تأسس مركز GLOW للتدريب في أيلول 2020 كاستجابة للأزمة الاقتصادية وتفشي فيروس COVID-19 الذي يواجهه لبنان منذ عام ، لمنح المراهقين والشباب ، وخاصة الموجودين في مدينة بيروت ، مكانًا آمنًا. ومساحة تعليمية يمكنهم من خلالها المشاركة في مجموعة واسعة من أنشطة بناء المهارات وتكوين صداقات جديدة وتبادل الخبرات وتعزيز التماسك الاجتماعي.

The main goal of the “GLOW” training center is to ‘foster the active and resilient youth economically, personally, and socially’ in order to increase their empowerment, participation, and engagement with their communities as a means to ensure equity of participation for all individuals. For the long term, the “GLOW” training center aims to empower the Lebanese and non-Lebanese vulnerable youth who are poorly skilled and do not acquire adequate educational and professional readiness to guarantee their successful transition to sustainable livelihoods. As it is well known, Lebanon’s youth also demonstrate a low level of participation and civic engagement and feel disempowered by the political system due to the lack of representation, poor budget allocations, and weak implementation of youth programs and policies.