The Kitchen: Our Operational Heart
Our kitchen in Bar Elias serves as the engine for our work in the Bekaa. Led by women from the community who have turned lived experience into leadership, the kitchen produces over 70,000 free hot meals annually. Every day, a team of women from diverse backgrounds works side-by-side. This collaborative environment is intentional: by cooking together, they dismantle social barriers and replace them with shared purpose. We serve 300 meals daily to families facing displacement and poverty, ensuring every plate is both nutritionally dense and culturally familiar.
Tha’irat: Women’s Gatherings
Tha’irat (Women Revolutionaries) is the programmatic engine of our mission. This one-year journey brings groups of women together for weekly sessions where the kitchen serves as a laboratory for change. By gathering at The Great Oven Home, we move away from institutional settings to create a space that feels like a neighbor’s home rather than a classroom. The act of preparing a meal together provides the foundation for guided conversations on women’s rights, mental health, and the complexities of domestic labor, allowing participants to build autonomy and prioritize their own growth.
Safe Spaces
An organic extension of our work, Safe Spaces provides a sanctuary for women to unburden themselves without fear of judgment. These sessions, held over tea at The Great Oven Home, remove the clinical barriers of traditional NGO environments. Facilitated by peers who share the same lived experiences, Safe Spaces offers a place to speak freely and access a support network that exists entirely outside the reach of societal taboos.
*This video was produced in 2024. Since that year, we’ve increased the number of meals served daily.
