ALPHA Mission & Action Principles

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

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.