Start of our 8th school year

Help refugee children through the Covid Winter!

A trainer in a face mask speaks to teachers during a training on child protection, 2020.

First teacher training of the new school year on child protection and positive discipline.

A man presents next to a laptop during the teacher training at the start of the school year.

First teacher training of the new school year on child protection and positive discipline.

A trainer leans over a table to explain an exercise to teachers in face masks.

First teacher training of the new school year on child protection and positive discipline.

Teachers in face masks write at school desks during the training on positive discipline.

First teacher training of the new school year on child protection and positive discipline.

Teachers in face masks listen to a presentation during the training, 2020.

First teacher training of the new school year on child protection and positive discipline.

Children sit at desks in a classroom of the camp school in Kousha.

The classes at the Camp School Kousha continued throughout the summer without interruption.

Girls work together at a desk during class at the camp school.

Boys write in their notebooks at a desk, one wearing a face mask.

A volunteer in a face mask stands by sewing machines while boys sit at a table.

A teacher in a face mask checks a pupil's paper as children work around him.

Pupils work at desks in a classroom with painted handprints on the wall.

A teacher helps children seated at small tables in a room with green curtains.

Girls, some in face masks, hold small slates at their desks.

A teacher in a face mask holds up a sheet while pupils move around the classroom.

Pupils work at tables while a teacher writes on a whiteboard.

Pupils in face masks sit at desks in front of a wall covered in painted handprints.

A young woman teaches a group in headscarves, pointing with a marker.

Women and a man sit in a circle of chairs during a session.

Adults and a small child sit on green sofas during a meeting.

Two men stand in a doorway during a meeting, one wearing a cap and a face mask.

Lebanon has been hit by a triple crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic came only on top of political turmoil at home and in neighbouring Syria and a dramatic economic meltdown with more than 400% inflation per year. The needs are enormous and we need your help for keeping our class rooms open, both virtually and in real life. We started collecting used tablets and laptop computers to facilitate distant learning in this academic year. Lebanese schools have finally adapted to the Covid-19 pandemic with online classes, but almost none of the Syrian refugee children has access to electronic devices and affordable internet.

The biggest part of our budget is dedicated to education. In the school-year 2019-20, we opened a third informal camp school in vicinity of Kousha and we could maintain daily educational classes for more than 250 children in four different locations of the Akkar Governorate. In 2019, we spent more than €100,000 for our Educational Programme, also thanks to a grant we received from SlovakAid. In this year, like in the past, we are relying exclusively on private small donations to bring the children we serve through the Covid Winter. It is the start of our 8th school year and there has not been one school day without classes at our Peace Centre.

Donate for Education

Our aim is to raise €20,000 by the end of this year 2020 to help refugee students through the Covid Winter. With this amount, we can provide daily education to more than 300 students over four months in all four locations we serve in the North of Lebanon: at the Peace Centre Bkarzla, at the informal camp school in Kousha and at the outreach centres in Michmich and Rahbe. We are counting on your help.

You can make a donation from all over the world using the “Donate” buttons on our website. We make the pledge that all donations with the special mention “Covid Winter” will be used exclusively for this campaign. Please contact us if you prefer to make a bank transfer or if you have any other question!

Help refugee children through the Covid Winter!

Your solidarity keeps the classrooms open.