About Us

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to maintain a sustainable ecosystem that upholds dignity, secures food access, cultivates future talent, and drives inclusive employment.

Our Mission

Our mission is to restore dignity to hardworking Lebanese people by ensuring access to food, education and employment.

Our Vision

We envision a Lebanon where families can live a secure, valued, and respectable life with access to social security, education, and retirement pensions for all.

Restoring Dignity.
Empowering Communities.

Beit el Baraka:
From a free supermarket to a sustainable solution-driven model

We began as a humble food relief initiative and have since grown into a holistic model addressing the core pillars of a dignified life: food security, education, skill development and job creation. These pillars drive our mission to create sustainable, scalable models where those once dependent on aid become independent active contributors to society.

Free Supermarket:

Our journey began with the first-of-its-kind free supermarket, where elders and families in need could “shop” using a point-based system that preserves their dignity and autonomy. To sustain this food aid program, we launched an agro-farming permaculture project spanning 500,000 m2 of land, promoting ecological practices while securing food independence. Little did we know that by returning to the land, we were anticipating the crucial needs of a collapsing economy.

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Home rehabilitation:

Our housing department rehabilitated homes for elders and low-income families, making spaces livable, warm, and safe. Following the Beirut Port explosion, this same department led one of the country’s largest civilian rebuilding efforts, repairing 3,011 homes, 686 small businesses, 7 schools, 12 building facades, and 21 heritage buildings.

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Education investment:

Through our education support program Forsa, we support students whose parents can no longer afford tuition fees and who are at risk of dropping out. In partnership with Murex and generous donors, we cover tuition fees, retain teachers, and keep schools open. Today, Forsa is one of the largest education support programs in Lebanon, reaching more than 35,000 students and 13,000 teachers. It continues to evolve through sustainable energy investments: we install solar panels in exchange for tuition discounts, transforming donations into lasting educational infrastructure.

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Our Values

Our work is governed by principles that bind every action, deed, and partnership we engage in. These principles help us remain closer to the true essence of Beit el Baraka’s existence.

We fight for dignity, inclusion and social justice

We believe in a “stronger together” culture

We champion empowerment through education and skill-building

We act with transparency and integrity

We foster a culture of reliability and credibility

We create sustainable solutions and models that empower communities and foster long-term impact.

What We Do

With a mission to ensure dignity to vulnerable families in a spirit of respect and support, our work has expanded over the years from providing food security, decent livelihood and education, to creating innovative sustainable solutions and models that aim at leading scalable social change and inspiring communities. Through hands-on training, skill development, job creation, and the cultivation of local know-how, our aim is to empower futures, transforming beneficiaries into active contributors of the society.

Why Dignity

Because dignity transforms charity into opportunity, and need into action.

It’s what allows people to feel seen, respected, and capable. At Beit el Baraka, dignity means treating every person with potential, not just needs. Dignity lies at the heart of what we do: empowering people to contribute, learn, and rebuild their lives with purpose, by giving them the tools they need to move forward: access to education, trainings, jobs, and decent living conditions.

Beit el Baraka:
From a free supermarket to a sustainable solution-driven model