Supporting Charities

Assisting and supporting charities and development organizations in carrying out their tasks	مساعدة ودعم الجمعيات الخيرية والإنمائية في تنفيذ مهامها
Financial support to launch the association	دعم مادي لإطلاق الجمعية
Moral and administrative support	دعم معنوي وإداري
Involve and collaborate	إشراك وتعاون

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In Late January 2020, Association for Charity and Development launched its Food Distribution Center in collaboration with the Fraternity of the Immaculate Conception who will provide the day-to-day management plus other logistics since they are closer to the most needy families in the Old Zgharta district. This neighborhood houses over 1,200 families including about 300 very poor who live on less than US$2./day (around 50 families has zero income).

The project started due the falling economy but “Corona virus” surprised us with much more obligations to the unfortunates.

The project encompasses:

• Habilitate a center for distribution of the food inside the neighborhood (someone provided location and ACD is finishing the doors, windows, a toilet etc..) – Accomplished
• Phase 1 (Started): distribute about 20 food items mainly cereals (beans, flour, lentils, sugar etc..) milk, and some canned food – Currently moving from 60 to 250 families per month. We may have to provide more than just Food. We moved from a planned US$2,000 per month to ~US$5,000./month.
• Phase 2 & 3: have a stove and large refrigerator at the Center (US$6,000) plus a refrigerated Van (used ~US$30,000) to 1) Cook at the Center and reduce the need to distribute to many and 2) collect cooked food from restaurants, bakeries and other; filter and package then distribute to ~ 300 families in the Zgharta plus 50 surrounding rural villages

 

Name – الاسم	Description	Link
Fraternity of the Immaculate Conception أخوية الحبل بلا دنس
Divine Providence العناية الالهية	A bit of love achieves a lot! Under this slogan, the Divine Providence Center in Zgharta welcomes people with special needs: they are children of different ages and disabilities who come to the center every day to find some ones they get along with	http://www.divineprovidence.org.lb/
El Beit El Defyen Association جمعية البيت الدفيان	Help needy families by removing misery and deprivation
Candles of Hope  شموع الأمل	“The Candles of Hope” is a group of women whom only asset was the genuine passion to help others and make a difference.
Gestures from the Heart  لفتات من القلب	Gestures From The Heart is a group of volunteers from Zgharta, a village in Northern Lebanon, alarmed of the increasing rate of poverty and diminishing quality of life in our community. Gestures From The Heart perceives the need to take immediate action towards these disparities.	http://www.gesturesfromtheheart.org
Charity Nuns school Zgharta مدرسة الراهبات المحبة في زغرتا		http://www.charite-zgharta.net
Carmelia School (Mejdlaya)   مدرسة الكرملية مجدليا
Don Bosco   دون بوسكو		https://www.facebook.com/donboscozgharta
Mme Badra    مدام بدره الدويهي
Parish Clinic – مستوصف الرعية
Mme Julia  مدام جوليا كرم
Karm Saddeh Elderly Home   مأوى العجزة في كرم سده
Knights of the Virgin Mary   فرسان العذراء