by admin | Aug 16, 2017 | Volunteer Blogs
Last summer, I quit my job and left for the Middle East to learn Arabic and volunteer. It wasn’t an easy choice, and it was one that I mulled over for a long amount of time. I had a stable office job, great friends, and a good apartment. But at the same time, I felt...
by admin | Apr 5, 2017 | Give Hope, Our campaigns, Press Releases
On the International Day of Hope, Soutien Belge Overseas has launched an awareness campaign called #GiveHope to promote the importance of education for refugee children. Since the beginning of the Syrian crisis in 2011, nearly 5 million refugees have fled to...
by admin | Jan 26, 2017 | Volunteer Blogs
My experience as a teacher at Bukra Ahla can be described in three words: challenging, exciting and full of new insights. During my time as a teacher, I had to learn the basics of informal teaching and how my dedication and effort was going to be a big part of...
by admin | Dec 3, 2016 | Press Releases, Volunteer Blogs
From the west-facing windows of SB Overseas’ apartment for Lebanon volunteers in Beirut, you can survey the jumbled sprawl of the Shatila refugee camp, between the school and the sea. Its storeys and terraces are irregular, the streets canopied with electric...