In the midst of the Lebanese economic & political turmoil and insecurity, the work of the Jinishian Memorial Program (JMP) in Lebanon (JMP-L) in 2019 was characterized by doing compassionate development work as well as collaborating with other NGOs to meet beneficiaries’ needs and also to share in helping address some basic medical needs of Armenian Syrian refugees.
Based on its Strategic Planning conducted in April of 2015 and the budget for 2019, JMP-Lebanon continued to concentrate on Medical & Social Programs/Services, Friend Raising-Fund Raising, program-related Development projects, while the Community Development Program activities remained low priority.
JMP-L Administration, with the Beirut Advisory Committee (BAC), saw the realization of the purchase of the property, previously rented, of its offices taking a loan against its share in the micro-lending community institution.
JMP-L Director joined JMP-Armenia director and JMP-USA, on May 2 & 3 in the global JMP Strategic Planning. Syria JMP Director could not attend. Each country will later plan its own.
The new auditing firm Grant Thornton was hired for the 2nd year by JMP-USA. The final audit report of the 2018 accounts was received on July 8, 2019.
