Pioneers

In 1978, the Karantina neighborhood, where families, known as “Arab Al-Maslakh”, Kurdish families, and other poor and marginalized groups were…

The idea of “Restos du Coeur” was born at one social worker’s home, Mrs. Antoinette Kazan, at the beginning of the 1975 war, when many children who…

The experience of the “Mouvement Social ” preceded the Lebanese war, as it was founded in 1957, yet it responded to the call of relief work at the…

Caritas Liban, whose first branch was established in the south in 1974, had a significant role in relief work across Lebanon. The large number…

Between 1984 and 1988, there was a pioneering experience at the Lebanese Red Cross Center-Mreijeh by the social worker in charge who gathered around…

During the 1975-1990 war, primary healthcare centers played a significant role in providing health care, social assistance, and relief services…

One of the most important programs during the war was helping widowed mothers and their children within the family. In 1977, the French institution…

At the beginning of the war, the Young Men Christian Association in Lebanon YMCA, which was established in 1890, turned to relief work, and it had…

There was a pioneering experience between 1980 and 1983 in Akkar district in the field of relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction work between…

Another pioneering initiative was the experience of the “Institut de Rééducation Audio-Phonétique” “IRAP” founded in 1960. The administrator…

The SIDC, which was founded in 1987 by Elie Aaraj, played a significant role in Sin El Fil – Nabaa region during the Lebanese war in terms of…

During 13 years of the 1975 war, Mrs. Amal Harb’s initiative in Karm El Zeitoun was a milestone that affected many aspects of life, besides relief…

A new cycle of violence occurred inside residential neighborhoods in Beirut between 1989 and 1990. Several initiatives came to help the residents of…

A new practice can be identified in some periods of the 1975 Lebanese war, which was the “car bombs” that exploded in residential neighborhoods,…

Many initiatives were done in the south of Lebanon, as all associations and social centers have been involved in relief work.  Perhaps, the…

Another experience that deserves to be considered follows the displacement of the Damour people and their arrival by sea in small boats to Kaslik…

The issue of disability was one of the most prominent problems created by war, and one of its negative consequences was the suspension of work at…

During the war years, the prevailing security situation did not prevent social workers from fulfilling their obligations despite the risks they were…

Probably the social worker’s experience, Mrs. Takla Wakim, at “Terre des Hommes-Lausanne” who suffered with her family from displacement more than…

One of the experiences that is worth mentioning is that of Mrs. Wadad Gemayel Chehab at Deir El Salib, who challenged the risks and difficulties of…

Working with marginalized groups, such as homeless children, those prone to deviation or delinquency, girls exposed to violence and exploitation,…

The “juvenile delinquents” sector did not survive the horrors of war; hence the “Warwar Observation Center” was closed, as well as the…

Due to the large number of disabled people in the Lebanese war, including fighters and civilians who were injured by shelling, sniping, and…

At the end, it is necessary to pay a respectful tribute to the memory of Jesuit Father Nicolas Kluiters whose experience as a social worker…