Your Time, Their Tomorrow One Lesson At At Time
NAMA RELIEF FOUNDATION is calling on individuals to volunteer to its campaign Your Time, Their Tomorrow One Lesson At At Time to support displaced children’s education. By dedicating just one weekend a month, you can make a significant impact on the lives of these young learners.
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What does this action plan entails
It is a groundbreaking initiative to empower displaced children and youth through education and advocacy. By sending dedicated volunteers to displaced schools, we aim to:
- Provide Quality Education: Our volunteers will deliver engaging and informative lessons, covering a wide range of subjects, from core academics to arts and music.
- Foster Critical Thinking: We’ll encourage students to think critically, analyze information, and develop problem-solving skills.
- Promote Human Rights and Advocacy: Our volunteers will educate students about their rights, empower them to speak out against injustice, and inspire them to become agents of change.
- Build Resilience: Through interactive workshops and activities, we’ll help students develop resilience, coping mechanisms, and positive mindsets.
- Create a Supportive Community: Our volunteers will establish a safe and nurturing environment where students can feel valued and supported.
What You Can Do:
- Tutoring: Help students with their schoolwork, from basic reading and writing to advanced subjects like math and science.
- Mentoring: Offer guidance and support, helping students develop their self-confidence and aspirations.
- Classroom Assistance: Assist teachers in managing classrooms, organizing activities, and creating a positive learning environment.
- Language Learning: Teach languages like English or Arabic to help students integrate into new communities.
Why Volunteer?
- Make a Difference: Your contribution can help ensure that displaced children continue their education, even in the most challenging circumstances.
- Gain Valuable Experience: Volunteer work provides opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Connect with Others: Meet like-minded individuals who are passionate about making a difference.
- Inspire Future Generations: By sharing your knowledge and skills, you can inspire young people to reach their full potential.
How to Get Involved:
- Sign Up: Register your interest on our website or contact us directly.
- Choose Your Role: Select the volunteer activity that best suits your skills and interests.
- Attend a Training Session: Participate in a brief training session to learn about the specific needs of displaced children and the best practices for effective tutoring.
- Start Volunteering: Dedicate one weekend a month to support the education of displaced children.
Your Week End, Their Future – Your Donation, Their Hope
By donating to the  campaign, you’re not just giving a garment; we can ensure that our children and youth regardless of their circumstances, have the opportunity to learn, grow, and dream.. Your contribution will help us provide these essential items to displaced individuals, enabling them to face the challenges of displacement with greater resilience.
Join us in making a difference.
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Background Notice
The government’s insistence on a hasty return to normalcy, without addressing the underlying issues, is a recipe for disaster. Unless urgent measures are taken to improve school conditions, provide adequate resources, and support the mental health of students and teachers, the future of education in Lebanon remains bleak.
The Lebanese Minister of Education, in a bold move that has sent shockwaves through the nation, has insisted on the commencement of the new academic year on November 4th. This decision, made amidst a backdrop of crumbling infrastructure, economic turmoil, and social unrest, has sparked widespread criticism and skepticism.
As we sit here today, 1.2 million children are deprived of education. Their public schools have either been rendered inaccessible, have been damaged by the war or are being used as shelters. The last thing this country needs, in addition to everything else it has gone through, is the risk of a lost generation. To be noted is that hundreds of thousands of Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian children are at risk of losing their learning, more than 2,300 people have been killed in Israeli strikes, nearly 75% of them over the last month, according to the Health Ministry. In the last three weeks, more than 100 children were killed and over 800 were wounded.
More disruptions on the horizon?
With the current state of affairs of the Israeli-Lebanese war and the plight of displaced and the occupation of public schools , many are questioning the practicality of this ambitious timeline.
In first days of the attack according to reports issued by the National Operations Room Platform data highlighted that more than 104,000 new displaced persons, of whom 43,600 are housed in the 347 schools used as collective shelters and 60,530 displaced persons who have found shelter in private homes. Some of the displaced people are still looking for accommodation and they’re taking temporary shelter in their cars and public areas. With schools still reeling from the effects of the previous year’s disruptions, it remains unclear how they will be able to adequately prepare for the influx of students in such a short timeframe. According to data from Save the Children at least 500 public schools – about half of Lebanon’s public schools – are now being used as collective shelters, following escalating violence on 23 September 2024 that led to the displacement of over 1.2 million people, or about one fifth of the population. This marks the sixth year of significant disruptions to education for children in Lebanon, with the World Bank estimating that it will take Lebanon generations to recover from these successive shocks to children’s education.
Save the Children said children in Lebanon have been hit by multiple complex crises for decades, without being able to fully recover, including the COVID-19 pandemic, political instability, the Beirut port explosion, economic downturns and the teachers’ strike in 2023.
Since October 2023, escalating hostilities have resulted in over 2,000 people being killed, including about 127 children, and at least 10,000 injured in Lebanon.
According to IOM Displacement Tracking Matrix (IOM DTM), a total of 988 people were displaced to Matn District, Mount Lebanon due to hostilities at the southern Lebanese border between 17 October and 21 October 2024 and a total of 850 people were displaced to Zahle District, Beqaa due to hostilities at the southern Lebanese border between 17 October and 21 October 2024.
Relief web quoted that to date, the escalation has resulted in the closure of around 72 schools, including 34 first shift public schools, 8 second shift public schools for Syrian refugees, 8 Technical and Vocational Education and Training Institutes (TVET), and around 22 private schools, impacting 20,000 children.
Since Israel expanded its war to Lebanon in early October, “75% of the schools are out of service and 45,000 teachers are unable to reach their workplaces or are displaced from their regions according to data from the Centre for Educational Research and Development.
Those stats underline that about 546,000 students have been displaced from their schools, homes, and communities. As the November 4th deadline looms, it is clear that the Lebanese education system is teetering on the brink of collapse. The government’s insistence on a hasty return to normalcy, without addressing the underlying issues, is a recipe for disaster. Unless urgent measures are taken to improve school conditions, provide adequate resources, and support the mental health of students and teachers, the future of education in Lebanon remains bleak.