Striding towards a perfect partnership and in a gesture of assessing the field, a Swiss Natcom delegation, escorted by UNICEF communication officers, visited LOST branch in Bedneyel area on Thursday, August 12th, 2016 to check up on the progress of the UNICEF-LOST “Learning and Skills Program for Syrian Refugees and Lebanese Youth” program. The visit […] Read more
You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you’ve got. This saying couldn’t apply any better than it does to Ali. Barely 16 years of age, Ali Ghanem Abbas, a Lebanese beneficiary of the “Learning and Skills Program for Lebanese Youth and Syrian Refugees,” who lives in Howsh Rafiqa, […] 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
Moayad Dersany (16 years old) is one of millions of Syrian youth who, because of the Cross-the-Country Crisis, have been displaced from their social environments and everyday life to be left for their own destiny. Moayad and his family roamed over Lebanon 2 years ago and shifted houses across Lebanon until they settled to Baalbeck. […] Read more
LOST and UNICEF have collaborated together for Syrian and Lebanese youth to express themselves through art, in specific theatre. With the guidance of instructor, Abdu Shaheen, the group of 15 adolescents put together a series of acts that will be enacted on different platforms spread throughout the Hermel, Ein, Bedneyel, and Baalbek areas. Shaheen […] Read more
On July 4th, 2015, the Lebanese Organization of Studies and Training (LOST) in partnership with UNICEF and in line with its dedication in enhancing livelihood and building capacities of youth, instigated 16 summer camps (40 adolescents each) to engage youth from both Lebanese and Syrian communities in Baalbeck Hermel Area. In order to prepare coaches […] Read more
On the occasion of Mother’s Day, and as a token of human responsibility and empathy towards the Syrian refugees, the Lebanese youth engaged in UNICEF/LOST social cohesion program celebrated Mother’s Day at an ITS in Jdeidi of northern Bekaa, bringing together Syrian youth, their parents and siblings to the event. Youth from the hosting community along […] 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 Syrian and Lebanese youth who worked in harmony, raising aspects of youth communication and collaboration, building bridges and creating friendships, such […] Read more
Escalating progress on “Education and Life Skills education for Syrian refugees and Lebanese adolescent” project continues as 240 Lebanese youth in 12 youth clubs are undergoing a series of 3 Peace building and Conflict resolution trainings per week across LOSTs premises all over Baalbeck-Hermel province. Furthermore around 620 Syrian youth are simultaneously undergoing a series […] Read more
