This policy brief was developed as a deliverable in the project “Fair Game: Theatre of the Oppressed for Youth Empowerment” funded by the European Union. It tackles the topic of bullying in schools and offers recommendations drawn from the field experience in Lebanon that focused on the methodology of Legislative Theatre to raise awareness on bullying in schools and advocate for better policies.
About NARA
نَرى (NARA) – Nurture, Access, Relief – is a youth-led initiative based in South Lebanon that empowers youth of all nationalities, including refugees, through education, protection, mental health support, and community peacebuilding.
In the wake of Lebanon’s compounded humanitarian crisis, the Community Kitchen Initiative emerged as a localized, life-saving response to ensure that food-insecure populations had access to hot, nutritious, and culturally appropriate meals. Operational since March 2025 till present, this intervention served as a vital daily service across Nabatiyeh, South Lebanon, Mount Lebanon, and Baalbek-Hermel. Led by SPHERE Building Tomorrow (SBT), the project leveraged community-based kitchens and volunteer networks to deliver food assistance while promoting livelihoods and strengthening local food...
Findings in the "Analysis on Stunting Among Syrian Refugee Children" showed that risk factors perceived to be contributing to stunting levels among Syrian refugee children included those at the individual and household level with poor maternal nutrition, household food insecurity and inadequate complementary feeding practices as the factors perceived to be contributing the most to stunting among Syrian children. On the other hand, at the institutional and community level, market food prices, poverty, income, employment and livelihoods were the factors perceived to be contributing the most to...
أطلقت لجنة الإنماء الوطني برنامج "نهضة" الزراعي في تموز 2020 استجابة للوضع الإقتصادي المتردي في لبنان. حددت الجمعية أن السبب الرئيسي لذلك التردي، هو الإتكال الكبير في استهلاك المنتجات الزراعية الاستراتيجية على استيراد تلك المُنتجات من الخارج. الحل المباشر يكون في التحول التدريجي للمقومات الإقتصادية الزراعية إلى نموذج إنتاجي تصاعدي وفق خطة طويلة الأمد، يتم ترشيدها بأهداف محددة في الأمن الغذائي، وتنفيذها في خطة علمية منهجية تحرص على استدامة النتائج المتوخاة، لتتكامل مع النسيج الإقتصادي للبنان. يتم مراقبة وضبط نجاح وتقدم هكذا خطة عبر قياس دوري لمكونات محددة وواضحة، استناداً لمعلوماتٍ دقيقة تكون...
The toolbox is intended as an open learning resource for youth workers that are engaged in community work with young refugees, asylum seekers and young people with migration background. Specifically: project managers, community leaders, educators, facilitators, social workers, intercultural mediators that are interested to improve their ability in the social inclusion of excluded groups.
The toolbox could also be used in formal settings such as schools, colleges and universities addressing
development challenges as well as for project managers and experts engaged in the design and...
This document is the outcome of a workshop done during the Erasmus Plus training "Influence Youth".
The workshop was about the topic of teamwork, specifically the challenges faced when working with a team of volunteers and how to overcome it.
The participants of the workshop talked about their challenges and possible interventions were shared also by participants based on their experience working in this field.
The document includes the information shared by the participants in this workshop.
