Lebanon
Overview
For over 75 years, NEF has worked with the people of Lebanon, providing technical and financial assistance that have benefitted hundreds of thousands through improved education, income, agriculture and food security, rural development, and access to credit.
A Legacy of Innovation and Impact
Working in coordination with local organizations, NEF’s efforts have been directed toward building enduring local institutions by providing grants, technical training, and staff. NEF continued to strengthen local institutions from 1930 well into the Civil War by providing funding and long-term technical support.
In 1930, NEF worked with the American University of Beirut (AUB) to establish the Institute of Rural Life, which still exists today as AUB’s Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences. The Institute was designed to work directly with farmers to improve crop production and animal husbandry. It also organizes agricultural education for schools, child welfare programs, and farmers’ cooperatives.
In the 1980s, NEF began supporting a range of local development projects in coordination with Lebanese civil society organizations (CSOs). These projects focused on vocational education, agricultural and rural economic development, and micro-credit.
Since that time, working with and through local organizations has been a cornerstone of NEF’s work in Lebanon.
To learn more about NEF’s legacy in Lebanon, please select one of the project areas.
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