Upskilling
Bedayati’s Skills Training Program includes foundational skills training in English and digital literacy, soft skills, and entrepreneurship.
Women and youth who complete our Entrepreneurship Program learn how to set up and manage their own home businesses. Bedayati incubates and mentors a number of winning projects every year to bring these business ideas to fruition.
To date, 182 youth have completed Bedayati skills training programs, including 24 women and youth who have completed the Entrepreneurship Program. Eight entrepreneurs are supported through zero-interest loans to set up their own home businesses in 2023.
Inclusion Advocacy
We believe in building an inclusive economy that promotes decent work opportunities for all. Our Inclusive Employer Pledge invites Lebanese businesses to join a growing movement of organizations using their work and workplaces to help build an inclusive and more sustainable society.
By providing more equal opportunities in the workplace, organizations are able to directly impact the lives of those they employ, helping to fight poverty and promote social mobility. In doing so, organizations create economic as well as social value.
Pioneering employers have signed our Pledge including Bel Group, FDC, Cafe Younes, and Cedar Environmental.
Bedayati Kitchen
Bedayati launched its Kitchen in 2020, with the belief that the food we share can be a force for community and empowerment.
As people struggled to cope with the economic crisis, the Bedayati Kitchen provided a space where livelihoods could be restored, and community chefs empowered to take the helm and cook for families around them. Since then the Kitchen has transitioned from a temporary pop-up community kitchen to an aspiring catering service and training ground for those who would like to work in the culinary space.
With every meal purchased, we provide a meal for free. To date, the Bedayati Kitchen has distributed over 70,000 meals to those who need them the most in Beirut. The Kitchen has also provided cash-for-work opportunities to over 70 youth. Bedayati launched its first introductory 30-hour professional pastry training in 2023.
