by HQ Team Communication officer | Sep 2, 2019 | Education, Lebanon, Press Releases
For many, volunteering is an activity that habitually takes place throughout the years. For some individuals, volunteering begins at a young age with bake sales, helping at local churches or leading sports activities in community centres. For others, volunteering...
by HQ Team Communication officer | Aug 29, 2019 | Awareness, Education, Lebanon, Volunteer Blogs
by Alex Hart, Beirut volunteer The Bukra Ahla center where we live and work is situated in between the Shatila camp and the most intensive military checkpoint that I have seen in Lebanon. If you head into Shatila, you see an area that looks a lot like projects in the...
by HQ Team Communication officer | Aug 29, 2019 | Education
by Becca Hovland, Beirut ESL Officer “Sometimes those who have less give more.” – Pradyumna Kalita It is with this mindset that teachers at SB worked to inspire their students in preparation for Eid al-Adha this past month. Eid al-Adha (Festival of the...
by HQ Team Communication officer | Jul 31, 2019 | Education, Lebanon
SB’s Teambuilding Day Beirut, Saida and Arsal joined forces for a rare full-team of SB OverSeas staff teambuilding day at the Awaly Park in Saida in the last weekend of July. The day focused on building relationships, cooperation between the members of the...
by HQ Team Communication officer | May 29, 2019 | Education, Featured for Homepage
Final exam preparation At the end of May, our students from the Ouzai shelter in Saida will have their final exams in public school. These exams are extremely important and will help determine whether students can move on to the next grade in the 2019-2020 scholastic...
by HQ Team Communication officer | May 28, 2019 | Belgium, CLOTHESUP, Education, Uncategorized
Children in Amsterdam spent this past Saturday, May 18 participating in a charity walk, or “sponsorloop” as it’s called in Dutch, to support SB OverSeas’ Bukra Ahla centre in Lebanon. Organized by Erika van Hove from the Lidwina...