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
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative is a major public-private partnership led by UNICEF. The Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training has recently joined efforts as a UNICEF implementing partner through conducting local campaigns to help al... 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
The Mennonite Central Committee has recently produced a blast of hope in the Northern Bekaa area partnering LOST in the “Material Resource Distribution” project. The led initiative which targeted 600 Syrian refugee families and 200 vulner... Read more
Nesrine Amhaz, a participant of the ” Step towards Municipal Elections” project, funded by the Embassy of Netherlands, gave our website an exclusive interview. She started by explaining “I am Nesrine Amhaz. I descend from Nabha but... 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
