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Achievements
The Foundation considers education a basic pre-requisite for human
development
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Goals
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Our goals in this sector include: |
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Supporting public schools, universities and vocational institutes; |
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Strengthening the capacities of young people-empowering them to
raise issues that concern them; and |
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Promoting linkages between skills taught in schools, and skills
sought in the workplace. |
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Achievements
1. The campaign for a unified Lebanese University campus in
North Lebanon
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In
March 2001, the Foundation organized a workshop concerning the
Lebanese University, which produced a number of recommendations
advocating the construction of a unified campus for LU in the North.
The Cabinet issued a decision supporting the project, and President
Emile Lahoud laid the cornerstone for the facility.
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Workshop on the Lebanese University |
2. Language training for public school students
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In
accordance with the cooperation agreement signed in 2002 between the
Foundation and the French Cultural Mission, and as part of an ongoing
program in French language training, sessions were held for public
high school students and first-year university students in the French
language. Around 200 students benefited from the courses.
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A
group of Language training course graduates |
3. Youth and the management of small projects
In
cooperation with the Entrepreneurial Training Foundation, training
sessions on how to set up and run small projects were held for
university students in Batroun and Jbeil. The sessions assist
university students match themselves with job opportunities. Twenty
students benefited from the courses, and acquired the basic knowledge
and skills to establish and administer small projects. Computer skills
were also taught during the workshops.
Students
submit project proposals and feasibility studies in order to secure
long-term loans for small productive projects, and the Foundation
follows up training delivered in the courses by reviewing and making
recommendations on these project proposals.
4. Support for public education institutions
The
Foundation has provided in-kind assistance to hundreds of educational
institutions, including public schools, vocational and technical
institutes, and the faculties of the Lebanese University. Assistance
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Office
and administrative equipment; |
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Restoration and rehabilitation works for infrastructure
(playground trees, water supplies, painting, etc.); and |
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New
libraries. |
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5. Support
sessions for high school graduates
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Within
the framework of the Foundation's support for graduating high school
students, training sessions have been organized for the past three
years on strategies for succeeding in official examinations. Six
hundred students from various schools in Tripoli and surrounding areas
have benefited from the courses since 2001.
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Taking part in the supplementary courses |
6. The "Students Helping Students" Program
Alongside
the final year students' sessions, the Safadi Foundation has launched
the "Students Helping Students" program that falls within the
framework of "school support" stipulated in the new educational
curricula.
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Program is based on the Student-to-Student learning methodology. Ten
outstanding students with high school degrees have given lessons to
their classmates who need additional support in specific subjects.
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courses were monitored by teachers who are university level
specialists in the subjects taught. Two hundred students benefited
from these courses for both exam sessions (June and September).
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Science is knowledge, knowledge is intellect. Intellect is a
safeguard for society.
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