HEALTH

A community health center in Beirut
that is encouraging women to come alive.

We work out of a community center in an under-served area of Beirut, to invite women into holistic healing and wellness. Our programs are designed to give women a place to build community and friendship through physical health, arts and learning. We also offer opportunities to grow in emotional health through trauma healing programs. As we help build strong relationships, we hope our participants will become avenues for healthy change in their communities in Beirut and beyond.

Ways we are bringing health and wellness:

Classes

Twice weekly Zumba classes allow women to move their bodies, make friends and build community.

“I have my birth family, my husband and children and now you all! I feel like the center is my second home and I want to take care of it” -Afrah

Trauma Healing Groups

Women in multiple different groups learn how to be good listeners, tell their own stories, build coping skills and progress along their grief/trauma recovery journeys.

“When I first started coming I left crying, now I leave laughing”

Medical Clinics

In partnership with local friends, NGOs and organizations we provide refills of prescribed medicines, physical and occupational therapy and compassionate listening ears for 40-60 people each month. Each individual is seen by a medical provider and offered the option to participate in our other programs.

Special Workshops

In addition to the regular offerings of Zumba classes and trauma healing groups a desire was sparked among the women for weekly classes in baking and acting. These summer classes provided healthy outlets for emotions, grew friendships and built community.

Training in Nursing

Women learn community health skills such as assessment (blood pressure, blood glucose, respiration, pulse), how to provide CPR, how to advise on acute and chronic illnesses (dehydration, vomiting, heart disease, high blood pressure, back pain) and basic pre-natal and post-natal risk factors through the Pearl Nursing Program.

2024-2025 Stats

♡ 60 people attended 3 days of workshops on portrait drawing, baking, crochet, gymnastics and acting.

♡ 20 women participated in trauma healing groups.

♡ 9 women were trained in the Pearl Nursing Program.

♡ 8 Medical Clinics have been offered to the community.

Collaborating with locals

In partnership with other organizations, we support two Lebanese locals who provide teaching and coaching in their respective areas of expertise. Our Zumba teacher takes every opportunity by the horns and is never afraid to try new things. She encourages our participants to expand their limits and their trust in themselves. Our trauma healing facilitator takes what she learned from her own experience with these trauma healing courses and uses it to reach into the lives of our participants. She shares from the heart about how her life changed as a result of forgiveness, emotional awareness, and healing from grief.

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