Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center

HOTLINE: 03- 092-538/03-290-066
Telephone: 01-502-550/1/2/3/4
E-mail: carimigr@inco.com.lb
Location: Sin El Fil, Blvd. Charles Helou.
Bourj Hammoud, Haret Sader facing Cinema Central.
Camp Dbayeh, Street 1 (70-166-338).
Mrayjeh, Red Cross Street (03-310-471).
Tripoli, Deguiz Bldg, Top Cafe, Azmi Street (06-437-357).
Zahleh, Haouch el Omara Street (08-805-123).
Saida, Marchbishopric Street (03-559-107).
Taalabaya, Al Baydar Street (03-537-371).
Baalbeck, Wavel (Al Jalil) (70-191-182).

Provides counselling, access to medical assistance, education for migrants' children, orientation sessions to help newly-arrived workers, legal counseling, vocational training, assistance for trafficked and stranded women, support to prisoners, and a safe house.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Schneller School

Location: Bekaa Valley

A boarding school that accepts foreigners for low/free tuition. Affiliated with the National Evangelical Church.

Franciscan Sisters, Sister Therese

Location: Nabaa

Monday, September 1, 2008

Language and Health Classes at Afro-Asian Migrant Center

Organization: Afro-Asian Migrant Center
Contact Person: Father Martin McDermott; Father Theo Vlugt, S.J.
Telephone: 01-332-601
Location: St. Joseph Church, University San Joseph (USJ), off Monot Street, Tabaris/Ashrafiye
Schedule: Sundays at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.

Saturday, August 30, 2008

Education Center & Medical Clinic in Nabaa

Organization: Spring of Life
Website: http://www.cog-m.org/
Contact Person: Pastor Said Deeb, Church of God in Mansourieh
E-mail: info@cog-m.org
Telephone: 03-763-744
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 164, Metn, Mansourrieh, Lebanon
Location: Nabaa

The education center provides full school services for children from 5-13. None of the students are Lebanese nationals nor do they have Lebanese residence permits (iqamas). Most of their mothers are illegally residing in the country. Small classes seek to bring the children up to their grade level. Lunch is provided.

A free medical clinic provides services to anyone.

Insan School in Nabaa

Organization: Insan School
Website:http://insanliban.blogspot.com/
Contact Person: Lala Arabian, Programs Manager
E-mail: insan_info@yahoo.com
Telephone: 01-485-237
Address: Nabaa

The education center seeks to catch kids up to their grade level in three years. There is a session during school hours, and there are after-school sessions to provide support for students enrolled in other schools. The children are referred to local clinics. They provide social and legal support to their parents, in partnership with Amnesty International.

Cost: Covered by the Insan Association

Run by: the Insan Association, a Lebanese non-governmental organization that is not affiliated with any political group or religion

Funding from: Caritas Austria, Norwegian Refugee Council, Save the Children Sweden
Contact Information: Lala Arabian, Programs Manager, 01-485-237, insan_info@yahoo.com

Friday, August 29, 2008

Bible Society Library in Abraj

Website: http://www.biblesociety.org.lb/2008/bfl/bflindex.htm
Hours: Monday-Saturday, 10:30-8p.m.
Location: Abraj, under the Cinema

Membership: LL 25,000 per year, includes borrowing books, CD's and DVD's, and an hour of Internet usage a day

Dar El Awlad School in Mansourrieh

Organization: Dar El Awlad School
Website: www.kidsalive.org/lebanon
Contact Person: Matt Parker, Director of Kids Alive Lebanon
E-mail: mattparker@kidsalive.org
Telephone: 04-400-715
Address: Mansourrieh

A school that is officially registered with the Lebanese government. The students are from all nationalities. They provide nursery through Grade 6. Lunch and transportation is provided. The school opened in 1998.

Cost: Covered by the organization

Run by: Kids Alive, a Christian missionary organization based out of Britain and the U.S. that has been operating in Lebanon for 60 years

Funding from: Church organizations, mostly from Britain and the U.S., the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Lebanese government, and private donors in Lebanon, Europe, and the U.S.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Free Computer Classes in Bashoura

Organization: Municipal Public Library of Bashoura
Telephone: 01-667-701
Location: Issaf Building, 3rd Floor, Bashoura, Beirut, next to the Fire Station
Schedule: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30 a.m.

Fellowship of Sudanese Congregations in Lebanon

Contact Person: Malake Longe, Secretary General
Telephone: 01-240-533
Website: www.fsc-lebanon.blogspot.com

Provides direct assistance for medical expenses, rent, food, school fees, and scholarships to study at vocational institutes.

Scholarships for Sudanese to attend vocational institutes

Organization: Fellowship of Sudanese Congregations in Lebanon
Contact Person: Angelina
Telephone:

Has partnerships with Byblos Institute, the YWCA, and the American Language Center to receive a reduced rate and provide scholarships for members of the Sudanese community to study language, computers, and other vocational trades.

Free Computer Classes in Nabaa

Organization: The Insan School
Website:http://insanliban.blogspot.com/
Contact Person: Lala Arabian, Programs Manager
E-mail: insan_info@yahoo.com
Telephone: 01-485-237
Location: Nabaa
Schedule: Wednesdays and Thursdays from 4-5

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

For holders of UNHCR status

Organization: Middle East Council of Churches, enacting partner of the UNHCR
Contact Person: Nanor Sinabian
E-mail: meccref@cyberia.net.lb
Telephone: 01-353-938

Provides health care, educational costs, and helps with rent and food for those people who have refugee status as determined by the UNHCR. Currently, 97% of their services in Lebanon are being provided to Iraqi refugees. Last year, 6 African refugee adults received scholarship to take vocational courses at Byblos Institute.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Beirut Public Library

Organization: Municipal Public Library of Bashoura
Website: www.assabil.com
Telephone: 01-667-701
E-mail: assabil@lb.refer.org
Location: Issaf Building, 3rd Floor, Bashoura, Beirut, next to the Fire Station
Library Hours: Mon 9a.m.-1p.m., Tues-Sat 9a.m.-1p.m. and 3p.m. to 7p.m.

Activities: Story Hour for children, Friday at 4p.m.

Materials: English, Arabic, French, Sinhalese, Spanish

Membership:
  • deposit of LL10,000, a passport-sized photo, any form of identification
  • can borrow 2 books, 2 periodicals, and 2 videos for up to 3 weeks