Ever since our inception in 1909 as EYWA educating Young women association we have been able to make a positive change in the lives of thousands of people and our community as a whole, All that thanks to a group of visionary women led by Mrs. Eugenie T. SAAD. As early as 1909 Mrs. Eugenie Saad saw that women literacy is key to improving family wellbeing and a key strategy in reducing poverty. Allowing women to be active and productive members of society, contributes to household and national income, a policy adopted decades later by UN agencies.

Towards the 1950’s public policy in Lebanon allowed women into public schools, and education became at everyone’s reach. The association still saw its mission alive although practices had to be changed. Forever in the aim of supporting women, and allowing them to be productive members of their society, whose tradition and culture had always undermined them socially and economically, Dar al Hadana project was born.

Dar al Hadana allowed working mothers to go on with their productive lives by giving them the opportunity of placing their kids at relatively free of charge in a the fully equipped and staffed nursery offering toddlers education, play and love. It is a 200-m2 ground floor with backyard in the heart of Beirut, which can accommodate up to 50 kids on full time basis and an additional 20 for afterschool-assisted study. The premises have been renovated and revamped from plumbing and sanitary to redecoration and furnishing in 2012.

100 years of fruitful efforts have been possible and successfully funded through the goodwill of munificent donors. On behalf of the many families and women we reach and the Lebanese community we thank all those that have extended their support to this good cause.