Outdoor Activities:
Implementing recreational and outdoor activities to support well-being.
Advocacy Course:
Providing specialized advocacy and lobbying training for girls.
Student-Led Initiatives:
Supporting initiatives led by girls themselves.
Sports Participation:
Enrolling girls and adolescents in the Women’s Sports Center.
Family & Community Engagement:
- Food Support: Distributing monthly food rations to vulnerable families of the enrolled girls.
- Awareness for Mothers: Conducting awareness sessions for mothers on girls’ rights and early marriage.
- Girls–Mothers Joint Activities: Implementing recreational activities to strengthen family bonds.
- Community Awareness Sessions: Conducting sessions to promote girls’ rights and gender equality.
Advocacy Meetings:
Holding meetings with socio-political actors in the camps to address early marriage and reinforce girls’ protection.
Media & Outreach:
- Awareness Campaign: Launching a media campaign to promote gender equality and reject early marriage.
- School-Based Awareness: Implementing awareness sessions in schools on the importance of education.
Impact:
The project empowers refugee girls by enhancing their education, safety, confidence, leadership, and community participation. It strengthens family and community support, addresses harmful practices like early marriage, and fosters a safer, more equitable environment. Through educational, psychosocial, and advocacy interventions, the project promotes gender equality and protects the rights of vulnerable girls and adolescents.
