door HQ Team Communication officer | feb 6, 2019 | CLOTHESUP, Emergency Aid, Libanon, Press Releases
Give your clothes a second life in the hands of refugees in need Originally published in the Brussels Express. CLOTHESUP gives you the opportunity to declutter your wardrobe to give clothing you want to give away to people who need them. Your second-hand clothes may...
door HQ Team Communication officer | jan 30, 2019 | belangenbehartiging, Child Marriage Comics, Child Marriage Comics, Libanon, Press Releases
Amara lives in the Saida shelter in Lebanon and she was a star student in SB OverSeas’ classes, until she no longer could come to school. She got married, pregnant, had a miscarriage and got pregnant again and had baby Amina. But she was just 13 years old. Read...
door HQ Team Communication officer | jan 28, 2019 | Libanon, Press Releases, vrijwilligers blog
By Rosa Heinen Any person who were to visit the center here in Saida would most likely think that it looks like a regular school, with regular children. With classes going on as usual and the children participating with enthusiasm, it doesn’t seem like much out of the...
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 HQ Team Communication officer | jan 28, 2019 | belangenbehartiging, Emergency Aid, Emergency Aid, Libanon, Our campaigns, Press Releases
BEIRUT, Lebanon– Since our campaign started at the beginning of January, your support has helped families survive the freezing temperatures and snowfall: Against the backdrop of the snowcapped Anti-Lebanon mountains and pillowy white storm clouds in the sky, UNHCR...
door HQ Team Communication officer | jan 24, 2019 | belangenbehartiging, Emergency Aid, Libanon, Press Releases
Urgent appeal: We are counting on you to help the 70.000 Syrian refugees threatened by snowstorms, floods and colds in Lebanon Brussels, Belgium – at the foot of the snow-covered massif of Anti-Lebanon and under a sky full of stormy clouds, the tents of The UNHCR are...