People | UN Team Results

Impacted SDGs

Funding

962.4 M

Funds required

456.9 M

Funds available

418.4 M

Funds spent

Contributing Donors

UN Entities involved in "People" Strategic Priority

Key Results of UN's Work under People

Stories from the Field

Access Kitchen Lebanon, First Community Kitchen Led and Run by a Group of Women with Disabilities.

Read more about Access Kitchen’s mission and achievements supported by the UN in the results report. Watch this video and delve into the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities inspiring story.

Access Kitchen paves the way towards inclusive employment

Sylvana Lakkis is a disabilities rights activist and President of the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities. With support from UN Women and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and with funding from the Government of Austria, her organization opened “Access Kitchen”, a purpose-built community kitchen accessible to people with all kinds of disabilities.

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Away from crises: Creating safe and inspiring spaces for children and families in Lebanon

“I love coming to Markazouna to learn and improve my grades”, says Lynn, a seven-year-old girl from Remmane, Tripoli. Click on the photo to the left to watch Lynn’s story and the impact of the Markazouna Community Centre in Tripoli supported by the UN.

Breaking chains, building lives – Aya’s story

Aya is an 18-year-old Lebanese woman living with hemiplegia, a condition caused by brain damage or spinal cord injury that leads to paralysis on one side of the body. Aya is determined to prove that with dedication and resilience, anything is possible. Despite her qualifications and determination, employers often overlooked her potential due to misconceptions about her capabilities. Read more about Aya’s inspirational story in the UN’s fight to combat gender-based violence.

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How the love and support of Sara’s family helped her overcome barriers of intellectual disability

Hala and Mounir are a couple from Bireh, a small town in northern Lebanon. They have six children, the youngest of whom is Sara, who was born with an intellectual disability.

Sara is now nineteen years old and lives with her mother, father, and two brothers in Tripoli. She is a bright and cheerful girl who loves to draw, go to the beach, and play with her ball. Sara has learned to express her feelings and communicate more effectively through drawing. Sara’s disability affects her speech.

When the economic crisis started in Lebanon in 2019, Hala and Mounir started to struggle financially, but refused to give up on Sara’s future.

Read more about Hala, Mounir, and Sara’s story and how the National Disability Allowance programme supported by the UN and EU helped Sara’s family.

Read more about the results achieved under "Key Priorities" in the report. Some key priorities under the "People" strategic priority include the following:

Resources

UN Cooperation Framework 2023-2026