The Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training events and activities done by youth
Accidents can happen anytime and anywhere, right when least expected, and probably at the worst possible time. Without someone with proper knowledge in giving Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and immediate medical attention, lives could be lost. For this reason, a CPR training session was conducted at the Community Farm, Baalbeck to let youth improve the survival […] Read more
On Tuesday, August 4th, 2020, a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital, Beirut, causing widespread damage and casualties. Two blasts, which started at Beirut’s main port, have left at least 170 people dead, more than 6,000 injured, hundreds reported missing, and many families left without shelter. This explosion has been described as the biggest in […] Read more
The Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST), in cooperation with UNICEF in Lebanon, and through funding from Germany through the German Development Bank KFW, inaugurated a Youth Safe Space in the agricultural village of Baalbeck, aiming at providing youth with a secure facility for inter and intra- communal interaction, recreation, dialogue, and creativity. In […] Read more
“The proper education of the young does not consist of stuffing their heads with a mass of words, sentences, and ideas dragged together out of various authors, but in opening up their understanding to the outer world, so that a living stream may flow from their own minds, just as leaves, flowers, and fruit spring […] Read more
Fleeing their country from war and experiencing the hardships of being refugees were not the only crises affecting the Syrian refugees. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic left a heavy burden on the Syrians as well, who were already facing economic hardships that hit Lebanon. Coinciding with Eid Al Fitr and for the sake of […] Read more
Hamadan Amhaz is a 20 year-old Lebanese student in the eleventh grade, from a family of five members, living in Shawaghir, Hermel. Hamadan is a hard worker that dreamt so long to be an engineer, so she participated in the AutoCAD course which is being provided by the Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST) as […] Read more
Being fully committed to continuing to deliver assistance, UNICEF is working with its partner, the Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST) to find solutions to logistical and operational constraints that might lead vulnerable families in Baalbeck-Hermel to go hungry during this pandemic and lockdown. Specifically, participants from the Youth Led Initiatives worked non-stop hours […] Read more
The lack of awareness, coordination, and government’s response to violence and discrimination against women continue to put people especially women and girls in Lebanon at risk. Read more
In cooperation with the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), the Forum for Development, Culture, and Dialogue organized a workshop titled “Citizenship and its Role in Promoting Democracy” at the UNIX Hall in Baalbeck, where a group of active youth in Baalbeck-Hermel participated. The workshop started with a speech by Dr. Abdel Nasser Solh, in […] Read more
As part of the “Youth Solidarity Against Extremism and Promoting a Culture of Tolerance” project, funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands in cooperation with the Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST), project participants celebrated Lebanese Independence Day in their own way by planting hundreds of pine trees in different villages in Baalbeck-Hermel. The […] Read more