Lebanon Trust went to visit the Learning Center for the Deaf in Baabda, Beirut

During our recent stay in Lebanon, we paid a visit to  The Learning Center for the Deaf, welcomed by the truly visionary founders Hussein and Nadine. Hussein is the late Father Andeweg’s son. (Father Andeweg was the founder of FAID, the school we have been supporting for 10 years now). The Learning Center for the Deaf is complementary to FAID – it runs an early-intervention programme for deaf babies and their families, and the three years of preparatory  schooling for those who wish to attend university.

Splendidly-run school, Father Andeweg must be proud!

Visit and donation to the children of the Burj el-Shemali refugee camp in Tyre, south Lebanon

Also this year we went to the Association Najdeh‘s kindergarten in the refugee camp of Burj el-Shemali in Tyre, south Lebanon.

The kids are delightful and learn Arabic and English. The teachers and their coordinator are bright and really dedicated. They all make the most of a difficult situation. This is a fantastic place to see. On behalf of our donors and supporters, we left a donation of 2000 dollars. Thank you all!

The kids pay attention during an Arabic class

and learn geometry in Arabic and English, at age 4:

this old minubus takes them home

a view of the refugee camp, and some Lebanon Trust volunteers enjoying a meal on the street

the beautiful fishing port of the old city of Tyre

Lebanon Trust and the kindergarten of the Chatila refugee camp in Beirut

Like every year, we went to the refugee camp of Chatila, in the heart of Beirut, where about 25’000 people – long-term residents and more recent arrivals from Syria alike – live in dire conditions. We visited our friends at the immaculate kindergarten run by the Association Najdeh, where Mariam the supervisor, the teachers and all the children welcomed us with open arms, songs and cheers. On behalf of our donors and supporters, we donated 2000 dolllars.

We are back from Lebanon!

We are back home after a very intense, very successful two-week trip to Lebanon. We worked at FAID, the school for the deaf we have been helping for ten years now, we visited and donated to two refugee kindergartens, and bought 100 pairs of shoes and assorted underwear for street children. We also met many associations and schools doing great work for children and refugees. More news to follow!

Our volunteers’ annual trip to Lebanon

In early November we will leave for Lebanon once again, for our annual support trip to FAID, the school for deaf children in Beirut that we support since 2008, and to two kindergartens for refugee children in Beorut and Tyre (south Lebanon).

We have many projects to complete and a lot of work to do. All support more than welcome!