Wafaa El-Baba
Who Is She
Personal information
Deputy General Director & Acting General Manager
Wafaa El-Baba
Contact information / Private
Phone:
961 1 861961
Contact information / Work
The Social Welfare Institutions in Lebanon: Dar Al-Aytam Al-Islamiah
Postbox:
11-7432 Riad El-Solh
Khaldeh, Dar Al-Aytam Al-Islamiyah, Kobbah complex for Care & Development
Mount Lebanon
Lebanon
Phone:
814425 5 961
Fax:
814426 5 961
Mobile:
695756 3 961
Education
Education:
- Master's Degree, Mathematical Statistics, 1986, Lebanese University, Lebanon.
Areas of expertise
Expertise:
- Philanthropy
- Empowerment of women and Family
- Advocacy
- Children's Rights (natural children)
- Care for the elderly and children with special needs
- Capacity Building
- Management
Languages:
- Arabic
- French
Work history
Jobs:
- Deputy General Director and Acting General Manager, 1986 - present, The Social Welfare Institutions in Lebanon: Dar Al-Aytam Al-Islamiah.
Honorary office and memberships
- Member (since 2008) and vice-president of the Forum of NGOs for The Rights of the Child in Lebanon, 2012-present.
- Member of the committee of Lebanese unregistered children, 2011-present.
- Member of the Board of Directors at the Arab Union for the Deaf, 2008-present.
- Member of the Board of Directors at the Arab Family Organization, 2000-present.
- Secretary-general of the National Council for Social Services in Lebanon, 1994-2006.
- Member of the National Committee for the Elderly, 2000.
Productions
Publications highlights:
- Baba, W. (2012). Mashru`at al-majmu`at atanmawiya, mubadarat tajribat Lubnan [Community development projects, Lebanon's initiative]. In Amani, F. (Ed.), Al-majmu`at atanmawiya al-ahliya: mubadarat ra'ida lil munathamat al-ahlia al-arabia fi mukafahat al-fuqur[Civic development groups: pioneering initiatives of Arab civil society organizations in the fight against poverty]. (p.19-21). Arab Network for NGOs
- Baba, W. (April, 2005). Takabbul al-akhar madkhal li najah mafhum damj thawi al-ihtiyajat al-khassa [Accepting the other as key to the success of the notion of integrating those with special needs]. Asda' al-mu`awaqeen. 51
- Baba, W. (1995). Al-mujtama`a al-madani fi al-alam al-arabi [Civic socities in the Arab World]. In Amani, F. (Ed.), Al-majmu`at atanmawiya al-ahliya: mubadarat ra'ida lil munathamat al-ahlia al-arabia fi mukafahat al-fuqur[Civic development groups: pioneering initiatives of Arab civil society organizations in the fight against poverty]. (p.6, 13-15, 17-18, 23-25). Arab Network for NGOs
Awards and Distinctions
Awards:
- Recognition award from Social Welfare Institutions in Lebanon "Dar Al-Aytam Al-Islamiyah", 2011.
- Recognition award from the Arab Union for the Deaf, 2008.
- Recognition award from the National Council for Social Services in Lebanon, 2005.
