Revive Baladna · Rebuilding Childhood
For thousands of children in Lebanon, the recent conflict and displacementhavereplacedplaywithuncertainty.Throughart,safe spaces, and emotional care, we can give it back.
Prelaunch begins March 27, 2026.
Revive Baladna · Rebuilding Childhood Through Art
For thousands of children in Lebanon, conflict has replaced play with uncertainty. Through art, safe spaces, and emotional care — we can give it back. The campaign opens April 2, 2026. You can act now.
Two ways to be part of this
No payment required to join the waitlist · Early access gets first pick of limited works · Tax receipts issued within 7 days of donating
300
children reached
$100
funds one child’s
full program
30
original works
available
100%
to programs
on the ground
Launched • Campaign ends May 14, 2026
Revive Baladna · Rebuilding Childhood Through Art
For thousands of children in Lebanon, the recent conflict has replaced play with uncertainty. Through art, safe spaces, and emotional care — we can give it back. The campaign ends May 14, 2026. Act now before it closes.
Two ways to be part of this
300
children reached
$100
funds one child’s
full program
30
original works
available
100%
to programs
on the ground
A story like thousands of others
Nour is 10 years old. She used to fill entire notebooks with drawings, houses, trees, her cat. Since the war and displacement, she hasn’t picked up a pencil. “She just stares,” her mother says. “She doesn’t know how to start again.”
— based on field observations by Tatweer Baladna, Lebanon
Nour is one of hundreds of children across North Lebanon and Beirut who have lost access to the simple, essential experiences that childhood is made of. Revive Baladna, baladna meaning “our homeland” in Arabic, exists to restore those experiences through creativity, expression, and emotional care.
Campaign at a glance
300
children reached
$100
funds one child’s full program
$30K
total goal
The math is simple. $30,000 ÷ 300 children = $100 per child. One hundred dollars provides a Creative Recovery Kit: journals, paints, storytelling materials: plus a full 2–3 hour guided healing workshop.
That is the complete experience. That is one childhood partially restored.
A personal mission
“I am Lebanese. I have watched this happen from close as an artist and as someone who knows what it means to reach for creativity when everything else feels uncertain. Art was how I survived hard times. It is not a luxury. For these children, it may be the clearest path back to themselves.”
— Weeda Shoujah Hamdan, Campaign founder
Revive Baladna was born from this conviction: that art and creativity are not a reward for stability. They are a tool for rebuilding it. By donating original artwork and inviting artists worldwide to contribute, this campaign channels the global creative community directly into programs for Lebanon’s children.
Program structure
Each workshop is designed around emotional recovery, not just craft. Children ages 8–14 participate in 2–3 hour guided sessions: 30 children per workshop, in partnership with local shelters and community organizations in North Lebanon and Beirut.
Sessions combine guided art-making, play-based learning, and safe emotional expression. Each child receives their own Creative Recovery Kit to keep: journals, paints, drawing materials, and storytelling tools they can use long after the workshop ends.
Measuring what matters
At the start and close of every workshop, children complete a simple emoji-based check-in to reflect how they are feeling. This gives us a clear, child-friendly signal of emotional shift — and helps us improve every session that follows.
Happy
Neutral
Sad
Phase 1: 3 pilot workshops · 100 children
Phase 2: 10 expanded workshops · 300 children
Both phases complete within 1–2 months of funding.
Ways to give
$50
Creative Recovery Kit
Provides one child with journals, paints, and story telling materials: tools for expression they keep beyond the workshop.
$100
One full childhood experience
Funds one child’s complete program: kit and workshop participation. $100 = one child, fully supported
You receive a small artwork made by a participating child: a direct, human connection across the
distance.
$600
Workshop contribution
Partial support for a 30-child workshop: materials, facilitation, and emotional care for an afternoon of creative healing.
Includes a child-made artwork and a written account of the workshop.
$3,000
Sponsor a full workshop
Fully funds one workshop for 30 children — every cost covered, from kit to facilitation to follow-up reporting.
Named recognition + a collection of child artworks from your workshop.
$6,000
Community program sponsor
Covers multiple workshops and recovery kits in a single shelter or community: sustained impact for children in one place.
Full community impact report + curated artwork collection.
Get involved
Acquiring artwork through Revive Baladna means more than adding a piece to your collection. Every work you purchase directly funds creative healing for Lebanon’s children. Collectors who give $100 or more also receive a small original artwork made by a participating child.
Artists from any discipline: painting, photography, sculpture, digital, printmaking are invited to join this global response. Your work becomes a vehicle for direct impact.
Organizational sponsors receive full reporting, named recognition, and direct connection to the program outcomes they fund.
Organizational partners
100% of artwork sale proceeds go directly to programs. Revive Baladna is run through a dual-organization structure designed for both transparency and on-the-ground effectiveness.
Education Unbound
International nonprofit providing the fundraising platform, donor reporting, and philanthropic partnerships. Registered 501(c)(3).
Tatweer Baladna
$100 funds one child’s full creative healing experience. The first workshops begin the moment funding is confirmed.