PARIS: In the aftermath of the devastating double explosion at the Port of Beirut in August, Lebanese architect Karim Nader was commissioned by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to rehabilitate 10 public schools in Lebanon. Nader is an interesting man. Aside from his day job, he’s also an ardent yoga practitioner and has just published a book or rather
Lebanese Architect to Rehabilitate 10 Public Schools After Beirut Blast Published April 29th, 2021 - 01:20 GMT
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In the aftermath of the devastating double explosion at the Port of Beirut in August, Lebanese architect Karim Nader was commissioned by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) to rehabilitate 10 public schools in Lebanon.
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Nader is an interesting man. Aside from his day job, he’s also an ardent yoga practitioner and has just published a book or rather two books in one, given the dual format of “For a Novel Architecture, cine-roman 2000-2020” that he considers a “cinematic novel,” perhaps making him a filmmaker too.
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10 years of conflict: how Theirworld has supported the rights of Syrian children to education
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A decade after civil war broke out, we highlight some of our reports, campaigning and projects with partners that have helped to keep the plight of refugee children in the spotlight.
By 2013 - just two years after the Syria conflict erupted - hundreds of thousands of children had fled with their families to neighbouring countries. Very few of them were in school.
The world was barely beginning to wake up to the long-term effects on an entire generation s education and development. So Theirworld funded a team of experts to explore ways of getting as many Syrian children in Lebanon into school.
Getting Children in Lebanon Back to School Amongst Multiple Crises
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By Maria Aoun
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec 15 2020 (IPS) - Education and health care were high on the agenda when the United Nations vowed to work toward a better future by setting 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be met by 2030.
The global COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with harsh socio-economic challenges over the past few years, have led to several countries being off track to meet the SDGs. Lebanon is one such country: Lebanon hosts the largest proportion of refugees per capita of the local population in the world, and since 1948, it has been home to a large Palestine refugee community. Since 2011, it has seen more than one million Syrians – many of them children – cross the border into an already over-stretched and under-funded society with pre-existing and continuing education challenges for refugee, host-community and Lebanese children. Most of these refugees live in harsh conditions with children