by admin | May 30, 2018 | Advocacy, Child Marriage - Our Stories, Empowerment, Press Releases
Written by Jade-Leigh Tenwick, Communications and Development Officer at SB OverSeas This article tells the story of Ream, an eighteen year old who attends one of our SB OverSeas centre. SB OverSeas has three centres in Lebanon where we run education and empowerment...
by admin | May 9, 2018 | Advocacy, Child Marriage - Our Stories, Empowerment, Press Releases
No one escapes war unchanged. Who can lose the past and the future at once without bearing a scar? The young and old are marked, though for most, these marks take invisible forms. Nadine wishes hers were less apparent. The burns on her hands, neck, and face tell of...
by admin | Mar 26, 2018 | Child Marriage - Our Stories, Empowerment, Press Releases
As written by Raisa Elhadi, who is currently volunteering with SB Overseas in Lebanon This is a story of a girl named Sherine, but her name could be Amina, or Amal, or Sara, or any one of hundreds, even thousands of names of girls with almost the same story. Girls...
by admin | Feb 22, 2018 | Child Marriage - Our Stories, Empowerment, Press Releases
Mariam’s family was always known for being progressive. Her father allowed the girls to decide when to start wearing the hijab. Mariam didn’t start wearing it until she was 11, when her Islamic middle school wouldn’t allow her to attend without covering her hair. Her...
by admin | Feb 1, 2018 | Empowerment, Lebanon, Press Releases, Projects
SB OverSeas is proud to announce its recent partnership between our Saida Center and the IECD’s « Semeurs d’Avenir » programme. Thanks to this collaboration, refugees in Saida will receive vocational training in painting which will empower them with the adequate...
by admin | Jan 16, 2018 | Advocacy, Child Marriage - Our Stories, Empowerment, Press Releases
It was the beginning of this past fall when Louma Albik went on her regular trip to Lebanon to visit SB OverSeas centres and assess the needs of the families, mostly Syrian, living in refugee camps. At SB OverSeas, the role of Chairwoman is not limited to managing the...
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