Basmeh & Zeitooneh

Programmes

• Peace building and social cohesion

  B&Z has established a "peace education curriculum" focussed on resolving conflict, promoting tolerance, and encouraging acceptance along national, religious, and political lines. This programme is aimed at children and their parents and aims to build cohesion within conflict-affected groups.
• Civil society enablement

  Working with grassroots and community-based organizations to build local capacity and strength programme design and execution.
• Food security and livelihoods

  This programme aims to stabilise livelihoods for the most crisis-affected groups and support local economic recovery with access to employment and promotion of SMEs through training and incubation initiatives. B&Z all has a cash for work scheme involving a hydroponic farming pilot in Tripoli, combining livelihood support with climate action. SMEs affected by the 2020 Beirut blast have also received support from B&Z.
• Education

  Helping displaced Syrians continue with their education, working online and face-to-face. Programmes include literacy, numeracy, and learning support. There is also a psychosocial support team to help vulnerable students and promote early years childhood development.
• Protection

  This programme aims to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable women and children, and support the wider community of boys and caregivers, though community-based response models. Activities include; awareness raising around gender-based violence; parenting workshops; legal support; counselling; case management and referral.
• Advocacy and research

  B&Z teams are working to translate their local knowledge into concrete advocacy requests for policymakers, governments, donors, and other stakeholders. The aim is to support the support and amplify the voice of people in Lebanon, Kurdistan, and Turkey who are negatively affected by the Syrian crisis and enhance donor awareness about displacement needs.