{"id":3837,"date":"2019-06-03T18:31:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T18:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/?page_id=3837"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:15:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:15:03","slug":"about-us-new","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/about-us-new\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3837\" class=\"elementor elementor-3837\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f79948e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f79948e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-791f0da\" data-id=\"791f0da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-182706b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"182706b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lucw-about-widget\">\n  <div class=\"aw-hero\">\n    <span class=\"aw-eyebrow\">Est. 1949 \u00b7 Public Utility NGO<\/span>\n    <h1 class=\"aw-title\">The Lebanese Union<br>for Child Welfare (LUCW)<\/h1>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"aw-video-frame\">\n    <video controls poster=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\">\n      <source src=\"https:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/LUCW-Eng.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">\n    <\/video>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p class=\"aw-lead\">The Lebanese Union for Child Welfare (LUCW) is a local, non-profit and non-sectarian NGO, recognized by the Lebanese Government as being of public utility.<\/p>\n\n  <div class=\"aw-stats\">\n    <div class=\"aw-stat\">\n      <span class=\"aw-stat-value\">1949<\/span>\n      <span class=\"aw-stat-label\">Year Established<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"aw-stat\">\n      <span class=\"aw-stat-value\">585\/A.D<\/span>\n      <span class=\"aw-stat-label\">License Number<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"aw-stat\">\n      <span class=\"aw-stat-value\">54<\/span>\n      <span class=\"aw-stat-label\">Member NGOs<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"aw-stat\">\n      <span class=\"aw-stat-value\">1st<\/span>\n      <span class=\"aw-stat-label\">In the Arab World<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"aw-body\">\n    <p>LUCW was established in 1949 under license number 585\/A.D. It is an umbrella association with 54 NGO members implementing programs for children across all of Lebanon.<\/p>\n    <p>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, following up on all issues regarding child welfare \u2014 especially those related to the implementation of the articles of the <em>Convention on the Rights of the Child<\/em> \u2014 through lectures, workshops, seminars, and training sessions.<\/p>\n    <p>One of its main objectives is to advocate and create a pressure group for issuing and implementing laws that lead to the best interest of the child.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<style>\n.lucw-about-widget {\n  max-width: 900px;\n  margin: 0 auto;\n  padding: 20px 0 40px;\n  font-family: -apple-system, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;\n  color: #eaf2fb;\n}\n.aw-hero { text-align: center; margin-bottom: 26px; }\n.aw-eyebrow {\n  display: inline-block;\n  font-size: 12px;\n  font-weight: 700;\n  letter-spacing: 1.2px;\n  text-transform: uppercase;\n  color: #ffffff;\n  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.16);\n  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.35);\n  padding: 5px 14px;\n  border-radius: 20px;\n  margin-bottom: 16px;\n}\n.aw-title {\n  font-size: 34px;\n  font-weight: 800;\n  line-height: 1.25;\n  color: #ffffff;\n  margin: 0;\n}\n.aw-abbr { color: #bfe0ff; }\n\n.aw-video-frame {\n  border-radius: 16px;\n  overflow: hidden;\n  box-shadow: 0 20px 45px rgba(10, 20, 40, 0.35);\n  margin-bottom: 30px;\n  background: #000;\n}\n.aw-video-frame video {\n  display: block;\n  width: 100%;\n  height: auto;\n}\n\n.aw-lead {\n  font-size: 17px;\n  font-weight: 600;\n  line-height: 1.6;\n  color: #ffffff;\n  text-align: center;\n  max-width: 700px;\n  margin: 0 auto 28px;\n}\n\n.aw-stats {\n  display: grid;\n  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);\n  gap: 12px;\n  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);\n  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.18);\n  border-radius: 14px;\n  padding: 20px 10px;\n  margin-bottom: 30px;\n}\n.aw-stat {\n  text-align: center;\n  display: flex;\n  flex-direction: column;\n  gap: 4px;\n}\n.aw-stat-value { font-size: 22px; font-weight: 800; color: #ffffff; }\n.aw-stat-label { font-size: 11px; color: #cfe3f7; letter-spacing: 0.3px; }\n\n.aw-body {\n  background: #ffffff;\n  border-radius: 14px;\n  padding: 28px 30px;\n  box-shadow: 0 10px 28px rgba(15, 30, 55, 0.12);\n}\n.aw-body p {\n  color: #3d4956;\n  font-size: 15px;\n  line-height: 1.75;\n  margin: 0 0 16px;\n}\n.aw-body p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }\n.aw-body em { color: #1e5aa8; font-style: normal; font-weight: 600; }\n\n@media (max-width: 640px) {\n  .aw-title { font-size: 26px; }\n  .aw-stats { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); }\n}\n<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Est. 1949 \u00b7 Public Utility NGO The Lebanese Unionfor Child Welfare (LUCW) The Lebanese Union for Child Welfare (LUCW) is a local, non-profit and non-sectarian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3837","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3837"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4619,"href":"https:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3837\/revisions\/4619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lucw.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}