Starting in September 2021 and running until March 2023, Un Ponte Per through its project "Amn al Insani - Towards the priority of human security", financed by the Eight per Thousand of the Catholic Church - CEI, is launching a new intervention aimed at the human and food security of the poorest Lebanese population in the Mount Lebanon area. With the economic and social crisis that has been strangling the country for years, many people who are unable to emigrate abroad have chosen to return to agricultural work in the countryside.
The strategy of the intervention is to provide people living in or returning to rural areas with the skills and means to develop their livelihoods independently and achieve full food security. Through this project, training and awareness-raising sessions will be organised in the Mount Lebanon area targeting farmers, potential ownersə of small agribusinesses, local cooperatives and the community at large. A total of about 200 households will be reached. Capacity building workshops will focus on the different skills required to run a small business: planning, time management, entrepreneurship, food safety techniques, financial management, and any other skills relevant to running a sustainable business. Micro-grants will also be awarded to start agro-entrepreneurial activities in the Aley and Chouf districts, enabling suitably trained people to start micro-businesses. To this end, roundtables will be held with local agri-business owners and cooperatives to identify their needs, the challenges they are facing and to disseminate good practices. Special attention will be given to the involvement of women and youth in economic activities and processes related to food security. Project partner is the Permanent Peace Movement, an organisation that has been active for more than 30 years in promoting peace in Lebanon and throughout the region.
