Founded in 1976, The Lebanese Child Home Association (AFEL) is a non-political and non-confessional organization recognized by the Lebanese State by virtue of the 1977 Decree No. 97 AD, and declared of public utility as of 1987. AFEL has since taken under its wing more than 5,000 children. Enhancing the daily lives of countless people and giving entire generations the means to become autonomous and responsible adults, through a unique holistic approach which incorporates the family in the child’s rehabilitation process.