Tag: Education
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“My greatest desire was simply to learn how to read”
Read More: “My greatest desire was simply to learn how to read”FUKAYNA’S STORY “My greatest desire was simply to learn how to read, so I’d be able to find my way if I went somewhere unfamiliar, read my own name at…
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Extraordinary Mothers: Refusing to give up on education
Read More: Extraordinary Mothers: Refusing to give up on educationIn the second in our series of stories featuring extraordinary mothers we meet Auset. Like many women in rural Egypt, gender discrimination meant Auset was not able to access adequate…
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Giving deaf children in Lebanon the best start in life
Read More: Giving deaf children in Lebanon the best start in life10-month-old Layla is the youngest child enrolled at the Learning Centre for the Deaf’s Early Intervention Programme…
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Overcoming cancer in an informal settlement in Beirut
Read More: Overcoming cancer in an informal settlement in Beirut“Without Tahaddi’s help and God’s grace, my children wouldn’t have an education, and I might have succumbed to cancer.”
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Helping to rewrite futures in Egypt
Read More: Helping to rewrite futures in Egypt“Every time I see a child or a woman whom I’ve helped, it encourages me to continue.” Magy, a young Egyptian Christian, tells us about her work as the educational…
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WINDOWS OF HOPE: STRIVING FOR INCLUSION IN LEBANON
Read More: WINDOWS OF HOPE: STRIVING FOR INCLUSION IN LEBANONIn this episode, Embrace CEO Tim Livesey speaks to Hiba Al-Jamal, the Director of the SKILD Centre in Lebanon, an Embrace partner and specialist centre that provides individualised support for…
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Specialist disability care for Syria’s Children
Read More: Specialist disability care for Syria’s Children“I am now receiving the emotional support I was greatly lacking”. Find out how the Embrace-supported Child Friendly Space in Syria helped not only Rania’s three children, but Rania herself.
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Refugee week: Thriving against the odds in Lebanon’s education emergency
Read More: Refugee week: Thriving against the odds in Lebanon’s education emergencyMeet 13-year-old Noura, a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon. She was unable to attend school because she didn’t have official registration papers – until our partner, the Joint Christian Committee, stepped…
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Refugee week: The Syrian refugees rebuilding family life in Lebanon
Read More: Refugee week: The Syrian refugees rebuilding family life in LebanonWalid and his father ended up in Lebanon after being forced to flee from their home in Syria. Life was bleak – until Walid’s father made a surprising discovery.
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Supporting specialist education in Lebanon
Read More: Supporting specialist education in LebanonVIDEO: Meet the children of the ‘Best Steps Class’, run by Embrace partner Tahaddi, and find out how lessons are adapted to support their special educational needs.
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Helping Palestinian children to rewrite their futures
Read More: Helping Palestinian children to rewrite their futuresLittle Aya was bullied and labelled as disruptive in her old school. But her life completely changed when her parents enrolled her in Palestine’s only specialist school.