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AMAL ALUMMA Organization is a non-profit charitable organization that was the result of 10 years of volunteer work, and in 2023 we obtained a non-profit organization license in Turkey. We seek to help the needy and afflicted in all the places we can reach and leave a positive impact in afflicted communities.

Karma's mission is the realisation of equal access to the basic human right of healthcare for children. Karma aims to ensure financial and psychosocial support for underprivileged children/youth suffering from cancer or thalassemia, making no distinction based on nationality, origin, or religious/ ethnic affiliation. Karma's focus lies on secondary and tertiary health care- i.e. chronic and/or severe diseases - of children and adolescents (mainly cancer and thalassemia). Karma makes no distinction based on nationality, ethnic origin, religious or political affiliation, in supporting the patient in need. Karma tries to keep administrative costs as low as possible so that nearly all revenues/donations are spent on medical treatment.

The objects of the foundation are to transform lives in disadvantaged communities across the Arab world by means of the following (non-limiting): a. advancing the education and learning for the public benefit and in particular to educate men and women and young people of all ages from a broad range of geographical, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds in the Arab world (this includes all member countries of the Arab league), to enable them to realise their full potential as individuals, within society as a whole; b. developing the capacity and skills of the members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities in countries in the Arab world (including all members of the Arab league) in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society; c. investing in and strengthening ambitious social enterprises that act upon pressing needs, in particular children's education, youth employment and women's economic empowerment; d. providing grants and technical assistance to ambitious social enterprises, to enable them to achieve greater financial sustainability and to increase their impact in disadvantaged communities across the Arab world, and; Furthermore all that is incidental or conducive to achieving these objects, including setting up a public fund or the establishment, acquisition, management, holding and disposal of foundations or legal entities or enterprises with an objective that falls within the scope of this foundation.

The Lebanese Food Bank's mission is primarily to fight hunger across Lebanon by collecting surplus food from restaurants, hotels, caterers, and food producers and distributing it to those in need through a network of partner NGOs. It aims to alleviate hunger while also reducing food waste. Additionally, the Lebanese Food Bank engages in various awareness campaigns and collaborates with different organizations to reach more people and maximize its impact on combating food insecurity in Lebanon.

We deliver primary and secondary healthcare services to all those in need and affected by conflict, disaster and disease, no matter where they are, no matter what the conditions.

ABAAD advocates for the development and implementation of policies and laws that enhance women's effective participation, through a rights-based approach that would bring about tangible change to gender justice. With the purpose of ending gender-based violence, ABAAD adopts a holistic care approach to provide protection and support services to GBV survivors/right holders during times of peace, war and disasters. As a leading agency on gender equality in the MENA region, ABAAD also seeks to support and build the capacities of local, regional and international entities that are working on protection programmes, case management, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), Mental Health & Psychosocial Support and sexualities. Through its pioneer ''Masculinities'' programme, ABAAD effectively engages men in working towards achieving an equitable society, free of hegemonic masculinities and violence against women.

Ajialouna extends aid to individuals requiring various forms of assistance, including educational, medical, nutritional, and other essential support, ensuring their fundamental human rights are upheld. Targeting widows, orphans, the elderly, and underprivileged youth, Ajialouna strives to make a meaningful difference in their lives.

Humans in the Loop is a hybrid between a non-profit foundation and a for-profit social enterprise which has been working for the past 6 years towards the inclusion of refugees and conflict-affected people in the AI supply chain, as well as in the digital work field, through upskilling and paid remote work opportunities. Our shared mission is to provide a diverse group of conflict-affected and displaced people with access to career development support, upskilling, and remote work opportunities to train and monitor AI systems. We are active across the Middle East, Europe, and Africa, and our work related opportunities are primarily focused on communities affected by armed conflict and are distributed with priority to countries where other remote online job opportunities are unavailable as for example Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon. In our additional partner countries Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Moldova, and the DRC, with upcoming pilots in Kenya and Uganda, we concentrate on upskilling opportunities, equipping people with freelance related skills and then further supporting them in applying for remote work on platforms such as UpWork through our Mictrofreelancing self-paced course. Our foundation has its own training platform where we conduct trainings in English, Digital Skills, as well as data annotation skills and remote work, and everything is available online. We have developed our own proprietary modules on topics such as bias in AI and ethical AI, Cybersecurity when working online, and data annotation techniques, as well as professional courses which are either instructor-led or self-paced on topics such as Digital Marketing, Intro to Programming, Intro to Graphic Design, or Intro to Business Analytics. To date, more than 500 individuals have completed courses on our platform. Now, we want to develop our course offerings further by developing new courses on generative AI skills and real-time monitoring of AI systems, performing red team testing on AI systems, and providing feedback for reinforcement learning. Many of our trainees are already working for our social enterprise as data annotators, working on projects related to image labelling, data collection, and real-time monitoring and edge case handling of AI systems. To date, we have provided paid remote employment to more than 1,100 people. Our goal is to ensure that they progress further in their careers in the AI field and to provide them with opportunities to access further employment on freelancing platforms, or with other employers. We have partnered before with Upwork's "Opportunity Unlimited" program in order to introduce them to online freelancing, and we also have a small-scale career counselling program. Now, our goal is to expand these career development programs in order to help our graduates join the workforce of the future and contribute to making AI systems more inclusive and mitigate harmful biases.

Triumphant Mercy Lebanon's mission is to bring hope and empowerment to people in Lebanon by giving them permission to dream new dreams for their personal lives, their communities and for Lebanon.

he World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is an international non-governmental organisation representing and promoting approximately 70 million deaf people's human rights worldwide. The WFD is a federation of deaf organisations from 134 nations; its mission is to promote the human rights of deaf people and full, quality and equal access to all spheres of life, including self-determination, sign language, education, employment and community life. WFD has a consultative status in the United Nations and is a founding member of International Disability Alliance (IDA). At its recent World Congress in Jeju, South Korea, WFD members (136) approved the WFD strategic direction 2023-2030 and Action Plan 2023-2027. Important themes are covered in these 2 documents which strive to ensure that we create access for all deaf people to all ways of life in "a world where deaf people everywhere can sign anywhere" (vision). Furthermore, our mission is to work towards the full realisation of linguistic rights and human rights in all areas of life, with full recognition and implementation of these rights across local, national and international levels. To realise our mission and vision, the following are part of our Action Plan 2023-2027: Building Capacity across the Globe: ensuring increased participation of women, youth and underrepresented communities; provide effective capacity building projects to countries who are not yet members to assist them with creating their own national deaf associations so that they can represent themselves in their countries; Putting Deaf people on the Agenda: the WFD will continue to strive to put deaf human rights at the forefront of all representation internationally, including at the UN; we will effectively promote International Week of Deaf people and be ready to response to deaf people's needs in times of crises, disasters and war. Realising nothing about us without us: the WFD continues to be the leading authority for deaf people and sign languages and has committed to developing resources to assist deaf people raise awareness in their countries. Achieving Sign Language Rights for all: National sign languages are fundamental to achieving deaf people's human rights. We will aim to assist our member states in promoting the legal recognition of signed language in the country and advocate for early childhood language acquisition and inclusive multilingual education policies. Investing in a strong and sustainable organisation: to carry out our mission and vision we need greater investment in our secretariat and regional secretariat, expand our donor base, increase visibility and fundraising activities so that our organisation can carry on its important global work.

We work together through volunteering and institution-building to make North Lebanon a source of inspiration for the world in terms of its people, values, economy, environment, and infrastructure.