Funded by the European Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by ACTED, the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities is providing medical and hygiene kits to beneficiaries in Beirut and Mount Lebanon through its Emergency Program. The July 31 distribution is part of the Integrated Response Project, which focuses on meeting essential needs and […]
LUPD held a rights-based session titled “Our lives are not less important than the lives of non-disabled people” highlighting the importance of self-advocacy in confronting the continued marginalization of the rights of persons with disabilities during the recovery and reconstruction phase. The session also reflected on the lessons learned from the displacement crisis, during which […]
The LUPD main Beirut branch held an organizational meeting for its members on the afternoon of Saturday, July 11th. The meeting brought together members of the branch’s general assembly, and those present discussed living conditions amid the current circumstances and the lack of official attention to securing suitable job opportunities for people with disabilities. The […]
Empowering the next generation of advocates. On 8 July 2026, LUPD President Sylvana Lakkis, together with Abir, joined students at Haigazian University for an interactive session on disability rights, inclusion, and advocacy. The discussion explored LUPD’s journey from a grassroots movement to a leading organization advancing the rights of persons with disabilities in Lebanon, while […]
744 hygiene kits. Three regions. One priority: dignity. This week, LUPD Lebanon is preparing to distribute 744 hygiene kits provided by UN Women Lebanon and UNRWA to women and girls with disabilities across the Bekaa, South Lebanon, and Beirut. This initiative aims to: Access to essential hygiene is fundamental to health, dignity, and protection, helping […]
The President of the Arab Forum for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the LUPD, Sylvana Lakkis, met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during his visit to Lebanon, at a meeting organized by UNWomen, which included a number of active women activists in the humanitarian, social and political fields. In the meeting, Lakkis explained […]
Access Kitchen is working to prepare and deliver hot meals to our displaced people in displacement centers in Beirut, at a rate of 300 meals per day, starting on Monday, October 21, 2024. This initiative is part of the second phase of the emergency program of the Lebanese Federation for Persons with Motor Disabilities, which […]
In a ceremony organized by the Lebanese Union for Persons with Motor Disabilities (LEBCAAP) and supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Lebanon Civil Action Acceleration Program (LEBCAAP), the report “My Right to Vote Campaign in the 2022 Lebanese Parliamentary Elections – Monitoring Report” was discussed at the Radisson Blu Hotel in […]
Access Kitchen introduces a new concept of social inclusion through the pillars it uses to achieve its goals.
Developing the abilities of people with disabilities and job skills, while informing the community and employers on the culture of inclusion and diversity and highlighting the potential of people with disabilities.
