Aleb Lebanon
Sponsor a Family in Lebanon
One World, One Heart.
Aleb offers the only high integrity, transparent, and scalable social safety net for Lebanon’s “missing middle”.
Support families in need with US$200/month for 6 months.
Your donation will be delivered in monthly USD bills and will cover basic needs for an entire family.
How It Works
We vet families in need across Lebanon and list their profiles below with names redacted for privacy
You can donate any amount. We will aggregate donations and release to a family once they reach US$1,380 or 1,1170 euros
To fully support a family (US$ only), select a family from the profiles below, click the button and enter your credit card details on Paypal. We will charge you US$230 every month for the next 6 months (total donation = $1,380)
$200 go to the family and are delivered in USD bills, cash in hand. $30 cover the costs of vetting, payment and distribution of USD bills. See the cost breakdown
Donate ANY AMOUNT, in USD or Euros
Sponsor a random family for $230/month or 195 euros/month for 6 months
Choose a Family to Sponsor
$230/month for 6 months
YAA12 - Health issues and requires an operation; monthly income not enough to support his family. Household: 4, Male, Tyre. Click to expand
Situation
The candidate is a construction worker but stopped working due to COVID-19 and the economic crisis. He is unable to pay his rent or support his family of four. His wife is unemployed and they rely on aids to survive.
Professional background
Building Constructor
Monthly income: LBP 500,000
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 60
Location: Tyre
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Primary
Total household: 4
Kids: 2
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
FBQ22 - No fixed income; daughter has learning disabilities and needs private schooling. Household: 4, Kids: 2, Male, Ain Al Hilweh. Click to expand
Situation
The candidate, who doesn’t have a fixed income, has a daughter with learning disabilities and needs to be enrolled in a special school.
Professional background
Driver
Monthly income: USD 400
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 44
Location: Ain Al Hilweh
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 4
Kids: 2
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: Yes
AMM24 - Heart disease patient with a weak sight; income not enough to buy the needed medications. Household: 2, Male, Douris. Click to expand
Situation
After having a heart attack, the candidate did the open heart surgery and his sight is getting weaker. His income is not enough to buy the needed medications.
Professional background
Calligrapher
Monthly income: LBP 1,200,000
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 56
Location: Douris
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Education: College
Total household: 2
Kids: 0
Elderly / Disabled: 0
Health insurance: No
MMD15 - Has special needs and no income; relies relatives' support. Household: 5, Kids: 3, Female, Nabatieh. Click to expand
Situation
The candidate is a person with special needs and has no income. She currently relies on her relatives for support.
Professional background
Sewing
Monthly income: 0
Other income: 0
Personal Profile
Age: 49
Location: Nabatieh
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Married
Education: Secondary
Total household: 5
Kids: 3
Elderly / Disabled: 3
Health insurance: No
Who We Are
Aleb is an initiative to support low-income productive Lebanese that have fallen into poverty through a time-bound safety net on a family-to-family basis.
Aleb is incubated by LebNet, a 501c3 nonprofit organization in North America.
We partner with Al Majmoua, a Lebanese NGO specialized in micro-credits, with over 400 employees servicing 90,000 recipients of micro-loans.
Al Majmoua vets families on criteria of need and lists their profiles below.