From a small home kitchen to a widespread operation with franchises all over the Middle East: how we turned our vision into reality! My husband, Rifaat Jabri, and I, Sawsan Wazzan Jabri, met at the American University of Beirut in the late 1970s, both studying Chemistry with a keen interest in the Food Industry and…
The Beirut Governmental Hospital – Quarantina created a new project: the first pediatric service in Lebanon consisting of 50 Beds. The hospital is considered relatively small in size for a city like Beirut. However, since its establishment, this medical Center has become a reference for patients especially those in need for all medical related…
Project Description Rotary Clubs to fund 10,000 students to learn coding Bristol and Beirut Cedars Clubs launch fundraiser on GoFundMe The Bristol Rotary Club and District 1100 will partner with the Beirut Cedars Rotary Club to fund a Global Grant, to provide an education in computer technology to secondary school pupils across Lebanon. The project…
Project Description The project consists of launching an educational and social farm that carries out agriculture and agri-tourism activities, including an educational kitchen, a hen house, and will comprise the production of local products. The project will engage impoverished families in the learning process of farming and cooking, while offering them the opportunity to work…
Joint project with Rotary Club Baabda – Digital boards to a school in Rmeil The Collège Immaculée Conception is situated in Rmeil, Ashrafieh, facing the port of Beirut; after the explosion of the port in August 2020, the school was almost completely destroyed and the renovations took more time than expected. This project was first…
The Rotary Club Beirut Cedars, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Harrow and the UK based charity ‘Embrace the Middle East’ inaugurated a dental care center for the Howard Karagheusian Commemorative Corporation in Anjar, Lebanon, completing the Rotary Global Grant GG2120321. Initiated in 2018, P. Hagop Dantziguian stressed on making this project a reality…
On 4th August 2020, a massive explosion devastated the Beirut harbor area and severely damaged its health system. Further straining medical facilities that were already wrestling with rising cases of Covid-19. According to the World Health Organization, three of Beirut’s hospitals were largely out of service. Following an assessment of 55 health-care centers in Beirut…
