Social Development Foundation · Beirut · Since 1973
The Social Development Foundation combines long field experience with digital transformation and AI to build empowered families and productive youth across Lebanon.
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The Jarrah Charity Kitchen, running for 7 years, plus nine initiatives ready for implementation in Lebanon (2026–2027), combining measurable impact with the SDGs.
DeliveredA generous hot meal for the families most in need, cooked by volunteers, 7 years without a break
800 hot meals a week in Beirut and 400 iftar meals a day in Ramadan (plus 250 in Tripoli), prepared by a team of 8 volunteers in every work shift.
LaunchingProductive training: from trainee to producer earning an income
The Foundation's training and development arm: four training bags, a digital agency run by graduates, and accredited certificates verified by QR code.
Ready to implement 2026–2027A programme preparing young leaders to design community-service projects and measure their impact
40 training hours, then a real service project in each region, impact measured before and after, and a showcase day for partners and municipalities.
Ready to implement 2026–2027Empowering homemakers to earn an income from home through digital skills
Discover the skill, then 6 weeks of hands-on phone-based training, then a collective digital showcase under the “Bayt Muntij” name and six months of monthly follow-up.
Ready to implement 2026–2027Retirees mentor young people professionally... and young people teach them digital skills
A weekly meeting for three months: one hour of career mentoring and one hour of digital teaching, and a joint piece of work shown at the annual “Generations Day”.
Ready to implement 2026–2027Empowering public-school teachers to use AI and pass their expertise on to colleagues
30 hours from Al-Inmaa Center's AI bag, classroom application in 3 documented lessons, then each teacher trains three colleagues.
Ready to implement 2026–2027Community learning spaces that work when the power goes out
Three points in phase one with 15–20 seats each, and a daily programme: study support, then work hours, then training courses.
Ready to implement 2026–2027A practical programme for parents on positive parenting and protecting children online
12 sessions in three themes, then joint sessions in which each family writes its own “family digital charter”.
Ready to implement 2026–2027Practical financial education for families in times of crisis
6 practical workshops, then a simple budget notebook, rotating savings groups (“jamaiyya”), and a path into “Bayt Muntij”.
Ready to implement 2026–2027Preparing municipalities to launch simple digital services built by local youth
A digital baseline survey, then 20 hours of training and real digital services, then an operating manual and 3 months of follow-up.
All figures on project cards are targets, not achieved results, unless stated otherwise.
Delivered An initiative running for 7 years
A generous hot meal for the families most in need, cooked by volunteers, 7 years without a break
A dignified meal on the table… and the value of service in the volunteer's heart
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Goal 1: No Povertylinks: 6
Goal 2: Zero Hungerlinks: 2
Goal 3: Good Health and Well-beinglinks: 3
Goal 4: Quality Educationlinks: 12
Goal 5: Gender Equalitylinks: 6
Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energylinks: 2
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growthlinks: 9
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructurelinks: 4
Goal 10: Reduced Inequalitieslinks: 2
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communitieslinks: 4
Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Productionlinks: 1
Goal 13: Climate Actionlinks: 1
Goal 14: Life Below Water
Goal 15: Life on Land
Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutionslinks: 4
Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goalslinks: 5From solar energy to sewing: hands-on training, with real photos from the field.
November 2024
A hands-on training course in installing solar energy systems, delivered in November 2024, with field practice on panels, connections and electrical equipment.
February 2025
A practical vocational course in nail care, delivered in February 2025 with group and individual hands-on sessions using the trade's tools and supplies.
May 2025 — July 2026
Four consecutive sewing courses between May 2025 and July 2026, combining training on sewing machines, fashion design sketching and colour fundamentals.
110 Total beneficiaries · View all
We link training in digital skills, AI and leadership to real paid work for associations, municipalities and small businesses.
Four bags with two levels each: AI, Training of Trainers (TOT), soft skills, and social media & digital media. The graduation project is a real request from a real organisation.
A services agency run by outstanding graduates under the centre's supervision, offering non-profits platform management, content production and design at symbolic prices.
The most outstanding become independent micro-entrepreneurs, and some return as assistant trainers, completing the cycle.
From Beirut to the Bekaa, the South, the North and Mount Lebanon: choose a region to see its towns and our documented work there.
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Documented highlights: Headquarters in Tariq al-Jadida. Reception and shelter centres and food-ration distribution (1975–1983), damage assessment (1982), safe spaces and activity centres, and receiving displaced families in the July 2006 war.
Documented highlights: Field presence in Aley and its surroundings, and receiving displaced families and providing support in Mount Lebanon during the July 2006 war.
Documented highlights: Health awareness and vaccination campaigns with the Ministry of Health in Tripoli and Akkar as part of the Syrian-crisis response, and receiving displaced families in the North in 2006.
Documented highlights: Health awareness and vaccination campaigns, distribution of food and heating supplies in displacement areas, source-sorting of waste projects with municipalities in Marj (West Bekaa), and children's summer camps in the 1990s.
Documented highlights: Camps for displaced people and equipping shelters in Sidon (1977), damage assessment in the South (1982), and opportunity and peace-education camps in the 1990s.
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