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EXPERIMENT 1:
IMPROVING THE WELFARE OF SEVERELY VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
In the backdrop of Lebanon’s severe economic crisis, the INMAA Consortium, in collaboration with Nudge Lebanon, endeavored to empower some of the country’s most vulnerable households in Akkar and Baalbek-Hermel. A behavioral intervention was designed and incorporated into the existing welfare programs with the aim of facilitating more effective grievance reporting among beneficiaries.
EXPERIMENT 2: DEVELOPING A GROWTH MINDSET
In the face of Lebanon’s dire economic landscape which has exacerbated the vulnerabilities of impoverished households, it is crucial to equip individuals with not just technical skills but also the mindset necessary for resilience and self-reliance. Recognizing this, the INMAA Consortium, composed of Save the Children (Lead), Akkarouna, Plan International and LOST collaborated with Nudge Lebanon in designing and integrating an innovative Social and Behavioral Change (SBC) intervention into its established TVET programs. The intervention sought to foster a growth mindset among participants in order to increase the likelihood of program completion and career success.
EXPERIMENT 3: INCREASING THE FINANCIAL INCLUSION OF SEVERELY VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS
In the midst of a deep-rooted economic crisis that has plunged over half of Lebanon’s population into poverty, escalating vulnerabilities and obstacles towards self-sufficiency, the INMAA Consortium, including Save the Children, Akkarouna, Plan International and LOST, introduced a project aimed at aiding the most vulnerable Syrian and Lebanese households in Akkar and Baalbek El-Hermel. Alongside an array of assistance programs, the project particularly focused on promoting financial inclusion and literacy, with an emphasis on savings, in a bid to foster household resilience and self-reliance. A behavioral intervention was rolled out over the course of five months, consisting of sending bi-weekly SMS messages that employed behavioral tools like feedback, salience, priming, and reminders to encourage the households to save. The messages were personalized and tailored according to the recipients’ language and gender, thus increasing their relevance and impac