Amel Association International

Amel Association International
Founded	1979
Founder	Kamel Mohanna
Focus	Support the needy populations of Lebanon, local or foreign (emergency care education, health, vocational training, human rights)
Location	Beirut (Lebanon);
Website	http://www.amel.org/

Amel Association is a Lebanese, non-sectarian, non-profit non-governmental organization (NGO), created by Kamel Mohanna in 1979, in response to the Israeli invasion of 1978.

Being active both on emergency projects as well as longer term development projects, it aims to provide support to the most in-need populations in Lebanon (locals or foreigners), through its 24 centers and 6 mobile clinics in the most disadvantaged areas of Lebanon (South Beirut suburbs, Bekaa region and South-Lebanon). In 2010, the Association established Amel Association International and opened representation in Geneva. Since 2010, Amel has had a consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and has been a member of the Collective of Lebanese NGOs, the Collective of Arab NGO,s the ICVA, the Global Coalition for Social Protection, and many other networks.

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