Volunteer Blogs
Fifteens and Zoom: A reflection
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Bukra Ahla through Alex’s eyes
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...
Pizza-making with the women at the Jette centre
On 15th June, the SB Espoir team met at the Womens' Red Cross centre Jette. Pizza making and art were the main activities of the day. The team of...
Being Syrian in Lebanon, working with a refugee NGO
by Joudy, Beirut Volunteer You know how sometimes your emotions take over, and no matter how many times you tell yourself that your surrounded by...
Confronting realities in Mini-Europe
Blog post by Brussels Volunteer Evelin A few weeks ago, we took some of the youth from the WSP/Uccle centers to Mini-Europe. For those not familiar,...
Learning how to use your physical & mental strengh through self-defense courses
Written by Ciara (Beirut volunteer leading the classes) When I started teaching self-defence with SB I didn’t realise the full extent of the impact...
Meet Ahmad
Originally published on WorldWide Tribe 17 May 2019 Every morning of the working week I am greeted by sixteen exuberant five year olds, which is the...
Mouna and SB Espoir
I am of Syrian origin, and I have been able to see the hardships my people have experienced leaving their daily lives and arriving in an unknown...
Reflecting on hardship – Blog by Bayan
I started volunteering with SB OverSeas in March, at the centre within the Ouzai refugee camp located in Saida. Even before receiving an answer for...
“To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to”
In the rush of everyday life, we often forget to celebrate the little (or big) things that people do. Crises, refugees, terrorism are always the...