Month: February 2020

Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Today, our Education Sector conducted a training for 20 teachers from Baraem Al Sham School at URDA’s Basamat Community Center in Bar Elias with EDUKANS certified trainers. The teachers were introduced to new active teaching strategies that can help refugee students engage and … Read more

Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp URDA’s education sector is hosting a delegation from EDUKANS to visit Baraam Al-Sham School, which is funded by Islah’s SINAD team in Bahrain, to build the capacity of teachers through intensive training on active learning and teaching. Two certified trainers from EDUKANS, Hendrien Maat … Read more

Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Important Information about the Coronavirus What is “Novel” Coronavirus (COVID-19)?​ It is a new strain of coronavirus. It was first identified in the city of Wuhan in China which lead to the known name today: coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) The COVID-19 virus is a … Read more

Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Every year, URDA applies for the expression of interest launched by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Lebanon so it can work within the framework of the LCRP. With the conclusion of 2019, URDA passed a new major component in Non-formal … Read more

Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Due to the growing difficulties facing refugees to secure their family’s daily subsistence, the Africa Muslims Agency SA, collaborated with URDA to distribute around 2,000 bread bundles to the needy including refugees in the Bekaa area on a daily basis through a fully-equipped … Read more

Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp After the serious damage caused by the recent storms, URDA is currently continuing the process of camp road stone spreading in Bekaa and Arsal to protect the residents there from the mud and puddles that have formed due to the torrential rain they’d … Read more

Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Africa Muslims Agency SA, in cooperation with URDA, seeks to improve the living conditions of orphan and needy families in addition to proving them with financial and psychosocial support through “Orphan Hope”, the Sponsorship project which aims to provide care and assistance to … Read more

Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp To promote the principles of philanthropy during this stormy weather, which came with strong gales, torrential rain and hailstorm that caused hunger and sickness among the poor in Lebanon, Sadaqa Welfare Fund in collaboration with URDA, has provided winter aid to refugee and … Read more

Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp Winter for refugees is quite different from the one experienced by many across the globe where it arrives with more tragedies. Every year, refugees are forced to face the wrath of winter with howling wind, torrential rain, and heavy snow without proper shelter … Read more

Share on email Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on whatsapp An unknown fate awaits thousands of underserved Syrian and Lebanese families in Lebanon as heavy snow and torrential rain sweep the country, where, according to UNHCR, more than half of Syrian refugee families have become unable to meet the basic needs of human … Read more