We build supportive environments that raise young people intellectually and ethically, and give them room to grow and to have an effect.
We walk with young people along a path that brings together awareness, knowledge, skill and values.
Najm began from a belief in what young people can do, to open the doors of initiative and social reform to them.
Educational, academic and enabling programmes and initiatives that turn knowledge into a living effect in the community.
About the foundation
Who are we?
A foundation working to build supportive environments for young men and women — helping them grow intellectually and ethically, kindling in them the spirit of social reform, giving them room to develop outside the traditional settings, and connecting them to their own reality so they can help build it and raise it up.
Our students are our stars
We run a range of programmes and activities for young people and students, bringing together knowledge, dialogue and skill-building, and helping to spread awareness and build a positive, active university environment.
Academic and conversational gatherings that host leading speakers to discuss the academic, intellectual and educational questions that matter to young people — raising awareness and connecting them with people of experience and good example.
Practical training that prepares young people and students, raises their academic and practical level, and strengthens their ability to turn knowledge into real practice.
An academic youth programme hosting scholars and specialists for valuable lessons and conversations in academic, educational and ethical fields, in an interactive setting close to young people.
Figures that sum up a record of work, and tell of a mark young people have made in the universities and the wider community.
Young people and students who have taken part in Najm Foundation activities and programmes.
Activities and initiatives run across the foundation's tracks and fields of work.
Universities the foundation's presence and its youth and educational activities have reached.
Syrian governorates that Najm's work and its geographic reach have extended to.
Our teams across the map of Syria
A selected set of Najm Foundation activities, reflecting the range of our programmes and of the spaces we work in with young people and students.
Articles and coverage telling the story of our events, and sharing what we learn with university students.
Articles
Guide
Practical steps from experience: how to gather your first five people, how to choose your first activity, and what makes a chapter last beyond its first term.
Read more — How to start a student chapter at your university
Seminars
With a clear purpose and a guiding message, Najm Foundation for Culture and Development ran the youth seminar «What comes after the baccalaureate?», an inspiring stop for our students as they map out their university and working lives with confidence and awareness.
Read more — What comes after the baccalaureate? Five questions before you chooseWhether you want to volunteer, start a chapter at your university, or partner with us — start here.
