Address: Ar-Rassif Street
Phone: (04) 960279 - 963330
Vice President: Mrs. Sanaa Solh
General Manager: Nassib Solh

It is the first center for the mentally retarded in Lebanon and the Arab countries. It was established in 1959 by Mrs. Mounira Solh who suffered from raising her mentally retarded child, Salem. The Institute deals since 1964 with several Arab countries in matters of mentally retarded children care. It was the first in Lebanon to lead the way for the disabled to work and be productive during the war. This non-profit-making Institute that took good care of the disabled, continued its activities during war time, developing industrial projects for the disabled. The most important were:

- The Bakery that provided bread to nine surrounding villages during civil war.
- The Winter Sweater Program that was launched by the institute in 1992 and then supported by both Lebanese and Arab citizens, for it achieved two main goals that are well investing the donations and making out of the disabled a productive individual capable of performing his social role. According to Mrs. Shreifer (sister of former president John Kennedy), the Winter Sweater program turned the conception of the disabled upside down by applying the slogan “from a disabled to a needy”, and it is now preparing to apply a new one: “from a disabled from Lebanon to a needy anywhere”.
- The Institute organizes weekly trips all along the academic year, including long trips to ski resorts.
- It organizes as well a summer program for the disabled as well as weekly trainings with the Olympiad.

Financing: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Social Affairs, Some Arab Students, contributions to Winter Pullover Program (major financing), celebrations.
 

Address: Beau-Lieu Zone, Jean-Pierre Issa Bldg., Brummana.
Tel: +961 4 808 172 / 3
Website: http://www.arcenciel.org/
Email: Rehabilitation Programme rehab@arcenciel.org
Health Programme santé@arcenciel.org
Youth Programme jeunesse@arcenciel.org
Human Right Programme ddh@arcenciel.org
Public Programme ppublic@arcenciel.org

Its mission: To help the person in difficulty to take in charge his own development and become as independent as he/she can be.

Its objectives:
o To organize and ensure a better quality of life
o To ensure a fixed employment and personal growth
o To break the difficulties generating failures
o To eliminate the social and bodily barriers (adaptation to the life and work premises)
o To get the public to take part in the process of disability's readjustment.
o To fight so that the person in difficulty is regarded as full citizen
 

Address: Chahine El-Achkar Street, Printania Palace Hotel, Brummana.
Tel: +961 4 862 000

It was established in 1994 by Mrs. Helene Al Achkar, wife of George Al Achkar (former president of the municipality) and mother of Pierre Al Achkar (current president).

Brummanian volunteer ladies, headed by Mrs. Achkar, are personally engaged in sewing activity to generate funds for assisting the less fortunate.

They are equally dedicated to helping families in need (paying their children's tuition fees, transportation or uniform) by selling their hand-made embroideries. Therefore, a three-day weekend Embroidery Expo is held annually early December at Printania Palace Hotel to raise money for Christmas. On the other hand, orders are accepted through out the year and embroideries are delivered duly on time.

It's quite simple, the more sales they have the more money goes back into the community. Funds are not restricted to sales, additionally dinners are organised at Printania Palace Hotel during summer, with the aim collecting donation.

The association’s members are: Siham Salem, Bader Abou Hamad, Céline Achkar, Sonia Achkar, Nastas Batrouni, Zein Ghebril, Labiba Azar, Mona Tedros, Leila Khazen, Leila Achkar, Rosette Habib, Souad Kanaan, Samira Abou Samra, Vera Abou Hamad, Jamilé Younes, Dounia Abou Samra and Najwa Abou Jawdeh.
 

Address: Rizk Zone, Brummana.
Phone: +961 4 964 098 – 963 745
Website: http://www.auxilia-lebanon.org/anim.html

It was established in 1997. Auxilia helps families deprived of breadwinner in order to preserve their unity. It doesn’t only take charge of their economic situation but also of their education. According to Mrs. Shermine Rizk (Head of Brummana branch), more than 50 families (mothers and children) benefit from monthly assistance and medical insurance including dental care. Moreover, any family can take in charge the expenses of a child, by paying a 25 $ monthly contribution. On the other hand, AUXILIA Brummana takes care of 56 children following them up with a social assistant present at the Association’s office on Tuesdays. AUXILIA Brummana organizes many activities, which benefits go to AUXILIA families and to the scholar fund (cinema movies, plays, annual dinner…).
 

Address: Emile Lahoud Street, Brummana.
Phone: +961 4 960 131 / 2

It is across the road from BHS. Its campus lies on a predominating hill known as “Ruwaisseh”. It comprises a primary school, a junior high school, a thriving needlework department and a summer school.
 

In 1979, after the breakout of war, the Sisters of the Cross could not afford the wages of the teachers who were reluctant to continue tutoring. As a result, the Lebanese government rented the school, known up till now as the Official School of Brummana. Currently, the school has around 550 students (from kindergarten to the 4th intermediate class).

An orphanage has been founded within the convent where 150 orphan children live, thanks to the financial assistance of the Ministry of Social Affairs. Furthermore, a technical school was founded in another part of the convent; It consists of an atelier of sewing, dressmaking, painting…
 

Address: Churches Street, Brummana.
Phone: +961 4 960 026

Mother Giles, a French nun, had founded in 1885, with the cooperation of the Latin Sisters of Charity (Lazarist Sisters), a convent, a school and an orphanage in the former Abillamaa Serail.

At the turn of this century, the orphanage still exists to provide love, serve, and assist orphaned, abandoned and incarcerated children; therefore the sisters direct volunteers, donations, and financial resources to assist orphans worldwide. They always pray that orphans' lives will be eternally changed, and that they will, as adults, serve in their homelands to improve the lives of other orphans, believing that any solution, apart from the saving knowledge of God through Christ, is only temporary.
 

Website: http://www.sos.org.lb/SOSChildrensVillage.html

SOS Children's Villages revolve around the effort to give children who have lost their parents or who are no longer able to live with them a permanent home and a stable environment. The SOS Children's Village family-like structure is formed by four basic principles: mother, brothers and sisters, house and village.

The SOS Children's Village in Bhersaf consists of thirteen family houses, a Village Director's house, a Community Centre, additional buildings and workshops. For their leisure activities the children have at their disposal a handicraft room, a library and a sports field. The children attend the schools of the vicinity. A Youth Hostel and a Girl's Residence were set up in Beirut, where young people from both Lebanese SOS Children's Villages are accommodated.

Address: Bhersaf, Middle Metn
Tel: +961 4 985 640
Fax: +961 4 985 640
Email: info@longuevie.com
Website: http://www.longuevie.com/

LONGUE VIE is a private non-religious and non-profit organization that is state accredited (Decree No. 54/A/D, Registration #511/2 on 22/4/87). Its goal is to create a welcoming, familial atmosphere for the seniors.

It is a three-story facility offering spacious rooms catering to different categories of residential needs: those who come to spend an entire summer, those who choose to live permanently at Longue Vie, and those who will reside alone or as part of a couple. For single residents, bedrooms with private bathrooms are offered. Small apartments that include kitchens and/or living rooms are available for couples.