Strengthening a sustainable and innovative social solidarity network in Lebanon for most economically vulnerable Syrian and Lebanese populations The proposed project was prepared by FPSC in close collaboration with the local partner NGO arcenciel to address the problem of extreme poverty in part of the Syrian Refugee population and to enhance livelihoods of families of the Lebanese host population that are negatively economically impacted by the large influx of Syrian refugees. 
To contribute in addressing the issue of poverty and extreme poverty in Lebanon, FPSC has worked in Lebanon in projects related to sustainable social development, health care, and agriculture since 1993 and has successfully conducted project with arcenciel. Arcenciel has worked to build built a social solidarity network for most impoverished persons through its project "boutique sociale" (Social Store) since 1995, which consists of establishment of a procedure and infrastructure to facilitate collection and redistribution of in-kind donations (clothes, accessories, sundries…) to economically vulnerable families and individuals. The donations are sold at extremely low prices to persons in need in arcenciel’s social stores (situated in Greater Beirut, in the Beqaa and in Akkar). The beneficiaries, often ashamed of their precarious living-conditions, can feel they naturally do their shopping, which contributes to maintain their dignity and self-esteem. They also learn to set their priorities and manage their budget. In addition, the social stores provide work possibilities and an income positions and compensations for most vulnerable and affected people (people with disability, refugees, youth in difficulty, women etc...) with no political, social, gender and racial discrimination of any kind, thus facilitating social integration for this vulnerable segment of the population. in order to promote their social inclusion This peer-to-peer approach that involves people in difficulty directly in a project, is a principal policy in both FPSC and arcenciel’s projects, and often transforms an emergency project from mere items provision to a project fostering direct contact between refugee and host population, integration of the latter, and in addition allows for more accurate needs identification and provision of targeted support.and integration is integrated also making use of one of arcenciel’s policies: people in difficulty serving people in difficulty a peer-to-peer approach that often transforms the mere act of items provision to a direct contact and other needs identification and support. 
Building on FPSC’s and arcenciel’s extensive experience, the proposed project aims at (1) expanding the network of in-kind donations’ providers and fostering of cooperation with several institutions (schools, municipalities, NGOs, the UN etc…), (2) increasing the current capacity of collecting and distributing donations in social stores, through better infrastructures and managing systems, and (3) provide capacity building and employment for most vulnerable Syrian and Lebanese women, through provision of training and creation of a sewing workshop to repurpose non-reusable clothes and fix the reusable ones. Finally, a sewing workshop will be added to the activities of the social stores, providing trainings and compensation for most vulnerable Syrian and Lebanese women to repurpose non-reusable clothes and fix the reusable ones. 
Overall management of the project, donor reporting, monitoring, and accounting will be done by FPSC, implementation of the activities by arcenciel in close collaboration with and under supervision of FPSC.