On 24 May 2017, under the auspices of the Mayor
of Tripoli, Eng. Ahmed Qamardeen, Dar Al Amal has organized a fundraising brunch
in Tripoli, to support the prisoners and ex-prisoners of Tripoli. In addition to
an exhibition of the hand made products of the prisoners in the three women prisons
in Lebanon (Baabda, Zahle, and Tripoli). The ceremony included the distribution
of the certificates to ex-prisoners who attended the vocational training
courses accelerated course, in collaboration with the municipality.
The social rehabilitation and reintegration
project in prisons is very necessary for its professional and psychological
support to the prisoners. This project began to give prisoners the chance to
have more self-confidence during their imprisonment, to acquire more
professional skills, know-how, demands by the market, after they leave the
prison. Also, psychological support is necessary to help prisoners prepare for
their social reintegration after their release from prison. The Dar Al Amal team
gives them all the necessary support after their release from prison. This
project proves even more that prison should be considered a place of
rehabilitation and not punishment, and gives the prisoners a chance to have a
better future.
The direct beneficiaries of this project are
women, all over the age of eighteen, mostly from disadvantaged backgrounds and
dislocated families. They are of different nationalities and religious
affiliations, and several regions of Lebanon. They are imprisoned for several
civil and criminal reasons.
Main objective:
To contribute to better socio-professional
reintegration of prisoners in prison in Lebanon, with a view to better helping
them, once they leave prison, to be better integrated into society.
Specific objectives:
1. Strengthen the professional capacities of
women prisoners
2. Supporting the initiative and recovery of
self-confidence of prisoners
3. Sustaining the training program through
voluntary recruitment of women prisoners and / or ex-prisoners who have
received vocational training.
At the end of the sessions certificates, will be
distributed to the prisoners who have attended these training courses, in order
to find a job.