UNICEF and German Natcom delegation paid the Lebanese Organization for Studies and Learning (LOST) at Baalbeck a visit on June 16th, 2016. UNICEF staff and German Natcom representative Sascha Stadtler of KFW toured around different training classes at LOST Read more
Friday, June 17, 2016, the Lebanese Organization of Studies and Training (LOST) and UNICEF Lebanon arranged a thank-you Iftar for the participants in the Youth-Led Initiatives program. The event that was attended by Tanya Chapuisat, UNICEF Lebanon Representative, was an opportunity to know about the youth’s contribution to Baalbeck-Hermel’s needs and how they can be […] Read more
UNICEF and LOST have initiated the Youth Innovation LAB Program in order to help youth acquire a form of education and life skills so that they can later be able to open their own businesses and maintain a decent socio-economic status amidst the economically deteriorating Lebanese host community. For this purpose UNICEF and LOST organized […] 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
Originating from a profound understanding of what beneficiaries need to successfully employ the skills learned through the “Learning and Skills Programs for Syrian Refugees and Lebanese Youth” program, which UNICEF and LOST are partners in, UNICEF has brought together partners, entrepreneurs, IT technicians, and web design experts on to launch an extraordinary Youth Innovation Lab […] Read more
Friday August 28th, 2015, LOST members and residents of Hawsh el Rafika municipality rejoiced in the opening ceremony of a small community project under the “Youth-Led Initiatives” project funded by UNICEF. LOST completed the installation of a water pump in the municipality to transport water from a public well to the houses for the […] 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 Saturday June 20th, 2015, The Lebanese Organization of Studies and Training (LOST) along with UNICEF, Bekaa hosted two senior delegates from the EU and all together visited Hosh Al Rafka IS in northern Bekaa. Ms Marisa Matias, Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Chair of the Parliament’s Delegation for Relations […] Read more
