Category: History

Starting in 1963 and in the years until 1978, Imam Moussa Sadr founded numerous centers and institutes and conducted many activities. The Imam Sadr Foundation represents an incarnation of only some of the Imam’s ideas. He started his works in the city of Tyr and its suburbs. Supporting and helping the indigenous population, his work included literacy campaigns, building institutions, activating the role of women and empowering them by courses in sewing, embroidery, and domestic education and holding emergency and training sessions.

Displacement, struggle to survive amidst conflicts and civil wars; the darkest periods in contemporary South Lebanon history: the late 1970s to mid 1980s saw the ravages of war like never before. As the ferocity of Israeli attacks increased along the border regions, thousands upon thousands of citizens fled to safety in cities like Tyr and Beirut. Absorbing this massive displacement caused obvious strain on local services and infrastructure, including the hosting communities. The period also saw increased strife between local sectarian militias and Palestinian factions, who likewise sought refuge in…

Expansion and diversification of ISF activities within the cultural compound in Tyr, and in many rural localities: elementary school, kindergarten, school for special needs, 8 socio-medical centers, center for researches and studies, vocational training programs for women; and few income generating projects.

Towards the blue ocean, many initiatives mark this road: Specific module to qualify social workers, advanced techniques to rehabilitate students with special needs; pioneering curriculum to qualify mental health workers; integration of mental health service within primary health settings; care and rehabilitation center for spinal cord injuries. On the eve of the liberation in 2000, The Lebanese areas were opened unto one another. This breakthrough had a considerable impact on the foundation. It embarked on a path of self-discovery and definition of its future roles. It sought to institutionalize administrative…

Empowering women to be able to assume national obligations and increase the ceiling of their potentials compel us to make the doors wide open for them. Hence, it has become incumbent to keep on developing the different divisions we are now fostering in the field of human sciences, medical services and administrative development.