Location: Lebanon

This report analyses findings captured from the Outcome Harvesting evaluation of the project "Reducing the Risk of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in Lebanese Prisons" implemented by Search in partnership with two local organisations, Restart Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and Torture (Restart) and Nusroto Al Anashid – Prison…

Search for Common Ground (Search) Lebanon and Jordan are jointly implementing the Piloting Youth Platforms in Lebanon and Jordan project. The project aims at empowering youth in Lebanon and Jordan to utilize and govern online and in-person youth platforms as a means of collaboratively tackling issues impacting youth. The platform…

Search for Common Ground (Search) is implementing the “Religious Roundtable” project that aims to promote religious tolerance and human rights in the Middle East and South and Central Asia regions through the inclusive, collaborative, and sustainable engagement of diverse religious actors. The 36-month project, closing in 2023, targets key stakeholders…

Context Located on the border with Syria, Wadi Khaled is one of the most impoverished and politically marginalized areas of Lebanon. For many decades, state structures were mostly absent and residents were not registered as Lebanese nationals. Most residents did not receive full citizenship rights until 1994 when the area…

Search for Common Ground (Search) is working in this project aimed at contributing to reducing the risk of violent extremism in custodial and non-custodial settings. The project goal is supported by three objectives as follows: Strengthening capacities of detainees, ex-detainees, and prison and related officials in non-violent alternatives to transforming…

Through cooperation with the American University of Beirut’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (AUB-IFI), Search will provide support to identify hotspots in Lebanon with high water-related stress (in terms of quality and quantity) as well as water-related risks of conflicts, in order to propose and prioritize…

Our film “Second Wind” won the “Best Local Short Documentary”. “Second Wind” follows the lives of several former inmates on their journeys through post-carceral reintegration as they gradually reconnect with their communities. The documentary sheds light on former inmates’ experiences inside the prison system and the lack of opportunities for…

This situation in Lebanon is so desperate, the British Embassy announced it would be “temporarily” withdrawing non-essential staff. There is so little fuel and electricity, it’s become difficult to work. And a steady rise in protests and violence add fuel to an already delicate situation. Earlier, one of the largest…

This report captures findings from the final evaluation of the project “Fostering Social Stability through Strategic Communications” implemented by Search. The project was funded by CSSF and implemented from June 2019 to March 2021 in Lebanon. The project aimed to reduce tensions at a local level amongst and between host…