A multidisciplinary community center providing health, education, empowerment and protection services for vulnerable Lebanese, Syrian and Palestinian communities in Beirut.
What We Do?
Ain El Remmaneh, located in the suburbs of Beirut, is one of the most vulnerable areas in Lebanon, where approximately 5,000 Syrian refugees and 10,000 Lebanese residents live.
Since 2007, Amel Association International has operated a community center in Ain El Remmaneh targeting refugees, marginalized Lebanese communities and Palestinian populations through integrated programmes in protection, education, vocational training, food security and health.
Protection & Vocational Training
Supported by UNHCR since 2007, the center provides vocational training, language classes, computer courses, recreational activities, awareness sessions, psychosocial support and community engagement programmes.
Every month, around 500 individuals benefit from these services, including youth committees, women’s committees and professional skills development.
The center also hosts the “Mann Hiya” cooperative, a women-led handicraft initiative producing handmade items sold locally and internationally.
Education
The center hosts non-formal education programmes for 150 Syrian and Lebanese children with support from the German NGO KNH.
Activities include tutoring, sports, recreational activities, psychosocial support and community events designed to strengthen inclusion and child well-being.
Child Protection
Since January 2021, Amel has expanded child protection and mental health support programmes in partnership with MdM France and funded by AFD.
Activities include case management, psychosocial support, awareness sessions, positive parenting initiatives and community-based support for children and parents.
Additional child protection programmes focusing on gender-based violence are implemented in partnership with ABAAD and UNHCR.
Primary Health Care
Since September 2021, the center has operated a primary health unit with support from Medico International and Amel’s solidarity fund.
Lebanese residents and Syrian refugees benefit from general practitioner, pediatric and gynecological consultations, essential medicines distribution and home-based health care.
The center also implemented COVID-19 home monitoring programmes including home visits, oxygen therapy, referrals and vitamin distribution.
Food Security
Since 2015, the center has developed a vertical garden, vegetable garden and collective kitchen with support from the French Inter-ministerial Committee for Food Aid.
Cooking classes and food production training contribute to improving food resilience among vulnerable families.
Protection of the Elderly
Since October 2021, Amel has implemented elderly protection programmes responding to growing social and medical needs.
Services include home visits, medical consultations, nursing support, medication distribution, psychotherapeutic sessions, peer support activities and hot meal distribution.
More than 2,000 people benefit from these activities implemented in partnership with Caritas Germany.
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