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Prevent conflict from interrupting the schooling of syrian refugee children

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Prevent conflict from interrupting the schooling of syrian refugee children

Lebanon 195 Contributors Launched May 10, 2015 Funding ends:30-01-2018
Project Funded

 The Challenge

The armed conflict in Syria has persisted for over 4 years, forcing 10 million people to flee their homes. It’s estimated that there are now 6.5 million internally displaced persons in Syria and 4 million refugees who have crossed the borders into neighbouring countries. A large proportion of these refugees are children.

 

Every day, thousands of Syrian refugee children arrive in neighbouring Lebanon, a country whose education system is already greatly under-resourced. Today, there are more than 500,000 school-aged Syrian refugee children living in Lebanon, most of whom do not have access to education (formal or informal). We must act as quickly as possible to ensure that these children do not become part of a lost generation and are instead educated to become active citizens of the future. 

The solutions we're proposing

W4’s Field Partner in Lebanon Yalla! Pour les Enfants works to defend Syrian refugee children’s human right to an education. The team works to get Syrian children who have been taken out of school as a result of the conflict back into education. The program also participates in community conflict prevention and peace building between different ethnic and religious groups as well as between the refugee populations and host communities in Lebanon.

 

Yalla! opened  a first school for Syrian refugee children in the Karam Zeitoun neighbourhood in Beirut in 2014, providing adapted education to help Syrian children achieve an educational level that would permit them to access the formal Lebanese education system. This program has been very successful; all of the children who attended the school have had the opportunity to successfully integrate into the Lebanese education system. Thanks to the generosity of W4 donors, in October 2014 a second school was opened in Aley, a village on Mount Lebanon, 20 km from Beirut.

 

 

Currently, Yalla!  humanitarian project in Lebanon is divided into three parts:

 

-    The creation of an informal school for Syrian refugee children in Aley. Each year, the classes accommodate around 200 children who would otherwise have no access to education.

 

-    The integration of school-aged refugees into the Lebanese education system. The education that Yalla! provides not only increases the children’s levels of education but also, above all, helps them to rediscover a taste for school and gain the confidence necessary to continue with their education.

 

-    The organisation of fun activities for both Syrian and Lebanese children. These shared moments contribute to the development and integration of refugee children and to inter-communityl dialogue.

 

 

 

THE IMPACT OF GIVING

When you donate to support Yalla!, you give 200 children access to a quality education, adapted to their needs, in a safe environment. Thanks to the teaching methods that Yalla! employs, the children rediscover their love for school and gain the confidence to reintegrate into education. You help to reduce the risk that these children will become victim to a vicious cycle of begging on the streets and violence.

 

Your caring support also allows the children’s parents a few hours of freedom to work or, in many cases, to search for a job or complete essential administrative processes relating to their refugee status and application for humanitarian aid.

 

Your participation contributes to peace building between host communities and refugees, allowing for greater acceptance and understanding between them.

WHY FUND US?

Your help can renew hope among and bring a smile back to the faces of refugee children. Thanks to you, children can overcome trauma and learn how to be children again: free to learn, to play, to make mistakes (small ones, that is!)…

 

The Yalla! programs have proven their effectiveness at integrating Syrian refugee children into the Lebanese education system: nearly 100% of the children who attended school in Karam Zeitoun, Beirut, and 50% of the children who attended their school in Aley successfully integrated into and continued with their education in Lebanese schools.

Join us in providing vital educational opportunities for Syrian refugee children so that they are not “a lost generation”. 

Contributors

Stephanie
Canada

Gamand
France

Clémence
France

Mary
France

Donnez, soutenez, c'est indispensable pour l'avenir des enfants !

Gunar
France

Cécile
France

Félicitations pour votre travail aussi utile que dynamique

Sophie
France

Yalla!!!

Anonymous
France

Anonymous
France

Charlotte
France

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” ? Mahatma Gandhi. If you think children should go to school, you can help them easily by supporting a beautiful educa

Anonymous
France

We can't go on pretending day by day / That someone, somewhere will soon make a change

Luz
Spain

Juliette
France

Barbara
Germany

Vincent
France

Madina
France

Yalla Yalla !

Louise
United Kingdom

Laura
Lebanon

Laura
Lebanon

Anonymous
France

Vincent
France

Gwen
France

Ken
United Kingdom

For Ben and Laura's wedding

Mark & Rachael
United Kingdom

Laura&Ben’s marriage

Malika
France

Tim
United Kingdom

Laura and Ben wedding

Sareta
Switzerland

Laura & Ben's wedding

Anonymous
Italy

Margaret
United Kingdom

Laura and Ben's wedding

Marie-Anne
France

Marjorie
France

Clotilde
France

Jacques
France

Jacques
France

Leila
France

nada
France

phil
France

Anonymous
France

Anonymous
France

Sophie
France

Hind
France

élodie
France

Lucie
France

Anonymous
France

Louis
France

Anonymous
United Kingdom

Dominique
France

Vincent
France

Henri
France

irenee
France

Super initiative !

claire
France

Je souhaite beaucoup de succès à l'équipe qui accueille les enfants au centre d'enseignement. Que Dieu vous accompagne dans votre démarche

Anna
France

Anonymous
France

Bravo et merci pour eux

Anonymous
France

Dove
Canada

Jonathan
United States

Duncan
United States

MARIE
France

Anne-Sophie
France

Aline
Switzerland

Anonymous
Brazil

Christophe
France

IYADE
France

Stéphanie
France

Marc
France

Sarah
Belgium

V
United Kingdom

Carlo
United Arab Emirates

Arun
United States

Md Arifur
Germany

Renaud
France

je sors de votre conférence qui était passionnante / merci !

Vincent
France

Anonymous
France

Stephanie
France

Mahmoud
West Bank

Brandon
France

Anonymous
United States

Amandine
Lebanon

Brittany
France

I can't keep seeing the faces of these precious children on the news and do nothing. Until we find a sustainable solution to the refugee crisis, I'm happy to make a small contribution to help ensure t

Céline
Tunisia

Carline
France

Une généreuse initiative, bravo !

Alejandro
Spain

Soizic
United States

Amy
United States

Bon courage, Charlotte et les enfants! Gros bisous, Amy :)

Anonymous
France

Anonymous
France

Marion
France

Caroline
Mexico

jerome
France

Anonymous
France

Anonymous
France

Ariane
France

Agnès
France

pierre
France

Anonymous
France

Continuez et bravo pour tout ce que vous faites. DPM

Yasmine
France

Anonymous
France

Charlotte
France

L'exil n'est pas une fatalité, mobilisons nous, continuons à donner de l'espoir aux enfants!

Ali T
France

Mary
France

Participons largement à l'école pour la paix de Yalla! Pour les Enfants

ANTOUNE
France

Anonymous
France

Anonymous
France

Juliette
France

Enrico
Switzerland

Je soutiens ce projet ! Je ne peux pas être sur place, mais je peux donner un peu d'argent.

Anonymous
France

Philippe
France

Anonymous
Lebanon

Nicolas
France

Pascaline
France

Anonymous
France

Continuons à construire l'avenir, ensemble !

Nelly
France

mantegazza
Italy

Collet
France

Alice
France

Pour construire un avenir meilleure, l'éducation des enfants est la source ....

Anonymous
France

AlexHelene
Germany

Emmanuel
France

christine
France

Anonymous
France

Anonymous
France

MARION
French Guiana

Mike
Belgium

Anonymous
France

pour l'association Yalla!

Mary
France

Nous avons dépassé la moitié de notre objectif, bravo! Continuons, parlons en autour de nous, donnons pour que ces enfants, exilés, continuent à s'instruire, la clé de leur devenir.

Nadia
France

Merci Yallah pour votre travail continue en faveur des petits Syriens !

Luz
France

mathilde
France

Jean luc
France

Gunar
France

Anonymous
France

Charles
Belgium

marie-noëlle
France

John
United Kingdom

Jacqueline
France

jerome
France

Anonymous
United States

Anonymous
Reunion Island

Anonymous
France

Anonymous
France

carole
France

Merci pour cette belle initiative. Au delà du don financier, dites leur qu'ils sont dans nos pensées au quotidien !

Marie
France

lisa
France

mélanie
France

jenny
Sweden

Taylor
France

Stéphanie
France

Anonymous
Sweden

Keep up the fantastic work!!

Anne-Sophie
France

Ali
France

Gunar
France

Anonymous
Spain

Nick
United Kingdom

Laura&Ben's marriage

Firas
France

pour l'espoir, on doit donner un avenir à ces innocents

Jose
Congo, Dem. Republic

Amahoro

Julia
France

Merci a Laura et Ben de nous permettre de connaitre ce projet et de pouvoir aider les enfants syriens a suivre une scolarité et leur permettre d'envisager un futur. Julia et Nico

John
United Kingdom

matthew
Italy

Laura&Ben’s marriage

Anonymous
Italy

Graziella
France

Mary
France

Merci pour votre générosité! Grâce à vous, des enfants vont poursuivre leur scolarité à la rentrées scolaire 2015/2016. Demeurons volontaires et déterminés.

Giulia
Italy

dominique
France

Anne-Laure
France

Maria
France

Antoine
France

Yalla les petits et les grands !

Annie
France

Heidi
France

Pia
France

Merci à tous pour ces projets concrets et combien nécessaires !

Anonymous
France

Gunar
France

BAPT
Italy

Bravo pour ton engagement remarquable pour une cause importante

Amandine
Haiti

CHARLOTTE
France

Posez une pierre d'une école pour la paix

lamis
France

Mourad
France

Nicholas
United Kingdom

Laura and Ben's Wedding

Lena
Jordan

Laura&Ben's marriage

Anonymous
France

sophie
France

sophie
France

David
Italy

Laura & Ben’s marriage

Anonymous
Italy

Erdal
Switzerland

Laura&Ben’s marriage. Ho ho ho. ;-) Erdal

Dora
France

Massimo
Italy

Pascaline
France

Claire
Lebanon

Anonymous
France

Marilyn
France

Jane
United Kingdom

For Ben and Laura's wedding - with pleasure and admiration

Maria Luna
Italy

Laura&Ben’s marriage

Valentina
Italy

Laura &Ben's marriage

Ahmed
Italy

Enrico
Italy

Laura and Ben's Marriage

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