by admin | May 18, 2018 | Emergency Aid, Lebanon, Press Releases
Redacted version of original. Read original here (in German). Merely a stone’s throw away from the Syrian border, Syrian refugees were getting through one of the hardest winters in the Lebanese town of Arsal. The hardest time of the year for those living in the...
by admin | May 7, 2018 | Belgium, Emergency Aid, Events, Press Releases
Written by Emilie Le Barbanchon, Intern at SB OverSeas Two weeks ago, employees from PricewaterhouseCoopers joined the SB OverSeas team in Machelen to take part in loading the container for Lebanon as part of our ‘25 tonnes of hope’ campaign. Even if the weather was...
by admin | Apr 6, 2018 | Belgium, Emergency Aid, Events, Press Releases
A couple of weeks ago on a sunny Saturday, we gathered in the classic Piolalibri for some wine, food and of course clothes swapping in aid of SB OverSeas. The event was a success and we raised 530 EUR as well as collecting a mountain of clothes. So much so that they...
by admin | Feb 14, 2018 | Awareness, Emergency Aid, Our campaigns, Press Releases
On Saturday the 17th of February, a gathering of dozens of volunteers is organised at our Brussels headquarters for a lively breakfast to begin our “25 tonnes of hope” campaign the right way. This kick off marks the initial awareness raising stages of our clothes...
by admin | Dec 4, 2017 | Emergency Aid, Press Releases, Projects
SB OverSeas and the German NGO “Green Helmets” (Grünhelme) collaborated to provide a safe, insulated shelter for displaced communities living in camps in Lebanon to live and learn this winter. The Green Helmets finished work on the Ouzai shelter in Saida, where SB...
by admin | Jan 20, 2017 | Emergency Aid, Our campaigns, Press Releases
Every day, one hundred children from the Shatila refugee camp go to school at the Bukra Ahla center in Beirut where they are taught by SB Overseas staff from Syria and international volunteers from all over the world who support the staff primarily by giving Math and...