Press Releases

On 7 November 2011, Lebanon Support, Information Center on Emergency, Recovery, and Development, launches the alpha release of the second version of Lebanon’s most accessed portal on civil society work in Lebanon, with a million and a half pageviews per year. The new version, under the name of “daleel-madani.org”, contains information on 1300 (and counting) national and international organization (including, NGOs, INGOs, IOs, Governmental Agencies, etc.), including detailed information on more than 900 emergency, recovery, and development projects implemented in Lebanon since 2007. The online...

نظمت جمعية «سيتيآكت»، أمس الأول، نشاطاً بعنوان «فرّقونا.. والتقينا.. الحقونا»، شارك فيه ثلاثونشاباً وشابة ينتمون إلى طوائف واعتقادات سياسية متفاوتة، استقلوا دراجات هوائيةوانطلقوا من أمام كنيسة «مار مخايل»، متجولين في مناطق الشياح وعين الرمانيةوالضاحية والحدث، بالتنسيق مع بلديات المناطق والقوى الأمنية. وهدف النشاط إلى «كسر الحواجز الوهمية واجتياز الحدود» بين المناطق المتجاورة، وحث سكانها على «الانخراط والاندماج في محيطهم المتنوّع، خصوصاً أنها مناطق متداخلة جغرافياً، إلاأنها لا تزال منقسمة على نفسها، جرّاء الحروب والخلافات الطائفية». وتخلل نهارأمس الأول، إلى جانب جولة الدراجات الهوائية، نشاطات...

In Lebanon, the insufficiency and lack of independence of the Judiciary makes death penalty even more unacceptable There are many arguments against the death penalty; one of the main is the risk of miscarriage of justice inherent to any trial. This argument is even more applicable in Lebanon since the Judiciary system – or systems (civil, military, Justice Council) – as they exist today do not provide any guarantee of a fair trial. The rules to be followed for a fair trial are clearly laid out by the Lebanese law, in addition to the International covenant on civil and political rights that...

Egyptian and Tunisian People Revolted against Unjust Economic Models Aid Supporting the People’s Revolutions should not Restrict the Democratic Transition A Call of Civil Society Organizations from the Arab Region and International Groups Against Diverting the Revolutions’ Economic and Social Justice Goals through conditionalities imposed by the IMF, WB, EIB and EBRD The G8 met on the 26th and 27th of May 2011 in the French city of Deauville, where it discussed support to the “Arab Spring” 1, in the presence of official representatives from the Egyptian and Tunisian transitional governments...

Dear all, Kindly find below an article from l'Orient des Campus on ALPHA association and our activities with the children and the youth in South Lebanon!! We designed this "Art of Italian Cooking " to fundraise for ALPHA social and education activities ...Unfortunately we had to stop these cooking classes . Thanks to all the people who particpate in these cooking classes and keep on followins us: http://lebalpha.blogspot.com/ Looking forward to hearing from you again!! ALPHA TEAM

Article posted by The Daily Star on Saturday March 12th, 2011. It talks about the work of ALPHA association in the South of Lebanon and especially the activity of Art therapy (paintings). Thanks to the French Cultural Center for the exhibition of these paintings. Have a look! Join us on our main platform: http://lebalpha.blogspot.com/ Looking forward to hearing from you! ALPHA team