Category Archive for: Volunteers

Celine Ammash, Lebanon With every new experience (whether that’s going to a new school, starting a new job, or meeting your roommate for the first time) comes some excitement, curiosity and a little bit of anxiety. You have expectations, but try to keep them low so that you disappoint yourself. You hope to like the…

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By Tatjana Isabella Sopart Jusoor’s “summer camp” is going in a fourth round on July 17th this year with volunteers from all over the world getting together to launch activities with Syrian refugee children in Lebanon. The summer program aims to provide a distraction for the children from their dire living situation, but most importantly…

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Azim Momin, USA Young children who gain early exposure to STEM educational activities develop skills like communication, problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, and data analysis that influence their future choice of careers. Today I helped facilitate an engineering construction challenge in my classroom with simple everyday items such as wooden clothespins, binder clips, and colored…

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Maria Jose Pachon, Colombia Since the past few days I go out of the bus at 9 am to meet 31 students that run into the small school of Jarrahieye with excitement. Since I do not speak Arabic, it has been a little bit difficult to interact with the kids but we have used smiles…

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Bibo Tabbara, Lebanon Working with Jusoor has definitely been an eye opening experience. It greatly emphasized the importance of education. Not only was I teaching the kids, they also taught me that even the smallest things that we often take for granted can put a smile on their face. I came into Jusoor not knowing…

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Francisca Nunes, Portugal I spent four weeks in Beirut working with the Jusoor organisation. It is really difficult to describe these four weeks in word. It was, without a doubt, a life changing experience and a lesson for life that I will never forget. During these weeks I got to know so many people, so…

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Rachel Drake, USA In the midst of what is happening in a world that at times seems overwhelmingly discouraging, it is increasingly imperative to take a look at the progress of what is working against the backdrop of what is not. Though those working with Jusoor Syria are seeing some of the very raw and…

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Ashley Karlsson The last two weeks have been a whirlwind of emotion and energy. I arrived in Lebanon earlier this month as a volunteer with Jusoor’s Summer Education Program. Jusoor Syria is a non-profit dedicated to empowering Syrian youth through education and entrepreneurship. While the ongoing conflict in Syria has displaced millions of Syrians to…

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Celine Ammash For the last few months I have been looking forward to my start date with Jusoor, a wonderful NGO that focuses on Syrian refugees, and the day finally came this week! One of the many amazing opportunities that Jusoor offers is their summer volunteer program, which is an opportunity for people from around…

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