Profile
IQRA’ Association is a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-political association founded in 1994 and officially established in 1998 holding the registration number 29/AD, dated February 16, 1998. The association is divided into an Executive Board, a General Assembly and five committees: Schools, Activities, Culture, Media and Finance.
Background
In 1994, a group of women, mobilized by disturbing facts published in newspapers relating to the percentage of readers in Lebanon, started IQRA’ Association. They decided to bring the book closer to children in the elementary public schools by creating class libraries as well as training school librarians and teachers on how to encourage the children to read stories for fun. To date, these women have reached out to 103 elementary public schools with about 4000 books.
Mission
Iqra' Association's mission is to reinforce and encourage a lifetime reading habit among the under privileged Lebanese children as well as to raise awareness to the importance of reading as a route to self improvement.
Vision
Books stir the senses, inspire the imagination, and spark a love of reading that can last a lifetime thus bringing hope, joy, vision and promoting literacy.
Objectives
- Reach out to elementary public school students in all areas of Lebanon.
- Equip Classrooms with class libraries containing books in Arabic and English/French.
- Foster interest in literature, books and reading for fun.
- Cooperate with concerned local and international bodies to raise public awareness on the importance of reading.
- Encourage creativity and improve reading and writing skills.
