7 FINE ART CLASSES including Guitar, Piano , Oud, Photography, Drawing, Basic of Music More than 100 Beneficiaries from different ages, nationalities and backgrounds

POA Signing an MoU with Centre Sport et culture- Hermel POA Started Music classes for children and youth at Hermel city- centre sport et culture.

Promoting coexistence and peace among the youth of North Bekaa through art Drawing exhibitions and Decorating High schools walls with drawings about peace and citizenship, and many other activities are organized by POA volunteers team At high schools

We create different art workshops to break stereotypes between syrian and lebanese youth .

Training adolescents at POA center on how to use social media and photography as a tool to promote peace .

POA Team is gathering students from pubilc primary and secondary schools, to attend free workshops about music and art.

Al Kayrawan School students has visited POA center , and attended a free music workshop, with an introduction about musical instruments, students were very happy to visit our center.

friday may 26th 2017, PoA the Band played live music at Hotel Palmira during the meeting organized by Baalbck's International Short Films Festival and Baalbeck cultural committee at the municipality of baalbeck , the musicians played several film themes.

We bring these brilliant musicians of different backgrounds together, it was a challenge but the result was great. The orchestra played Christmas songs at Al Kaa village, after ISIS attack to send a message of peace and love.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWP50PsvNjw

Saturday 10/6/2017,

Peace of Art band played live oriental music during the Souhour event organized by Baalbeck International Short films festival , in order to promote for a better image of Baalbeck, full of artistic events and creative activities.

Peace of Art the band participated in " fete de la musique" organized by " institut francais" in order to develop the participation of youth in all artistic events, and changing the stereotype of the concept of Baalbeck as red zone, full of guns and drugs”,

the kids & youth Art camp started first of July 2017, it consists of music classes (piano, guitar, violin, Oud, Drawing) for kids, and youth to discover their talents and to create a nice colorful space for them this summer.

Peace of Art volunteers team, teaching vulnerable syrian refugees children at North Bekaa camps on music basics and distributing, musical notebooks for them, in order to Bring Peace and happiness for children affected by the syrian crisis.

“Peacebuilding starts with a smile!” says Mehdi Yehya, President of Peace of Art.The organization has received funding from the EED to develop its work bringing young people from different backgrounds together to learn, play and enjoy music and the arts.

"musical medicine" is an agency for building and healing the soul. "Sing for Peace" an initiative by Peace of Art volunteers that consists of playing music for kids and youth at Syrian refugees camps in Bekaa using music as a therapy for children affected by armed conflicts and displacement.

Saturday 06-07-2017.

As one of the many ways of promoting social cohesion in Baalbeck, In collaboration with Baalbeck Municipality and " Baalbeck cultural Saturday", PoA the Band played live music at the Roman quarry, an archaeological site at Baalbek.

Volunteering At PoA is an amazing opportunity no matter your age, background, nationality or experience. All volunteers bring their own unique skill-sets and are welcomed with open arms. Whether you are a musician, Painter, Artist or Adult Volunteer we have a project for you! send your cv to : hr@peaceofartinternational.org

Each day of summer, kids will experience a 3 hour creative Art curriculum that includes Drawing, music playing, short films, animation and of course, our Spectacular Friday ART SHOW.we offer a large Art Room inside and a semi-shaded, safe and completely fenced indoor play area.

"Simone Weininger" a Master student in Educational Sciences at the University of Cologne at Germany. Simone Chose Peace of Art to Start her Master thesis, on arts based projects that address social tensions between youngsters from Lebanese and refugees.

during the opening of " Family Support" Center in partnership between ABAAD/ CREADEL, at Labwe, under the Patronage of His Excellency the Governor of Baalbek- Hermel, Mr. Bachir Khodr. Our Band played live music..

Saturday 09/09/2017

Peace of Art musical band played live at Baalbeck Roman Ruins, Bacchus Temple, during The Baalbeck International Short Film Festival, to spread a message of Peace and Love From Baalbeck to all the world and to break stereotypes about Baalbeck citizens, as criminals.

in Partnership with The " European Endowment for Democracy", Peace of Art has launched “Art Against Discrimination“ , the Project aims to empower 80 Youth from North Bekaa, that will be trained on peace-building, also 4 free Art classes ( Piano, Oud, Photography, Short films production).

During the "Art Against Discrimination" Project Funded by EED, Peace of Art trained 20 students on production basics with the Egyptian Producer Mohamad Nour, in order to produce their own short film to be screened at the end of this project.

During the "Art Against Discrimination" Initiative, 25 young people from different villages of North bekaa has attended free Oud classes in order to start a small band at the end of this initiative, this band will sing for Peace and love.

Peace of Art is considered as the only safe place for kids in North Bekaa region, where they can play and learn music, and enjoy Arts and activities in a safe place.

26 September 2017

A group of Baalbeck International Short Film Festival, visited Peace of art center and honored our team for supporting and participating in BISFF Festival Summer 2017.

10 october 2017

A group of young people from Al Hermel Theater visited Peace of Art's center, to benefit from the organization's experience. and prepared for more collaboration in the future, Peace of Art is supporting all young people groups that aim to develop the region through Art and education.

october 11th 2017

"at Peace of Art center we teach little girls to use their voices not only for singing, but also to express themselves".

Mahdi Yahya ( Founder of PoA)

photo of our little student elissar kbar.

Saturday October 14th 2017

Under the patronage of the Governor of Baalbeck- Al Hermel, PoA launched its project "Art Against Discrimination", funded by EED.

The founder of the NGO, Mr. Mahdi Yahya, delivered a speech, in which he emphasized the importance and the role of arts in spreading peace and democracy values.

Than the band played a set list of selected and delightful songs.

Bringing youth from Different Backgrounds, religions and politics is one of our main goals at Peace of Art, also we train them on how to accept each other, using civil training topics like ( peace building, Acceptance toward other, Peaceful coexistence.....) in order to create a more democratic and peaceful community.

During the "Art Against Discrimination" Initiative, 25 young people from different villages of North bekaa has attended free photography classes in order to organize a photography exhibition at the end of this initiative, where every student express him/herself through their photos.

Watch the full video of Peace of Art first anniversary, on our youtube channel ( Peace of Art) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWp4tbZpxEbOmTN0-wAHtlQ

We are looking for experienced, adventurous and self motivated volunteers who can help us at Peace of Art Center. Volunteers will be spending time with various groups of children and youth at Peace of Art center, also they will attend many workshops and training- interested people send their CV to : HR@peaceofartinternational.org

Because children are the leaders of the future, it is our responsibility to ensure them all the support they need.

Peace of Art talented future generation

Mr. Mahdi Yahya representing Lebanon at the Mara Mentor Regional online platform of the Arab region,UN Foundation’s Global Entrepreneurs Council, Mara Foundation and UNDP in jordan, with a group of young arab entrepreneurs.

Want to know our secret?

It's LOVE... We embrace our differences as our strength... We are a Family, and that is an unbreakable bond.

Spread the Love!! Because "love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite", Nelson Mandela.

Friday 17/11/2017 ,

Mr. Mahdi Yahya visited Lazio Region center in Italy, during the YLP3 Program by UNDP, there were a discussion between Dr. Yehya and Mr. Carlo Rossi, manager office of policies for decentralized cooporations and Mr. Lorenzo lo Cascio representative of the ministry of economy and Development about the ways how the lebanese youth can benefit from the different EU programs.

because we believe in the important role of woman in the humanitarian and civil field, Vera Mawla has been elected President of Peace of Art,Vera has a diploma in computer, in addition to her certificate in piano playing, also a social and civil activist who always seeking to improve her society and support youth.

Watch the full video of Peace of Art band playing live at Baalbeck ancient Roman Ruins- bacchus Temple, on our youtube channel ( Peace of Art) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWp4tbZpxEbOmTN0-wAHtlQ

Saturday 18/11/2017,

Peace of Art's Band took part in the event held in Palmira Hotel in Baalbeck.

The event included poetry pieces presented by our friends from Sabt Baalbeck Al Saqafi, Moustafa Solh, Ali Kabbout, and Hassan Mokdad. The event, organized by ABAAD organization

On the International Volunteer Day, we celebrate the efforts of Peace of Art's volunteers who have dedicated their time and energy to help local youth, women and children, Syrian and Lebanese, have access to their full rights, live in dignity and equity, and to stand out as future leaders. We volunteer to spread love. We volunteer to draw a smile on every child's face. We volunteer to build Peace and to fight discrimination, intolerance and extremism. We volunteer to make a change. Join us to celebrate this day!

Thursday 14/12/2017 a group of volunteers and musiians at Peace of Art, visited the orphanage of Jabbouli monastery, distributed sweets and played christmas songs for kids.

Christmas 2017 at Baalbeck was full of melodies and music, due to the effort of Peace of Art band spreading Peace and love, using their music instruments, to break stereotype about Baalbeck citizens and to bring people together under Art umbrella

Saturday : 16/12/2017

meeting of Civil society representatives and the municipality of Ein village, at Peace of Art center during the project called "Mechanisms of Social Stability" organized by UNDP.

our band celebrated christmas at Ras Baalbeck High School, with students and their families.

Thursday 28-12-2017

in solidarity with the victims of random shooting due to illegal weapons in Lebanon, Peace of Art organized a stand" , at Zaitun-Main Road, where youth lighted candles and small hot air balloons, every balloon was signed with the name of an innocent victim.

Vera Mawla ( president of peace of Art) delivering prizes for the first three winners of the photo competition organized on Facebook by PoA academy, winners are : 1st place: Joelle Nader, 2d place : Layal Al Massry , 3d place : Riccardo Khoury.