It has been a month since the “Basic Literacy and Numeracy (BLN)” project was launched. The project that the Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training is running in partnership with UNICEF prepares the children between 8 and 14 years old to join elementary learning in public schools. The children have two modalities of learning- in-person […] Read more
Ahmad Buzan, a 27-year-old Syrian refugee residing in Ersal is married with two children, who is responsible for supporting his wife, children, and his parents. Ahmad is a construction worker who works mainly in cement. The “construction season” is fading away and many are not constructing due to deteriorating economic situations. For that reason, Ahmad […] Read more
The Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST), in cooperation with ACT for Lebanon launched intensive courses to women who are either married with children, in order to educate and help their children by passing on the knowledge attained from the courses, or have low-middle income, in order to enhance their ability at becoming employed […] Read more
Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis, many, from different nationalities, have suffered from death, injury, displacement, and trauma. Men, women, and children are victims of the ongoing conflict. This situation called for an action of support. The Lebanese Organization for Studies and Training (LOST) launched the “Trauma and Psychosocial Support” project, funded by the […] Read more
Displaced from her homeland, the safety of her home, and her husband’s warm embrace, Douaa Hammoud, a Syrian 23-year-old widow, had no option but to flee along with her 4 children and family, to the nearest resort; Lebanon. “War tore down our desire to live; our hopes way before it brought down our homes,” Douaa […] Read more
Thursday September 3rd, LOST representatives visited the municipality of Chaat where more than 70 Syrian and Lebanese kids and their families gathered to celebrate the opening of their new playground. The playground features new swings, slides, seesaws and more for the children to play together and interact with each other, in order to ease […] 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 “EDUCATION AND LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION FOR SYRIAN REFUGEES AND LEBANESE ADOLESCENT” as part […] Read more
