THE LEBANESE UNION FOR CHILD WELFARE (LUCW)

The Lebanese Union for Child Welfare (LUCW) is a local non-profitable and nonsectarian NGO, considered by the Lebanese Government of public utility.

The Lebanese Union for Child Welfare (LUCW) was established in 1949  under license number 585/ A.D. it is an umbrella Association with 54 NGO members implementing programs for children over all Lebanon.

LUCW started as a branch of the International Union for Child Welfare.  It is the first union for child welfare organizations in the Arab World,  It follows up all issues regarding child welfare especially those related to the implementation of all articles of the “Convention of the Rights of the Child” through lectures, workshops, seminars and training sessions.  One of its main objectives is to advocate and create a pressure group for issuing and implementing laws that leads to the best interest of the child.