The Al-Kafaàt Foundation is a Lebanese development and non-governmental organization governed by a board of trustees and acknowledged by law as an “Institution of Public Welfare”.
Founded in 1957, the foundation delivers its services today to a daily population of 4,500 beneficiaries in 7 different centers, with a working team of 820 employees.
Al-Kafaàt (Abilities in Arabic) is a founding member of the World Commission on Vocational Rehabilitation (1963), a member of the International Cerebral Palsy Society (1979), a member of Inclusion International (1981), a recipient of The Rehabilitation International Presidential Award (1984), and a three time recipient of the Lebanese Order of Cedars (Knight in 1972, Officer in 1997, and Commander in 2007).
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 Al-Kafaàt University After a thorough study and audit by the Ministry of Education, the Higher Education Institute of Al-Kafaàt located on the EUROPA Campus of the Foundation, was given the final approval by the Higher Education Committee headed by the Minister of Education Mrs. Bahia Hariri, to change its status from an Institute of Higher Education to a University. The Al-Kafaàt University has the particularity of delivering higher education in various fields that match the demands of the local labor market, against symbolic tuition fees.
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 REHAB Program from victims of cluster bombs Al-Kafaàt launched the REHAB program, in partnership with the College de Montmorency  (Québec) and the Canadian Agency of Development to deliver rehabilitation services to the victims of war and anti-personnel mines, and to train Lebanese rehabilitation specialists in the fields of psychology, physiotherapy, and production of prosthetics and orthetics. A team of specialists from the Montmorency College is located at Al-Kafaàt for that objective, and delivers both rehabilitation and training on the premises of the Foundation, but also in remote Lebanese areas through the mobile clinics' scheme, set up by the project.
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 Nadim – Un Liban généreux is a book written by Raif Shwayri, the Director General of the Al-Kafaàt Foundation. The book is about two men, Charlie and Mr. Nadim, one Palestinian and another Lebanese who will cross paths in the midst of a tormented Middle-East…. A novel that details the history of the Al-Kafaàt Foundation as experienced by real characters, with the history of Lebanon and the Middle-East in the background.
Nadim – Un Liban généreux
Written in French.
Published by Les 2 Encres (Paris).
367 pages.
Available in all local bookstores.
Email: fondation@al-kafaat.org |
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 The Lebanese culinary encyclopedia, internationally awarded by the Gourmand Cointreau Awards (2003), written by Chef Ramzi Choueiri, the renowned Lebanese Chef. Described as the Paul Bocuse of Lebanon by the international press (New York Times, Herald Tribune, and CNN), Chef Ramzi Choueiri is also the Director General of the Al-Kafaàt Catering School.
LEBANON
Written in French and English.
Published by Chef Ramzi.
528 pages.
Available in local and international bookstores.
Email: chefRamzi@chefRamzi.com.lb |
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 Released in two volumes, the first in 1982 and the second in 1997, this double-book written by the Founder of Al-Kafaàt, Nadim Shwayri factually describes how the Foundation came to be. It received the Michel Berty Award in 1982.
KOULLOUNA MOUAKOUN
Written in Arabic.
Published by Le Cénacle Libanais.
Volume I: 465 pages
Volume II: 388 pages
Available only at Al-Kafaàt.
Email: fondation@al-kafaat.org |
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 The Spiritual Mission of the founder of Al-Kafaàt, Nadim Shwayri, as described in his most personal book, released in 1997.
KANISSAT AL INSSAN
Written in Arabic.
Published by Le Cénacle Libanais.
175 pages.
Available only at Al-Kafaàt.
Email: fondation@al-kafaat.org |
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