Upskilling
Bedayati’s Skills Training Program adopts a holistic approach that combines specialized vocational training with entrepreneurship and soft skills development. Our vocational programs focus on the culinary, tech, and construction sectors.
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, 679 women and youth have completed Bedayati skills training programs.
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 evolved from a temporary pop-up community kitchen into Naya, a catering service and training ground for aspiring culinary professionals.
With every meal purchased, we provide a meal for free. To date, the Bedayati Kitchen has distributed over 187,969 meals to those who need them the most in Beirut. The Kitchen has also provided cash-for-work opportunities to over 100 women and youth.
