Delivered Social renaissance
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
A volunteer kitchen that prepares and distributes complete hot meals to poor and marginalised families twice a week all year round, and full iftar meals every day in Ramadan, run from a scout centre by young volunteers.
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis projects that about 1.24 million people in Lebanon – nearly a quarter of the population analysed – will face crisis levels of food insecurity or worse between April and August 2026.
Inflation and rising food and fuel prices erode purchasing power, so a complete hot meal has become a burden for many households.
In working-class neighbourhoods such as Tariq al-Jadida, poor families and marginalised groups need regular support that protects their dignity, not occasional seasonal aid.
Sources: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) – Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture, FAO and WFP (April 2026)
Twice a week, 400 hot meals each time (800 a week). Each meal consists of the main dish of the day, a loaf of bread, a cup of laban and a piece of fruit.
Every day for the whole month: 400 full iftar meals in Beirut and 250 in Tripoli. The meal adds soup, fattoush, juice and a Ramadan sweet.
A team of 8 volunteers works about 10 hours each time: preparing and cooking, then packing, then handing over to beneficiaries, down to cleaning the kitchen and closing the shift.
7 years of uninterrupted work built the trust of families and donors and turned the kitchen into a fixed appointment that families wait for.
The kitchen operates from the Jarrah Scouts centre, which provides the space and a trained volunteer team at no extra operating cost.
A main dish with bread, laban and fruit, served regularly in a way that preserves the beneficiary's dignity.
Operating figures from 7 years of continuous delivery, not targets.
| Rising food and energy prices | Widen the base of regular donors and build partnerships with local suppliers and traders to secure ingredients at lower cost. |
|---|---|
| Growing need against limited capacity | Prioritise the neediest families through beneficiary lists updated regularly with residents and neighbourhood committees. |
| Pressure on volunteers in Ramadan | Rotate volunteer teams and divide the tasks (cooking, packing, delivery) to ease the load and keep the work going. |
7 years without a break, with local and volunteer resources.
A simple model that any scout or civil association can apply from its own premises.
It meets an urgent food need and, at the same time, builds a generation of young people who live the value of service.
End hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
Reduce at least by half the proportion of people living in poverty in all its dimensions
Encourage effective public, civil society and private partnerships
Goal 2 because the kitchen serves a regular hot meal to people facing food insecurity; Goal 1 for steady support to poor and marginalised families that preserves their dignity; Goal 17 for the partnership with Jarrah Scouts and the volunteer team.
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