Welfare Association (Taawon) – Lebanon is an independent non-profit organization established in 1983 by a group of Palestinian business and intellectual figures to provide development and humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in the West Bank (including Jerusalem), the Gaza Strip, 1948 Areas, and the Palestinian communities in Lebanon. Welfare Association (Taawon) – Lebanon works in close collaboration with local partners’ active in the Palestinian communities on four sectors: Education, Community Development (including health, disability and micro loans), Culture and Relief and Emergency.