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INMA Profile

"Who is Destroying Our Cultural Heritage?"

The Social and Cultural Development Association (INMA), is a non-profit governmental organization, founded in 1997, which scope of activities is normally based on servicing a cluster of villages and specific neighborhoods throughout Lebanon. The projects cover health, education, environment and income generating activities. Since 1997, INMA’s projects have proven to be successful and sustainable.

Tasks and Objectives

Create job opportunities for the inhabitants of Lebanon’s rural areas especially women through the provision of vocational training and income generating activities.
Raise the educational level of youth and children through computer training centers and languages courses.
Ensure essential health care services to targeted communities through an established and operational health clinic.
Promote community-based children programs through summer camps, and safe play grounds.
Enhance community awareness, basic rights and involvement in environmental and other development issues through workshops and conferences.
Assist in infrastructure and housing projects development in rural areas with emphasis on environmental and cultural factors.
Empower and assist other NGOs in their endeavor to reach their goals.

INMA has over the past years implemented projects and activities in Lebanon including:

SRI Profile

SRI International (formerly the Stanford Research Institute) is a nonprofit, independent research firm that provides a broad spectrum of basic and applied research and consulting services to business and government clients throughout the world. SRI was organized in 1946 under the auspices of Stanford University to provide a West Coast center where research and consulting services could be performed for industry and the public sector. Today, SRI is a separate corporation chartered by the state of California, with its own full-time staff and facilities.

SRI’s headquarters, principal offices, and laboratories are in Menlo Park, California, a Silicon Valley community about 35 miles south of San Francisco and a few miles from the Stanford University campus. Regional offices and laboratories are also maintained in other regions of the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia.

KUTUB Profile

KUTUB, the Arabic word for "Books", is the name of an international Book Trading organization based in Beirut. Specializing in Arabic manuscripts, rare, out-of-print, antiquarian, and new books, Kutub has developed its trading proficiency in publications in the Middle East, North Africa and the Islamic World in general.

Supported by a Database built over two decades, Kutub is able to source, locate, acquire and ship every kind of publication printed in the Arabic language.