Initiate brings diversity to a safe space Everyone has the right to participate
Initiate Core Values: BENEVOLENTONE-CREWINTEGRITYEVOLUTIONARYPROFICIENTSYNERGISTIC
INITIATE works to empower local communities and to enable its members to uphold their rights and to build a better future for them.
Who We Are
Since its inception in 2011, Initiate successfully managed to serve, support and provide different kinds of projects and programs that were focused to create an environment in which women and youth live in dignity and develop joint acting platforms among refugees and local communities in Lebanon.
The Community Organization for Development and Empowerment
المنتدى المجتمعي للتمكين و التنمية
” شباب ممكن , مجتمع محصن”
“Empowered youth, safeguarded community”
INITIATE is a Nongovernmental, nonprofit, youth oriented organization based in Lebanon and dedicated to assisting vulnerable communities through youth inclusion and empowerment.
While keeping youth at its focus of its mission, INITIATE continually endeavor in creating comprehensive and inclusive programs aimed towards the Empowerment of youth, and its concentric circles of influence.
In the process of delivering its Mission INITIATE aspire to keeping its status as a hub for youth allowing them to: access a safe space, acquire knowledge and access to a network of social and political influencers enhancing their social participation in decision making processes.
Our History
How we started?
2011
The beginning
2014
...
2015
Funding
2017
Partnership with GIZ
2019

Young Cities
2020

1001 Nights
Meet Our Team
Small team with great passion
May Khachan
Mohammed El Moussa
Mohammed Al Faour
Tala El Khatib
Imad Al Haj
Ibrahim Bahsoun
Mouna El Sayed
Ahmad Mahmoud
Tarek Moniem
OUR DONORS & PARTNERS
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