A word from the founder
Maya Ibrahimchah

Beit el Baraka is a Lebanon-based charity that provides dignity to retirees and children by offering them food, healthcare, decent housing, and equal access to education.
But charity alone is not sufficient for addressing the immense problem of poverty in Lebanon, so Beit el Baraka strives to address the source of this problem through a holistic approach. Given that unemployment is the foundation of poverty, and poverty is our greatest problem, then establishing employment opportunities, through teaching skills and supporting promising small businesses is thus crucial to achieving sustainable socioeconomic development. What would happen if we enabled charity dependent people to become productive members of the workforce? What if we could unlock the vast potential of Lebanon’s women? Beit el Baraka salutes the indomitable power of the individual and the small family-run businesses that are the engine of opportunity around the world. The best chances to defeat our biggest problems will come from small, private-sector solutions, not from further dependency on massive NGOs and corporations. Small “cottage” enterprises have the capacity to improve societal issues, thanks to their speed to market.
The primary objective of Beit el Baraka is thus to facilitate the transition of charity beneficiaries into self-reliant producers by identifying sustainable employment prospects, teaching new skills, and supporting local crafts in rural micro-economies. Beit el Baraka’s vision is based on individual and community empowerment as the key to breaking the cycles of dependency. We invest in endeavors that we are confident will have a lasting positive effect on society. At that juncture, the circle will come full, and Beit el Baraka would have accomplished its mission.