Our field of expertise
Social and Solidarity Economy
Alissar identify micro social enterprises with a social and environmental impact all over the Lebanese territory and facilitate their access to trainings and fundings.
Capacity building for women
Because women are systematically even more affected than men in crisis situations, Alissar gives priority to micro-enterprises initiated by vulnerable women from rural areas.
The association offers them support on several levels: access to vocational training, introduction to the basics of business management, small start-up grants, provision of equipment, coaching by a professional, networking with other women micro-entrepreneurs to share experiences, organization of markets and an itinerant platform to facilitate access to customers.
Water access
Digital Inclusion – Jezzine
Training 16 youth, funded by Région SUD PACA, partnered with Le Hublot (Nice), and implemented at Jezzine municipality (ending in Q4 2025)
Station J – Digital Hub, Jezzine
A co-working space for 30 young people, supported by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) and the Région Sud, in partnership with La Mêlée, Le Hublot, and the Municipality of Jezzine:
EU Diaspora Facility Project
Training 30 youth in advanced web development, marketing, and AI, in partnership with Mode 83 and SE Factory
Digital Skills for Youth – Bourj Hammoud
Equipping 30 young adults with employable digital skills, funded by J-MED, partnered with DOT Lebanon, and Mode 83
Digital Inclusion for Women – Tyre & Saida
Supporting 200 women with OIF “Pour Elles” and Humans Without Borders:
Apiculture – Jezzine
Training 24 women on community hives, in partnership with Apiflordev, Soils and Zadd:
Women Empowerment Project – Zahle
Supported by La Guilde, implemented by Alissar Liban, Stand for Women, Kafa and CIS, providing vocational training and livelihood support to vulnerable women:
Renovation of RO systems at schools
Blessed school
Kfardebian school
Awareness campaigns at the schools
Recent Humanitarian Efforts in Southern Lebanon
Since September 2024, Alissar has continued supporting displaced communities in Southern Lebanon through a wide range of initiatives. These have included distribution of winter clothing and essential supplies in Saida (with Al Moassat), feeding vulnerable infants in Beirut, Bchamoun, and Aramoun,[1] distribution of blankets in Batroun area, distribution of hot meals, gas bottles and sanitary kits to displaced, and organizing cultural and solidarity events such as the “Ramadan Without Borders” theater activity for orphans, in collaboration with local partners.
In response to the growing needs on the ground since the end of February 2026, ALISSAR has already begun supporting displaced families. At Shakib Arslan School in Ras Beirut, which is currently hosting around 1,200 displaced people, we were able to distribute sanitary pads and diapers for infants to families in urgent need. In addition, at LPS School in the Jnah area, where displaced families are sheltering, we initially identified 49 babies in need of infant formula, this number has now risen to 60 babies. Many of these infants have been surviving on water due to the lack of proper nutrition. We are currently mobilizing resources to urgently provide infant milk and essential baby supplies to ensure these children receive the nourishment they need.
Key recent efforts include
- Shakib Erslan School in Beirut 2026: Distribution of Sanitary Pads and infant diapers for around 1,200 displaced individuals
- LPS School Jnah area 2026: Distribution of infant milk, sanitary pads and infant diapers
- Personal initiatives for families in shelters: providing personal hygiene items, canned food, clothes and medication
- Kfarroumman Medical Center 2025: financing renovation works, including outdoor repairs to prevent water infiltrationand the renovation of two patient rooms to improve conditions for those receiving treatment.
- Al Moujtamaa Al Afdal Community Kitchen (Marjayoun) 2025: Restored and sustained a community kitchen through the installation of a solar panel system, in collaboration with Beit El Baraka NGO.
- Tree Planting Campaign- Ongoing: In partnership with Fikr W Insan, around 500 saplings were distributed to 166 households to restore the green landscape, support local agriculture, and promote long-term sustainability.
Distribution of hot meals, gas bottles, hygiene items, infant milk..
In addition to its main activity of supporting the social and solidarity economy, Alissar responded urgently to the population’s need for access to water, following the explosion in the port of Beirut. In 2022, it took part in the rehabilitation of the water network for 20 homes and a school, courtesy to the “Loi Oudin Solidarité internationale” supported by “Toulouse Métropole” and the water agency of Adour Garonne.
Alissar plans to take part in the “ Loi Oudin Solidarité Internationale” 2023/2024 program run by “ Toulouse Métropole” and the water agency of Adour Garonne, proposing the rehabilitation of three vulnerable schools (La Sagesse St Maroun, Tahwitet al Ghadir and Borj Brajneh) with a total of 2,100 students.
Testimonials
Events:
Alissar’s 2025 anniversary:
Souk solidaire at french embassy
Film “Journal intime du Liban” à Toulouse:
Fairouz Toulouse “Mois du Monde” event
Older projects
2024: Empowering 35 vulnerable women from rural Akkar in Northern Lebanon in micro-entrepreneurship: Sewing and culinary training: funding from La Guilde and Agir Sa Vie via Alissar France. Implemented by Alissar Liban in partnership with Stand for Women, Akkar Network for Development, and CIS College.
2024: Empowering 40 women from Saida in micro-entrepreneurship: Culinary training: funded byInternational Organization of La Francophonie for Elles, in partnership with Al Moasat.
2024: Pilot project (Monaco Cooperation) with DOT and JMA for digital inclusion of 20 teenagers in Bourj Hammoud.
2023: Coastal cleanup in Tyre Southern Lebanon with Beyond Plastic Mediterranean (BeMed) Monaco. (35 schools, 15 businesses, and 3 municipalities involved).
Supporting micro social enterprises with social and environmental impact
In 2020 and 2021, Alissar evaluated twelve positive-impact enterprises, and obtained grants from individuals for 7 of them, which are now perennial and established in all regions of the country :
- Two better : a social enterprise aiming at reducing plastics wastes in Beirut.
- Live,Love, Recycle: a social enterprise that collects and sorts recyclable wastes in Beirut, Jounieh and Tripoli.
- Olea Coop: an agriculture cooperative for olive oil in Lebaa (Jezzine).
- Zadd : an agri-food enterprise of local production in South Lebanon.
- Saboon&Co: a social enterprise of soap production in Jezzine.
- L’Atelier du bois: a social enterprise for wood in Marjayyoun.
- Fikr w Insan: a social enterprise for environmental protection in Tyr.
Vocational sewing training for 20 Lebanese and migrant women from vulnerable communities
In 2022, in partnership with the Moasat association, Alissar implemented a training program for 20 women in sewing, making clothes, taking back used clothes for reuse(clothes up-cycling), and clothing repairing and recycling. This project was made possible thanks to the AFD Forim program in the Midi-Pyrénées region.
Rural’s women empowerment
In 2022 and 2023, in partnership with the Stand for Women association, Alissar has initiated a pilot project to provide comprehensive, long-term support for responsible initiatives implemented by 100 vulnerable Lebanese and Syrian women in the Akkar region.
The support program consists of :
- Identification of women with projects to produce local food products or handicrafts;
- Training in business creation, marketing, project management, accounting, etc;
- Provision of equipment and solar panels to promote the use of clean energy;
- Individual coaching in the first months of the project’s launch, by professionals in the business sector, to ensure the consolidation and sustainability of the micro-enterprise;
- Organization of local markets and networking to facilitate access to customers.
Workshops to strengthen women’s access to employment
In 2021, in partnership with Lebanese NGOs Insan and Noun Tadamoun, Alissar implemented skills building workshops to strengthen women’s professional competencies in Aley’s region, to facilitate their access to decent employment or their ability to create their own micro-enterprise.
A total of 300 women received training in production, certification, marketing, waste management, digital marketing and social networking.
They also took part in awareness-raising sessions on women’s rights.
La Guilde
Our current project with La Guilde in Akkar aims to empower vulnerable women in rural communities. Through a comprehensive training program, we strengthen their entrepreneurial skills in sectors such as agri-food and sewing. The project provides them with the essential tools, knowledge and support to develop and maintain their businesses, improving their economic well-being and contributing to local development.
And also… rehabilitation and access to water for homes and schools affected by the Beirut port explosion
