door HQ Team Communication officer | feb 27, 2019 | onderwijs, eMPOWERMENT, Libanon, Press Releases, vrijwilligers blog
Class starts at 1:30pm with Arabic, but it is not until 2:30 when we, the volunteers, enter. First for mathematics, then for English starting at 3:10. The class is called “Basic Literacy and Numeracy,” or BLN for short. It is...
door HQ Team Communication officer | jan 28, 2019 | Emergency Aid, eMPOWERMENT, Libanon, Our campaigns, Press Releases
In August, we started a fundraising campaign called ‘Thread of Hope’, placing focus on our Women Empowerment Programme, a significant component of which are the sewing classes. During one of the regular field visits, SB Overseas’ chairwoman noticed some of the sewing...
door admin | nov 30, 2018 | belangenbehartiging, Awareness, België, Emergency Aid, eMPOWERMENT, Press Releases
This week, SB OverSeas’ Maria Rosales stepped out of her role as volunteer coordinator for Brussels and Lebanon and into the role of interviewer. She spoke to S&D MEP Linda McAvan from the UK about advocating for women’s rights and the relationship of EU...
door admin | okt 11, 2018 | eMPOWERMENT, Events, Libanon, Press Releases
To mark International Day of the Girl, 11th October 2018, we wanted to draw attention to one of our teachers who was married young and following the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, found herself in Lebanon. In a new country, she learned sewing with SB OverSeas as a...
door admin | okt 8, 2018 | CAMPAIGNS II, eMPOWERMENT, Libanon, Press Releases
Thread of Hope is a campaign in order to raise funds for new sewing machines. For our women in Lebanon a sewing machine equals an opportunity to not only earn a source of income, but to build a community. Read more about our campaign here. Ibtesam is the fifth part in...
door admin | sep 19, 2018 | CAMPAIGNS II, eMPOWERMENT, Libanon, Our campaigns, Press Releases
Thread of Hope is a campaign in order to raise funds for new sewing machines. For our women in Lebanon a sewing machine equals an opportunity to not only earn a source of income, but to build a community. Read more about our campaign here. Iman is the fourth part in a...
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