by admin | Nov 30, 2018 | Advocacy, Awareness, Belgium, 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...
by admin | Nov 30, 2018 | Advocacy, Awareness, Press Releases
Report by Marco Cagnolati, project coordinator at SB OverSeas from the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) Annual General Conference (AGC) in Belgrade November 6-9, 2018. Among over 200 participants at the conference in Belgrade, our SB Espoir coordinator,...
by admin | Nov 30, 2018 | Belgium, Events, Press Releases
First published in Brussels Express on 14 November. Written by Niki Papadogiannakis. “This was the best football match in my life ever,” an ecstatic rain-drenched goalkeeper exclaimed to the group gathered on a pitch. It was a brisk Brussels Sunday afternoon in...
by admin | Oct 31, 2018 | Advocacy, Child Marriage Comics, Child Marriage Comics, Lebanon, Press Releases
The second comic in the series by Félix Brassier tells the story from the perspective of the unborn baby of a child bride. The unborn baby asks questions about the future. Born into a refugee camp to a broken family, the child faces an unfortunate and grave...
by admin | Oct 31, 2018 | Empowerment, Lebanon, Press Releases
A kind-faced woman, modestly clothed in a dress and hijab, sat next to me. Surrounded by the hum of student chatter from the classrooms nearby, we smiled and greeted each other in the psychologist’s office at the SB Overseas School in Saida, Lebanon. I asked if I...
by admin | Oct 17, 2018 | Press Releases, Volunteer Blogs
1. Tell us about yourself My name is Pierre Schelameur, I am 23 years old. I am French-American. I grew up in Paris and moved to the US for my Bachelor’s degree. I studied International Development at American University in...