The True Vine learning center and the Fayda ITS learning center provide displaced children who are unable to access Lebanese education with the opportunity to learn basic subjects, life skills and gain psychosocial support. Sustain this project with financial contributions and prayer.
In recent history, Lebanon has been home to the greatest number of refugees proportionally to other countries of its size. Fifty three percent of the Syrian refugees in Lebanon are children. Many refugees do not have legal residency, which leaves them without health care and access to education. Lebanon’s poor economic situation and civil unrest, along with the complications of COVID-19, have affected vulnerable individuals’ access to education. The main barrier refugee families experience in obtaining education for their children is their financial situation.
Other issues include language barriers, different levels of education, and discrimination among peers. In Bekaa specifically, many children are working in agriculture and over half report they do not attend school in order to work. To assist Syrian children in gaining equal opportunities, MERATH and LSESD, with support from CBM, secure basic and quality education and psychosocial support for displaced children.