Annual Report 2025
Executive Summary
Maissa Abou Adal
Founder
2025 was a year that called for intention, not shortcuts. With new ministries, shifting mandates and a public sector in constant motion, Lebanon’s education and youth landscape demanded clarity, focus, and coordination.
For The Tree House Foundation, this meant acting with intention. Rather than dispersing efforts, we focused on understanding gaps and priorities on the ground, and on building aligned partnerships capable of responding meaningfully to them. Our role evolved beyond traditional grant-making to one of co-creation and collaboration, deploying financial and in-kind resources with careful alignment and shared responsibility..
This approach shaped the impact achieved throughout the year and laid the groundwork for initiatives that will launch in 2026.
What follows tells the story of a year defined by alignment, trust, and deliberate investment in partnerships designed to last.
Our Year in Numbers
Building a national ecosystem, one trusted partnership at a time.
$92K
Cash
Donations
148
Laptops
Distributed
31
Supported Local
Partners
7
Core Coalition Partners
9
Governorates
Reached
Restoring digital access where learning happens
In 2025, The Tree House coordinated the delivery of 148 laptops through 4 trusted partner organizations, ensuring digital tools reached classrooms and learning spaces already serving children and youth. Devices were deployed across public schools and community programs in Nabatieh, Saida, Ghobairy, Hasbaya, North Lebanon, Bekaa, Tripoli, Akkar, and Bourj Hammoud.
Building a full computer lab as shared learning infrastructure at AFEL
Building a full computer lab as shared learning infrastructure at AFEL
A key outcome of our year was the creation of a new computer lab at AFEL in Bourj Hammoud, equipped with 33 laptops dedicated to vulnerable children.
The lab now functions as a safe, supervised digital learning space supporting foundational digital skills and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) exposure.
This was not a one-off donation, but an investment. It reflects our approach of strengthening what exists and ensuring long-term use and relevance.
Targeted deployment for youth skills and alternative learning
Targeted deployment for youth skills and alternative learning
Through CodeBrave, 40 laptops supported structured youth programs.
The Tree House also supported LAL (Lebanese Alternative Learning) by channeling 28 laptops into alternative learning spaces for displaced children. Integrated into the Learning Domes model, the devices supported learning continuity.
Launching Nahnou Loubnaniyoun as a national youth initiative
Nahnou Loubnaniyoun (NL) is a Tree House flagship initiative that empowers youth to explore identity, belonging, and social cohesion through collaborative artworks, led by a certified art therapist, using art as a tool to express unity and living together. In the pilot with NAFDA, 182 students from 8 schools across different Lebanese governorates participated.
Teacher Training and Classroom Activities
Teacher Training and Classroom Activities
In late 2025, 18 teachers were trained to foster critical empathy, treat identity and diversity as learning opportunities, and create safe spaces for dialogue. They implemented classroom activities focused on dialogue, self-awareness, and social cohesion, preparing students for structured inter-school exchanges.
Student Collaboration
Student Collaboration
Students from paired schools will visit each other for guided dialogue sessions and collaboratively produce artworks that reflect their shared sense of unity, belonging, and living together.
Impact and Adaptation
Impact and Adaptation
One teacher shared, “For the first time, I feel truly confident leading dialogue in my classroom. The students are more reflective, open, and engaged than ever before.”
Adapting in Times of Crisis
Photo by Jimmyp84, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
Adapting in Times of Crisis
Following the March 2026 crisis and war, the project adapted to sustain dialogue, support displaced students, and provide psychosocial support through art. Online Psycho-Social Support through Expressive Arts (EXA) Training allows teachers to replicate activities in their communities, amplifying the project’s reach and impact.
Growing a coalition, not a portfolio
By the end of 2025, The Tree House had consolidated a coalition of 7 active organizations working across education, digital access, youth skills, and civic engagement. The coalition was intentionally built around coordination, trust, and complementarity, not branding or hierarchy. Each partner contributes a clear, distinct strength: Teach For Lebanon focuses on teacher placement and capacity building; Lebanese Alternative Learning (LAL) drives digital and blended learning innovation; CodeBrave delivers coding, robotics, and employability skills; Thaki enables device collection and digital empowerment; The Volunteer Circle mobilizes volunteers and matches skills; nafda advances civic engagement and youth leadership; and AFEL anchors child protection and psychosocial support. Partners share insights, align geographically where possible, and reduce duplication. This reflects TTH’s core belief that systemic change comes from connecting dots, not multiplying isolated projects.
Partner-led interventions in practice: Al Seha Project with NAFDA
Partner-led interventions in practice: Al Seha Project with NAFDA
The Al Seha project, led by nafda and supported by The Tree House, advanced civic engagement and youth leadership through community-based action. TTH provided targeted financial and strategic support, enabling nafda to strengthen and extend an existing model. The partnership emphasized youth agency, local ownership, and sustained engagement rather than short-term delivery.
Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Faculté de Gestion et de Management (USJ FGM)
Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth Faculté de Gestion et de Management (USJ FGM)
In 2025, The Tree House supported the transformation of a student hall at USJ FGM to improve student experience, dignity, and ownership. This was not a standard renovation, but a focused intervention rooted in existing institutional momentum. Student creativity was central to the project, including a wall designed by a 14-year-old student, reflecting The Tree House’s belief that early trust in young talent can shape meaningful learning spaces.
Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
In parallel to field and partner work, The Tree House invested in deliberate coordination with public institutions.
The objective was not visibility, but coherence. These consultations focused on identifying shared priorities, reducing fragmentation, and clarifying where a connector and co-builder like TTH can add real value. By engaging decision-makers across education, social protection, and skills systems, we aimed to to anchor our work within public ecosystems and prepare the ground for coordinated, practical collaboration.
Engaging MEHE leadership and formalizing collaboration pathways
Engaging MEHE leadership and formalizing collaboration pathways
In 2025, The Tree House met with Dr. Rima Karameh, Minister of Education and Higher Education, as part of its dialogue with public institutions.
The discussion focused on synergy around national education priorities, coordination with civil society actors, and practical avenues for collaboration. Minister Karameh expressed strong enthusiasm for TTH’s connector role and agreed to partner, recognizing the value of coordinated approaches that reduce fragmentation and strengthen what is already working on the ground. This exchange marked an important step in anchoring The Tree House’s work within the public education ecosystem.
Engagement with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA)
Engagement with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA)
In parallel, The Tree House engaged with the Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA) to explore alignment around social protection, community-based interventions, and support to vulnerable populations. Discussions centered on how coordinated action with NGOs and community actors can improve outreach, avoid duplication, and better respond to emerging social needs. This dialogue reinforced the importance of linking education, volunteering, and social services within a coherent national approach.
Technical dialogue with DGTVE on skills and employability
Technical dialogue with DGTVE on skills and employability
The Tree House also opened structured discussions with the Directorate General of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (DGTVE), focusing on the realities of TVET institutions, skills gaps, and pathways to employability. Exchanges addressed the need for better coordination with training providers, employers, and civil society actors, as well as improved data and feedback loops. This dialogue laid the groundwork for future collaboration aimed at reconnecting training with labor market needs while strengthening the public TVET ecosystem.
Testimonials
Clementine Brown
Co-Director & Co-Founder, CodeBrave
The laptop donation from The Tree House enabled CodeBrave to launch and expand programming at a critical moment, allowing us to reach additional students and schools we otherwise could not have served that year. Their support was highly practical and responsive. The 40 laptops arrived at exactly the time we needed equipment to move forward with new activities. The process felt smooth and collaborative, which made implementation much easier for our team. What stood out was how timely and solution-oriented the support was. Rather than a generic contribution, it directly addressed a concrete operational barrier, which made an immediate difference in our ability to deliver programmes.
Janine Weber-el Meouchy
Executive Director, Teach For Lebanon
Our collaboration with The Treehouse Foundation made a real difference in schools working under significant constraints. With their support, we were able to set up computer labs across five regions, opening up new ways of teaching and learning for both Fellows and other teachers. For many students, this was their first encounter with technology in the classroom. We are genuinely grateful for the trust placed in us and for the Foundation’s thoughtful, practical way of working — responsive, clear in intent, and deeply attuned to what schools and students need.
Dahlia Rizk
Director of Partnerships & Strategy Development, nafda
Aal Seha started as a small pilot, and through this partnership, it became a tool that could truly live and breathe in schools, reaching over a hundred of them today. It allowed us to anchor citizenship, accountability, and student agency in a country that deeply needs it.
What Treehouse offered was never limited to financial support. You thought alongside us, asked the right questions, and encouraged us to look beyond the obvious, sharing our ambition for what this work could become. The support felt uplifting, rooted in trust in both the vision behind Aal Seha and the people carrying it forward.
What makes this relationship different is the care you hold for the work itself. I still remember sharing the idea with Maissa a couple of years ago and hearing, “I’m 100% behind you.” That kind of belief stays with you. It’s steady, reassuring, and it gives you the confidence to keep going especially when the work is hard and when changing mindsets takes time and patience. And that, to me, is what makes a partnership truly meaningful.
Pr. Fouad Zmokhol
Dean, USJ FGM
Partnering with The Tree House this year has been an incredibly enriching and memorable journey. Their thoughtful coordination and proactive support have been instrumental in advancing our initiatives and priorities. The personalized approach they took in understanding our faculty’s needs and tailoring their support truly made all the difference. Working together felt not just like a collaboration, but like a seamless extension of our team, creating a productive synergy. We are particularly grateful for the remarkable main entrance they designed and implemented for us—following through with each step from concept to completion. The result has not only enhanced the functionality and aesthetics of our space but also positively impacted our faculty and students, creating an environment that inspires and supports learning. Their commitment to excellence and fostering strong partnerships helped us achieve outcomes we might not have reached otherwise. We’re excited to continue this journey with them!
Looking Ahead to 2026!
Building on the foundations laid in 2025, The Tree House Foundation will continue to act as a connector and co-builder, while advancing its own flagship initiatives. 2026 marks the transition from groundwork and pilots to structured execution across both partner-led efforts and TTH-led tracks.
This shift is already underway, with partners mobilized, initial school onboarding in progress, and early pilot phases beginning to roll out across key initiatives, supported by active coordination on the ground.
Our Partners
Together, we’re shaping a future worth staying for
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