The International Council for Volunteering Agencies (ICVA) in collaboration with the Lebanese organization of Studies and Training (LOST) conducted 3 focus groups for affected population (Syrian youth and leaders, Palestinian, and vulnerable Lebanese... Read more
Picking up from we left off on the pioneers of LOST and SFCG’s “Youth-Led Approach to Peaceful Coexistence Project”. A project which is dedicated to building capacities of Lebanese and Syrian youth and inducing forms of cooperation... Read more
Baalbeck, the city of the sun sparkled beaming a major ray of peace that lit the dim sky of Lebanon; it was the “Run all together for Peace” day. Some would say it was just a marathon but I beg to defer, the sight of the white shirted waves of Lebanese and Syrian youth side by side flooding the streets of Baalbeck waving Lebanese flags is an absolute redefinition of social cohesion. What started as part of UNICIF and Canada Fund supported “Education and Life Skills education for Syrian refugees and Lebanese adolescent” Project, transpired to a celebration of co-existence on Friday the 26th of September, 2014. The idea of youth having a platform to speak their mind simply was un-miss able. Sela Jaafar, a Lebanese participant in the “Run All together for Peace” expressed her enthusiasm saying, “we belong together, let’s forget our small differences and look to our huge commons, humanity will prevail and so will my dear Lebanon”.
Loay Kwaife , a Syrian participant in the “Run all together for Peace” added, “today is the day we give gratitude to this great country that stood by us, we believe in this countries peace and we will support it”. The marathon was concluded by an award ceremony held by LOST director Dr. Ramy Lakkis who dedicated awards to the great contribution and sacrifices of the Lebanese army.
As all good things must eventually come to an end, LOST has lately concluded its “Summer Camps 2014” Project in a closing Ceremony held on Tuesday, the 16th of September 2014 at LOST center in Baalbeck. The project which was generously sp... Read more
Our society currently resides in a loop of misunderstandings, violence and aggression. This is not its norm and certainly not it’s true face. Oblique took over but rays of sunshine can prevail, LOST and Search for Common Ground beamed a ray thr... Read more
When Elissa Mazloum, a seventeen year old Lebanese student that descends from Baalbeck, set her mind out on her initiative, she had no clue to the rolling snowball effect it will create. Elissa, a high school senior was recently recruited to the... Read more
Short article by zarifa Ballouk, member of the “Step Towards Municipal Elections” Baalbeck group: As I took a moment comparing a supposed beauty of this city and the reality, especially the state of its streets and the trespasses on its n... Read more
“Better Together: A Youth-led Approach to Peaceful Coexistence,” is a LOST and Search for Common Ground Lebanon EU-funded partnership project designed to address the challenges of social cohesion among Syrian and Lebanese youth. The first phase of th... Read more
“Cohesion between Lebanese and Syrian youth”; that was one of the main goals of UNICEF’s “Education and Life Skills education for Syrian refugees and Lebanese adolescent” project. Yet among closer inspection we witnessed a mor... Read more
“Summer Camps 2014″ is a collaboration between LOST and the Embassy of Switzerland designed to train Syrian and Lebanese youth in Baalbeck-Hermel on English Language Skills and Information Technology Skills. The camp grouped together Syri... Read more
