News
World Federation Delegation visiting SADR Foundation
28/09/2018
A delegation from the World Federation of KSIMC visited Imam Sadr Foundation cultural complex to follow up on the progress of their joint projects and to discuss possible ways to promote their partnership towards far-reaching development fields.
The Word Federation delegation consisted of Ms. Madiha Raza, the Head of WF Aid, Ms. Zaynab Mirza, Project Coordinator, and Mr. Mohamed Baqir. From the Foundation, Ms. Rabab Sadr, Mr. Nijad Charafeddine, Mr. Mohammad Bassam, and other staff members welcomed the visitors and exchanged views about current situations and potentialities of deepening their cooperation.
Activist's Work Camp
28/09/2018
Within the educational, cultural, and recreational activities that Imam Sadr Foundation (ISF) organizes annually, it has held a cultural camp with the sponsorship from the Canadian Embassy on Friday September 28 and Saturday September 29 of 2018. The camp’s venue was on Imam Sadr Foundation’s campus with around 100 participants with an age range of 18 to 50. Around 85% of them were women who were ISF employees and others who were employees from other organizations.
This innovative approach to capacity-building was launched by the Human Resources Department. Mr. Waseem Al-Zein continued with the facilitators in preparing and presenting the activities.
Nine intellectual, educational, physical, and recreational activities were launched around the foundation’s campus that started from 9:00am to 3:00pm. With the help of 20 employees for the execution of the activities, 5 administrators from the head-office and 5 employees for the logistics, the camping activities were launched.
The following are the names of the activities and the facilitators:
1. First Aid (Fatima Sabra, Fatima Hasan)
2. Social Integration (Inchad Mortada, Bana Yazbeck)
3. Well-Being and Diet (Maya Ghorayeb, Zahraa Awada)
4. Psychological First Aid (Mona Tiba, Ghadir Haidar)
5. Stress Management (Ghada El Zein, Rola Tiba, Elham Safieddine)
6. Le Nez Rouge (Master Trainer Abir Abd El-Reda)
7. Child Protection (Layan Charafeddine, Fatima Hamoud)
8. Energizer (Malak Houmani, Fatima Sbeiti, Samira Abboud)
9. Gender Based Violence (Mariam Hassan, Rania Abbass)
At the end of the program, photographs of the participants were taken with the trainers and supervisors of the cultural camp.
UNDP Delegation visits SADR Foundation
25/09/2018
Within the cooperation framework between UNDP and Imam Sadr Foundation,
UNDP delegation visited the Foundation premises in Tyre. The delegation included Mr Leonidas Kioussis, General Director for Energy, Project Manager Hassan Harajli.
Mr. Nijad Charafeddine, the Director General and Mr. Mohammad Nour El-Dine, the Director of Media and Communication Department, welcomed the visitors and accompanied them in a tour to inspect the installed photovoltaic system funded by Cedro Project- EU, and discussed further opportunities of cooperation.
Présidente de l'Ordre de Malte au Liban Princess Françoise de Bourbon-Lobkowicz visits SADRFoundation
17/09/2018
Chehabiyyeh Primary Health Care Center Receives the PHC Accreditiation Quality Award
15/08/2018
Chehabiyyeh Primary Health Care Center Receives the PHC Accreditiation Quality Award, with “Advanced” rating, from MoPH in collaboration with Accreditation Canada International
Al- Yasmine 2 Summer Camp
11/08/2018
For the second consecutive year, Imam Sadr Foundation launched a summer camp for displaced Syrians called “Al Yasmine”. It was located in the town of Aita al-Shaab for children between 7-15 years. The camp started on Saturday 11/8/2018 and continued until 18/8/2018 followed by similar activity for the same age group in the town of Seddiquin from 24/8/2018 until 31/8/2018. The activities of the camps are part of the project to promote the positive values of displaced Syrians and residents implemented by Imam Sadr FOundation in cooperation with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).
The activity aimed to:
– Promote dialogue and convergence within displaced groups, and also with host communities;
– Promote positive values and practices, such as human rights and justice between citizenship and the protection of children;
– Improve the chances of decent accommodation among displaced people, as well as improve the capacity of host groups.
The activity package included: recreation, improving life skills, sports, drama, and manual skills.