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Alsama offers new horizons to refugee children & womenDonate
Alsama means “sky” in Arabic. We educate refugee children and empower refugee women.
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our projects
Alsama sets up education centres, sports hubs and social enterprises in refugee camps in the Middle East. Our projects are run for – and, in large part, run by – refugee communities.
our stories
Alsama connects worlds. We offer refugee children a diverse education, provide refugee women with an opportunity to earn an income, and we give volunteers and donors a way of engaging with a group of people who can do a great deal but need a little help.
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4th September 2020 Our Beirut Crisis Response is Continuing Over the last 18 days the Alsama team has repaired 18 homes in the Bourj al Hamoud and Naba areas in Beirut. Thank you to Peaceland Foundation and Common Future for giving us this opportunity to help people in need after the harbour explosion. -
13th August 2020 Girls Flying High Since the beginning of the year we have kept our education programmes in Lebanon going without missing a day. The Alsama programmes run 50 weeks in a year. -
11th August 2020 Our Team in Beirut is Responding to the Crisis Since last Wednesday, the Alsama team, including cricket coaches, teachers and Alsama students, have been helping Lebanese families whose homes were destroyed by the blast, clearing up debris.
alsama raises up lives
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mind
Each girl who comes to our center learns to read and write. She acquires English language proficiency, an understanding of budgeting and an education in the life-skills necessary to survive in a refugee camp. For refugee women, Alsama offers opportunities to earn a living by starting a social enterprise, joining an embroidery business, or by working as teachers.
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body
You can’t move your brain without moving your body. So, all girls and women are encouraged to attend Yoga classes. In addition, we run sport hubs where we teach boys and girls to play a team sport.
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spirit
We give the children and women tools to express themselves creatively by running classes in creative writing, drawing, graffiti, film and literature. In the future we hope to add music and dance to our offering.
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