by admin | Mar 16, 2018 | Awareness, Belgium, Events
Now I want to help myself… our parents didn’t try to educate us. Now I can provide myself to learn and be able to support myself and be independent. I wanted to be educated, now I’m happy with myself. It makes me feel alive. SB Overseas was recently awarded as...
by admin | Nov 17, 2017 | Advocacy, Press Releases
Author: Veronica Lari Context According to UNHCR’s latest updates, more than 1 million Syrian refugees live in Lebanon[1], meaning that it now hosts the largest number of Syrian refugees per capita in the world. The government of Lebanon is consistently refusing to...
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 | 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...
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