WPF 2020 The Ever Changing Year

2020 The Ever
Changing Year

“Together we strengthen our roots”

Who we are?

The World Patriarchal Maronite Foundation
for Integral Development -WPF-is a prominent
foundation of leading successful Lebanese
businessmen and visionaries, proudly
committed to their heritage and their roots.
Founded in 2014 and presided by His
Beatitude Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros Rai,
WPF is a philanthropic foundation established
as an independent religious institution subject
to the competent ecclesiastical laws of the
Church and religious waqef.
We have a strong conviction in mutually
supporting our committed community through
a consolidated platform of dedicated faithful
Christian businessmen, whose mission is
to connect the world to Lebanon through
channeling knowledge, values and heritage.

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Sawa La Teb’a Beirut
Initiative

Following the devastating explosion that rocked
Beirut on August 4, 2020, and the unprecedented
loss of lives, injuries, and damages to homes, small
businesses, and to the Mar Mikhael church across
the Pharaon Street, the World Patriarchal Maronite
Foundation for Integral Development, launched
an international fundraising campaign to help
affected families rebuild their lives from the ruins of
devastation.

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Sawa La Teb’a
Beirut Initiative

Together we stand for Beirut

Something particular about Pharaon
Street moved everyone involved with
this mission:
• Located 500 m away from the explosion.
• Holds old heritage buildings; completely
or partially destroyed.

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WPF intervention revolved around important • The rehabilitation of the Mar Mikhael
initiatives channeling support and responding
to the urgent needs of reverting back to church and its heavily affected annexed
normal status. offices and halls.
Sawa La Teb’a Beirut focused mainly:
• The 24 small businesses that are in need
• On the fast and safe return of the
to keep their businesses operational.
affected families to their homes at Pharaon
Street (around 200 families). These include
also the Maronite Archbishopric’s buildings
(3 Buildings).

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Trustees from the board offered the
services of their companies to include,
machinery, labor and mostly technical
expertise where six engineers have
been appointed the responsibility of
the work at all levels.

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WPF puts its heart and soul into this project. A preliminary assessment study was
The objective is to bring back the families in completed to evaluate the damages and their
the briefest delays and make the buildings rehabilitation costs.
even better from what they used to be before A significant element that differentiates WPF
the port explosion. from the rest of the organizations is that, what
The Board of Trustees at WPF, has committed WPF promised to accomplish within Pharaon
to the rehabilitation of the Pharaon Street Street was achieved.
buildings and has allocated resources and Within three months, the work has been
technical expertise to the benefit of WPF completed in its largest majority, leaving the
Beirut Initiative. remaining finishing to the last three months.
They agreed on a comprehensive and urgent
plan to restore the damaged buildings from
outside, these are approximately 200 units.

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Massive work is ongoing. Donors acknowledged the tremendous efforts
All buildings are being finalized, and residents and wanted to be part of our initiative.
are starting to come back to their homes. The well-being of the residents is the top
WPF is still welcoming donations and priority for WPF.
international funds to support small
businesses, internal houses, and readjusting Rebuilding Beirut is a commitment that
building structures destroyed by the blast. WPF is keen to accomplish while restoring
WPF collaborated with several NGOs to one of the most emblematic streets in Mar
rebuild Pharaon Street. It is a joint effort to Mikhayel. The teams are working all day
revive the heart of beirut and bring back the long to achieve this mission and bring
affected families. back all the street residents.

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Feed a Family Campaign

With the efforts to reinforce and support our
Lebanese Christian community, protecting it from
adverse conditions, the World Patriarchal Maronite
Foundation for Integral development launched on
May first ‟Together We Stand – ‫ �سوى لنبقى‬to
support the families facing drastic economic and
social conditions.

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Feed a Family Campaign

In the rapidly changing situation the country It is worth mentioning that these families are
is facing, especially with the critical economic selected not because they are less fortunate
fallout, unlike anything we have seen, more but because of the recent situation they are
Lebanese are facing food and commodities going through.
insecurity. WPF believes in the sustainable partnership
WPF response was immediate. We provided established with FAHED SUPER VALUE, the
prepaid supermarket cards monthly sole and main partner of the Campaign.
replenished, to young families trying to cope To date, WPF and ‟Together We Stand –
with the lost wages and competing bills. ‫ �سوى لنبقى‬supported more than 1,000
WPF has put a strict protocol of intervention Christian families struggling to put food on
and benefited from the established network of the table while honoring their confidentiality
faithful friends in many regions, collaborating and reporting with complete transparency as
with local parishes to reach out to these recognized in the foundations’ codes of ethics.
families in a confidential way while respecting
their dignity and their privacy.

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WPF is continuously contributing to the Our initiative comes to support the
initiative ensuring a direct and effective 100% efforts of our targeted community
transfer of the funds to the beneficiaries while and increase their resilience in facing
all incurred expenses (management cost of these challenging conditions with the
cards, logistics, etc.) are at WPF budget. hope that the situation will improve.
The campaign covered more than 154 villages
spread over 14 districts. More than 70% of
the targeted families are within the range of
the working class (the applicant’s age does
not exceed the retirement age) while 76% of
the families benefiting from the program are
composed of 2 to 3 children mostly.

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Community PRIVATE
Employment Program SECTOR
COMPANIES
JOB SEEKERS
Identify job
Suggest trainings requirements
development projects
Establish
Connect them to partnerships
matching job opportunities Sustainable

One to one coaching & network
carreer guidance

Prepare candidate before
and during the recruitment

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Our Community Employment Program (CEP), • Developing skills and know-how of
is an initiative created to respond to Lebanon’s
alarming unemployment rate, by securing candidate in Business English and
private and public sector employment for Microsoft Office in partnership with AUST.
Lebanese Christians. The Community Employment Program
is empowered by the efforts of a wide
The Private sector Employment revolves network of partners mainly eparchies,
around: municipalities, universities, civil society
organizations as well as community-
• Identifying job seekers and aiding based groups, with one aim, offering them
our services for sustainable placement
through one-to-one coaching sessions, opportunities.
career guidance and follow-up.
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• Identifying private sector employers

through lasting partnerships.

• Connecting job seekers to matching

available job opportunities and preparing
them throughout the recruitment process.

5,342 5,442

Candidates E.S.P.

Talent Pool Employment Services Provided

17 31%

Job Categories of Candidates

Served in the private sector Appointed in key official positions

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436 CEP SERVICES
IN NUMBER
Partners
Numbers based on 2019-2020 surveys.
For the Community Employment
Program 90%

33% Employment Rate

Employment Rate In the Care Assistant Program

Overall

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Human Development
Program

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The program is designed to provide The Program is funded by the World
certificate-based training for unfortunate Patriarchal Maronite Foundation for Integral
people relying on low cost jobs to survive, the Development in partnership with Ecole Des
present provides them with opportunities of Arts et Métiers - Dekwaneh.
learning, earning official certificated for jobs Sessions last for 150 hours where young
on demand in markets. people are exposed with real cases for
MAHER” program is dedicated to provide training.
fast, advanced and free technical training
for youth between 15 and 25 years in need
of handy jobs in the fields of Mechanics, Air
Conditioning, Heating, Electrical and Repair.

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU NOTE
TO OUR FAITHFUL CONTRIBUTORS

We, the trustees of the WPF, wish to express All the above, was only possible with the
to all of you, the supporters and friends of donations received from people and institutions
the World Patriarchal Maronite foundation for of the world that believed in our mission and
Integral Development, our deepest gratitude supported our calls to action. With utmost
for the trust and support you have given to our respect and special gratitude we “say Thank
Foundation for the past years. You for walking with us the thousand miles’
Most importantly we have witnessed the power journey”.
of Lebanon’s most valuable asset; its human The most important matter among all, was the
capital. generous contribution of all our Trustees. They
Trustees’ generous contributions have begun allocated their resources and covered more
to make the world notice and sustain our than 70% of the budget for Pharaon Street.
Foundation initiatives that are making a great We wish to greet especially the Zerock
social impact on the ground in Lebanon. Our company under the leadership of Mr. Charbel
affiliated chapters are also making a difference Habib for the generous support in technical
through their own vibrant fundraising efforts. expertise where six engineers were allocated
Thanks to the growing support of the Lebanese for the assessment, the follow up and the
Diaspora around the world our efforts not only management of the rehabilitation works.
help people in need but help keep Lebanese in
Lebanon.

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A grateful note for Abniah company under “Beauty is not in the face;
the leadership of Mr. Maroun Helou for the beauty is a light in the
generous support provided in machinery and heart.”
equipment in need to complete the work.
Khalil Gibran
A thankful message to the communication
team of AUST under the leadership of Dr. We count on you next year, to keep
Hiam Sakr and Dr. Riad Sakr. the flame lighted in the hearts of
the people in need while making it
• A great appreciation and a deepest
gratitude to his Grace Bishop Antoine possible for the Lebanese to sustain
Charbel Tarabay, Maronite Bishop of throughout the storms.
Australia for his support, his guidance and
most importantly his prayers As we continue our mission of
• Most Reverend Amel Shamon Nona, investing, empowering, and
Chaldean Bishop of Australia and New
Zealand encouraging, we invite you to join us.
• Most Reverend Elias Abdallah Zeidan, Together we can reverse the brain
Maronite Bishop of Los Angeles - Eparchy drain and create a brain gain.
of Our Lady of Lebanon, Los Angeles
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• The Lebanese Christian Charity
foundation (LCCF)
• Australian Consulting Engineers
(ACE)
• Australian Lebanese Chamber of
Commerce (ALCC)
• Mr. Gerben Jan Boersma,
Netherlands
• Caritas, Lebanon
• Mr. Pierre Talhame for the provision
of insurance for the campaign
• The Lebanese Chamber of
Commerce
• Rotary Club Beirut Cedars
• LIONS Beirut Libanus
• Maronite catholic society of australia

Thank you

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World Patriarchal Maronite Foundation for Integral Development
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P: +961 1 493830/40

@WPMFoundation [email protected]
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