How it all started
Saru launched its activities in April 2018 as an initiative, through a group of friends and volunteers, driven by their humanitarian commitment to make positive changes in the lives of displaced people and refugees. We worked in the Bekaa Valley camps in Lebanon and implemented several interactive theatrical activities and dialogue sessions through which we saw the needs and problems that children, adolescents and women suffer from.
With the support of the international singer Dave Matthews, we worked with vulnerable children who suffer from domestic violence (physical and verbal) and we conducted awareness sessions with women on how to deal with their children away from violence
Then with the American organization (Peace Appeal Foundation) partnership we worked on protecting minors in early marriage. This phenomenon is constantly increasing, especially after the economic collapse that Lebanon is experiencing today.
Registered in Lebanon in 2021, SARU is a non‐governmental and non‐profit organization that works to empower and support civil societies through the establishment of psychological, cultural and educational support workshops for children and youth, developing their talents, empowering vulnerable women professionally and socially to be active and leading figures in their societies, and encouraging a culture of volunteerism.
