The Association for the Development of Rural Capacities ( ADR) joined Sanabel as an affiliate member.

The Association for the Development of Rural Capacities (ADR) is a Lebanese non-governmental not to profit organization (NGO) having no political, religious, or familial affiliations. ADR is officially recognized and registered with the Lebanese Ministry of Interior by decree 59 D.A. as of April 6th, 1998.

ADR’s mission is to empower and integrate marginalized people and sectors through sustainable economic and social development, lending its support to the social players to help them acquire the knowledge and capabilities to improve and promote their standard of living. 

Sanabel's Board of Directors held a meeting in Cairo on September 5th through 7th.

At this meeting, the Board decided to extend the search for an Executive Director in order to identify a qualified tri-lingual candidate.  Search firms in Egypt, Lebanon and Morocco have been contracted to assist with this search and Board interviews with final candidates are scheduled for the end of October.

For more details, see the minutes attached below

AL-Thiqa Organisation joins Sanabel as its second member in Iraq as an affiliate member.

Al-Thiqa is an Iraqi NGO registered with the NGO Assistance Office and staffed by Iraqis.  Presently, it has five fully functional branches and sub offices in Northern Iraq: Kirkuk (branch and headquarters), As Sulaymaniyah, Arbil, Dahuk and Khanaqin with Baghdad, Mosul, and Baqubah engaged in collections only due to deteriorated security situation in these areas.

Al Amal Microfinance Progam/ Social Development Foundation (SDF) joins Sanabel as the second member from Sudan and the 61st member of the Network.

The SDF was established in 1997 as a government mechanism with the mission “To improve the livelihood of poor population through establishment of equitable pro-poor policies, approaches and interventions”