Ready to implement 2026–2027 Social renaissance
Retirees mentor young people professionally... and young people teach them digital skills
Experience handed on... skill handed back
We build pairs of experienced retirees and young people at the start of their careers: the retiree mentors the young person professionally and the young person teaches the retiree digital skills, so both gain and the social fabric grows stronger.
Lebanon is one of the fastest-ageing countries in the Arab region: people over 65 make up about 11% of the population and are expected to reach 23.3% by 2050, while only 9.8% of older people received a pension in 2020.
With their children emigrating and services going digital, older people face growing isolation and difficulty communicating and completing their paperwork.
Meanwhile youth unemployment is 47.8%, and society loses accumulated professional expertise that is not passed on to the next generation.
Sources: ESCWA via Al-Monitor (2021); UNFPA, Country Profile on Older Persons (2022); Labour Force Survey, Central Administration of Statistics and ILO (2022)
Mapping retirees and their fields of expertise, and young people and their needs, then matching pairs by field and area.
A weekly meeting for 3 months: one hour of career mentoring and one hour of digital teaching (phone, contact with children abroad, banking apps, e-government transactions).
Each pair produces a joint piece of work, such as documenting a craft, a career guide or an illustrated story, shown at the annual “Generations Day”.
The main resource is people and their time, not equipment.
Lebanese society values its elders, which eases acceptance and participation.
The Foundation's volunteer teams and partner youth associations provide the young people and the organisation.
All figures on project cards are targets, not achieved results, unless stated otherwise.
| Older adults' difficulty travelling | Meetings close to home, and home visits when needed. |
|---|---|
| A trust gap between generations | An introductory session and a mutual-respect charter at the start of each pair. |
| Sustaining the relationship | A monthly Generations Club after the programme keeps the network alive. |
It addresses two opposite problems, isolated ageing and young people without guidance, with one solution.
Ageing is a global phenomenon, and the model needs only volunteers and organisation.
The pairs' stories touch people and are well suited to showcasing.
Promote mental health and well-being
Increase the number of youth and adults with skills for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
Reduce the share of youth not in employment, education or training
Empower and include everyone socially and economically, irrespective of age, sex or other status
Goal 3 for well-being and reduced isolation; Goal 4 for digital skills; Goal 8 for career guidance; Goal 10 for inclusion across generations.
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