Lebanon · Since 2019
Building a culture of peace through education, community action, and holistic care.
01 / A living mission
Otralerz Association (Otr El Arz) is a Lebanese nonprofit officially registered with the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities (Registration No. 13608, December 6, 2018). Since 2019, we have supported communities through education, peace culture, environmental stewardship, disaster relief, and holistic care.
Our mission is to provide support and assistance to people in need, connecting immediate compassion with long-term change. Humanity is our first priority.
Read our story ↗02 / What we do
We create practical pathways for people to heal, learn, participate, and lead.
Workshops and dialogue that make peace a daily practice, grounded in dignity, empathy, and win–win thinking.
With Education 3000, we explore holistic, creative learning that helps children, educators, and communities thrive.
From volunteer capacity-building to olive-tree planting and sustainable energy ideas, we care for Lebanon’s living systems.
We stand beside families in crisis with relief, mental-health support, holistic care, and the steady work of restoring hope.
We create space for women and young people to bring their ideas, skills, and leadership to the future they want to see.
New initiative · 2026
Root for Peace connects the Seven Petals School framework with the Thirteen Pillars Society of Peace and a long-term civic vision for sustainable public responsibility.
Starting in Aley District, local learning circles bring together women, young people, educators, families, and municipal representatives to listen, learn, act, document, and grow together.
Join the movement ↗Featured impact / 2024
Through “Together for Lebanon’s Olive Trees,” Otralerz joined organizations working to revive Lebanon’s olive heritage and strengthen agricultural resilience. Each tree planted in southern villages affected by war is a quiet act of renewal, belonging, and hope.
See the impact timeline ↓A movement in the making
Root for Peace is our new initiative, prepared by founder and president Kawsar Chaya with Education 3000 and Multi‑U for Peace. It connects the Seven Petals School, the Thirteen Pillars Society of Peace, and a long-term civic framework for sustainable public responsibility, beginning in Aley District.
Discover the movement ↗03 / A growing record
A selection of moments from Otralerz’s journey — and an invitation to help shape what comes next.
Registered as a Lebanese nonprofit in 2018, Otralerz partners with Education 3000 in 2019, gaining Ministry of Education approval and bringing new learning approaches to teachers and communities.
Disaster relief, food boxes, vegetable baskets, support for taxi drivers, and community-led responses help families through the pandemic and economic crisis.
New workshops, environmental initiatives, youth activities, mediation and Resolution 1325 trainings strengthen members and communities.
Otralerz joins the Education 3000 global circle, environmental volunteering, Authentic Aley, plasma science collaborations, free mental-health sessions, and olive-tree renewal.
Otralerz joined International Yoga Day activities with the Indian Embassy, celebrated women’s innovation and leadership, and launched Kawsar Chaya’s book and movement toward a regenerative society.
The new initiative connects whole-person education, thirteen areas of community action, and sustainable public responsibility through local learning circles and resident-led projects.
04 / Your place in the work
Whether you give time, resources, ideas, or a partnership, your contribution can become part of a more compassionate Lebanon.
05 / The archive
Explore Otralerz’s milestones, collaborations, trainings, and community stories — from the 2018 registration and 2019 Education 3000 partnership to the 2026 Root for Peace initiative.
Our story, goals, vision, projects, milestones, partnerships, and trainings.
Open PDF ↗Update · 2023–2025Environmental volunteering, Education 3000, humanitarian support, wellbeing, and the 13 Pillars movement.
Open PDF ↗A growing library for partners, volunteers, donors, and the communities we serve.
Suggest a resource ↗06 / Let’s connect
Tell us what brings you here. We would love to hear from volunteers, partners, educators, healers, donors, and people who believe in a more peaceful future.
101 Batrakia Building, Aley, Lebanon 12345
Registration No. 13608 · Ministry of Interior and Municipalities