Month: November 2020

Share on whatsapp Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email In conjunction with the decision of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to completely close 10 informal schools in Aarsal, the education sector of the Union of Relief and Development Associations in Lebanon (URDA), with the support of PARCIC Association in Japan, … Read more

Share on whatsapp Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Say No to Bullying. Massa’s mother tells a story that happened in class with her 11-year-old daughter who resides in Bar Elias in the Central Bekaa area. One day at school, while the teacher was explaining a new lesson to us, the school … Read more

Share on whatsapp Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email Stemming from the belief that the field is the main source of data and talking with the people is the only way to understand the gaps and needs, the Child Protection team under the Protection Sector has been working on a study to … Read more

Share on whatsapp Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email URDA’s relief and shelter sectors are preparing to welcome the winter season by providing in-kind and cash assistance to underserved Lebanese and refugee families in the most impoverished areas in Lebanon. Over the past two days (November 18-19), URDA’s relief teams have distributed … Read more

Share on whatsapp Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email In collaboration with Refugee Protection International (RPI), URDA’s legal protection program has recently launched a new project which aims to register the births of Syrian children with the Lebanese authorities at the local registry office (Nofous) in Aarsal, effective in November 2020. The … Read more

Share on whatsapp Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email URDA’s protection sector, in collaboration with the Regional Development and Protection Programme (RDPP), organized an awareness lecture on workers’ rights last week in the border town of Aarsal while taking all preventive measures and social distancing precautions to reduce the spread of the … Read more

Share on whatsapp Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email As part of a series of training sessions carried out by the protection sector in URDA, with the funding of the Japanese organization PARCIC, a training session on agricultural and food rehabilitation was held on Thursday 11 December 2020 targeting 75 Syrian refugee … Read more

Share on whatsapp Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email In response to the crises of Beirut blast and Covid19 surge in Lebanon, URDA continues to implement humanitarian projects to help the remission of the impact of the crises, especially, on the healthcare system. As part of these efforts, URDA and cooperating partner … Read more

Share on whatsapp Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email The suffering of the refugees in Lebanon is not limited to the living, as the dead are also in a crisis that is escalating one day after another where there is not enough land in which their bodies can rest in peace upon … Read more

Share on whatsapp Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email “My suffering to treat my children and secure our living expenses started when my husband died.I live in a damp and dark room with two children who suffer from a rare disease called Ataxia, and I am currently drowning in debts because of … Read more