ALPHA Live!

Sunday 7 April 2013

Get ready for the 7th ALPHA Spring Kermess!

Get your agenda...ALPHA and its partners are happy to invite you at the 7th Spring Kermess which will be held on April 28th, 2013 at the School of the Liberation - Soultanieh (South Lebanon)
With more than 2000 children last year we expect to even do better in 2013...For that we prepared you a festival of activities :
Magic show, shows of the lebanese army and of the UNIFIL troops, activities around books and ALPHA bibliobus, games and sport!
Hope to see you there...

Best,

ALPHA team

Thursday 4 April 2013

We missed you...

Long Time no see!

Since we jumped into this new year we didn't get back to you and we are honestly sorry! Promise ...We will fix this But this doesn't mean that we didn't think about you and that were not working ....

We are enthusiastic to announce that ALPHA developed a new initiative that will be implemented in Beirut area ... [Bey]Box project!

[Bey]Box project | Urban participatory workshops is about creating a practical platform on which the opportunity for collective [re]thinking of common urban spaces can take place: professionals and citizens together. Urban walks, Urban Cafe, Urban participatory workshops....all the tools to better understand our direct environment and create a collective vision of another Beirut.

So keep posted and let's jump together into that new challenge!

Best,

ALPHA team

Monday 7 January 2013

Happy New Year!

To all the people out there who supported us throughout 2012... thank you, thank you, thank you!!! It was another year full of new adventures and nice moments, and now it's time to begin a new chapter in 2013.

We wish you wholeheartedly that the new year will bring you peace of mind, good health, lots of time to spend with your dear ones and patience to take everything that crosses your path with lightness and... why not: a sense of humor! :-) HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Saturday 8 December 2012

ALPHA Christmas lottery results

SURPRISE!!! We have the winners of the ALPHA Lottery!!!

1st price - Dinner x 2 (+ two drinks) at Cafe Sho goes to... Mr de CARRELLE!!!

2nd price - ALPHA Surprise box with products from the South of Lebanon goes to... Mr RODION!

3rd price - ALPHA Notebook + biscuits from the South of Lebanon goes to... Mrs PRAT!

ENJOY! :-) And thanks to all others who participated!

Thanks for your support!

A BIG THANK YOU to all those who supported our activities by buying ALPHA products at the Christmas Market @Institut Francais here in Beirut.

It was great meeting you all!!! Now we're looking forward to announcing our ALPHA lottery winners tomorrow morning! :-) So... STAY TUNED!

Special thanks go to Cafe Sho, who partnered up with ALPHA by offering the 1st price of the lottery and contributing with cookies and roasted almonds to our products on sale.

A big hug and thank you goes also to Marc, Salma, Boutros and Matthieu for offering their precious time to sell the products at the stand... And also to Youmna and her mother for driving us back home after this adventure was over!

Tuesday 6 November 2012

Launching of the Bibliobus

What a fun day!

Although the Bibliobus has already been traveling through the South for some weeks now, providing children from marginalized areas with access to reading and recreational activities, we were glad to be able to present it officially at the Salon du Livre 2012. This was possible thanks to the Institut Francais, which has been supporting ALPHA throughout the implementation of its projects with kindness and constance.

Special thanks also to the Foundation CMA CGM which co-founded the Bibliobus and made our dream come true!

ALPHA Vision

“To represent high-quality fibers of the development sector, to weave a carpet of sustainable change” (Albert Abi Azar)

ALPHA works towards a society in which all can live together peacefully; in which…
… social fairness creates sustainable links
… every effort contributes to the removal of significant obstructions to change
… compromises are legitimate, measured and pragmatic
… processes are child-centered
… education is the means to increase responsibility towards one another and to make communities more aware in a sustainable way

ALPHA Mission

To increase communities’ awareness on the Convention of the Right of the Child
To give children and parents access to concrete integration tools in regards to their social, cultural, physical and educational environment

To work towards the integration of all identified opposites such as: War/Peace, Child/Child, Child/Parent, Teacher/Student, Confession/Confession, Boys/Girls, Individual/Group,
Generation/Generation, Village/Village

To allow all participants (children, parents, ALPHA Team and the community by and large) to fully benefit from the activities of the 5 centers

ALPHA Action Principles - “Artisans of social change among others”

Acting as artisans
- Your problems are ours
- Small but beautiful actions
- A service nobody else can provide
- Faces & names
- Knowledge on how to create from all kinds of material

Acting for change
- Confidence & Partnership: ALPHA events in Tebnine could not take place without our 100 volunteers force rooted in the community.
- Engagement & Continuity: in 2012, ALPHA continues to help children in the South of Lebanon, within a region where conflict is still part of the daily life.
- Solidarity, Conviviality & Responsibility: in 2006, ALPHA managed to put in place a coherent needs assessment in 17 villages of the South for the organization of food distribution, relying on the Lebanese “aouni” system.
- Emergency & Sustainability: in case of security incidents, ALPHA collaborates with the Lebanese Red Cross and Civil Defense units, as well as the local social centers in order to protect children.
- Plurality & Openness: ALPHA’s team is strong because it relies on a fruitful exchange between men/ women, Christian/ Muslim, Palestinian/ Lebanese, integrating harmoniously into the community.
- Creativity & Clear Thinking: ALPHA’s activities are adapted to the peculiar, local environment, with a constant attention for the safety of children.