|
Beit Atfal as-Samoud
(visit
website:
www.socialcare.org),
literally meaning the
Home of the Children of the Steadfast,
was instituted in 1976 initially to provide a home for orphaned children
from Tel al-Za’atar (embattled district of Beirut
whose Palestinian community was physically destroyed).
However, the numbers of affected children have swelled
dramatically with new disasters. |
|
Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982 and the massacres
at Sabra and Shatila brought more families and 1,300 children in need of
services. Since then, BAS has developed a new system of care for
at-risk children: children remain with their mothers or relatives, and
the institution’s family-oriented services are geared to ensure, as much
as possible, a healthy environment. From 1994, BAS has concentrated
on community development to help all children in the refugee camps of
Lebanon, organizing various youth activities such as sports, scouting
and summer camps.
The
organization, registered in Lebanon under the name National
Institution of Social Care and Vocational Training, operates eight
kindergartens for 600 children and provides cost-free dental care in
clinics in its centres in the camps. A Family Guidance project gives counselling
and tutoring services, and NISCVT offers six-month vocational training
courses in construction skills. The NGO also began computer courses in
Burj al-Shemali Camp. The trainees established internet relations
with Dheisheh Camp, in Bethelem, through the Across Borders project.
Arts
 |
|
Hand made handicraft |
|
This includes
drawing, handicraft, drama, Palestinian folkloric
dancing and singing groups and musical bands. Such
activities are meant to preserve our national culture
and heritage through passing it to the new
generations.
|
| |
|
| |
|
Dental Clinics
|
 |
|
Giving dental services |
|
In 1992 the
institution started the first dental clinic for
kindergarten children serving the double purpose of
teaching oral hygiene and providing dental care.
Five clinics are
currently operating, and 4000 kindergarten kids from
different organizations benefit from these services
every year. |
| |
|
| |
|
Health Care
|
 |
|
Medicine supply |
|
The Family Guidance
Center was opened in 1997 in Beirut to provide
psychological assistance which has become a necessity
due to the deteriorating stressful living conditions. At
the end of 2005 another clinic was opened in Beddawi
camp to cater for the rising demand for such services. |
|
