ILO hosts Atayeb Palestine charity lunch at Tawlet, as part of the Palestinian Women's Economic Empowerment Project

ILO and Souk Al Tayeb will be organizing a charity lunch featuring traditional Palestinian dishes prepared by women from the Ain al-Helwe and Nahr al-Bared camps. The event aims to revive Palestinian food traditions and raise funds to support Palestinian entrepreneurs to access markets outside the camps.

ILO and Souk Al Tayeb will be organizing a charity lunch featuring traditional Palestinian dishes prepared by women from the Ain al-Helwe and Nahr al-Bared camps. The event aims to revive Palestinian food traditions and raise funds to support Palestinian entrepreneurs to access markets outside the camps. The proceeds will go towards the upgrading of a Palestinian production kitchen.

The Palestinian Women's Economic Empowerment Project, funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, promotes economic recovery in refugee camps in Lebanon by supporting ongoing efforts to increase income and improve decent work conditions for women entrepreneurs.

Engaging some 200 entrepreneurs, the project comprises of three stages:

  • Conducting an initial baseline;
  • Training in enterprise development and business group formation;
  • Promoting viable business groups for cooperation and the pooling of resources.

ILO and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation are working to achieve these goals in the Ain al-Helwe and Nahr al-Bared camps.

Some pictures for the event are available on ILO Arab States flicker account.