The Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST) launched the new project of capacity development for teachers of vocational education, in cooperation with War Child and NUFFIC by holding a ceremony at Tammouz Hall at Baalbeck. The ceremony was sponsored by the governor of Baalbeck-Hermel, Mr. Bachir Khodor, and in the presence of the world director at War Child, Mr. Chibke Smile, War Child’s Operation Manager in Lebanon, Flutra Girona, in addition to various municipalities’ mayors.
After playing the Lebanese national anthem, the founder of LOST, Dr. Rami Lakkis delivered a speech in which he stated, “our first goal is to help teachers improve their English language and provide them with modern teaching skills through child protection, psychological, and social support workshops”. On the other hand, the project aims to provide language support for vocational students with poor English level and to conduct awareness sessions on the importance of parents’ roles in the learning process. Moreover, this strategy included creating modern language labs in schools and activating the role of Parent-Teacher Councils.
Dr. Lakkis added, “this project directly targets around 150 teachers and 500 male and female students at the various vocational schools and educational centers”.
War Child’s Operation Manager, Flutra Girona, in her turn indicated, “our partnership concept is a model of our relationship with LOST. We mutually exchange knowledge, skills, and expertise. We don’t have to always agree on everything, but we do our best to maximally utilize and benefit from our cooperation”.
Girona added, “in this direction, we have put many of our expertise and resources in the hands of LOST in a way that the whole region can benefit from it. We, as an organization might not continue to operate in Lebanon for long, so we are optimistic that LOST would pass all the help to those who seek it in the coming years”.
Girona concluded by stating that the project is a human investment project, where the focus is on building capacities of the teachers and the students as well. She also expressed how happy she was for meeting a teacher who showed impressive progress after joining the trainings.
At last, all the attendees took part in a fruitful dialogue on the project, where they exchanged opinions and impressions.
