by admin | May 18, 2018 | Emergency Aid, Lebanon, Press Releases
Redacted version of original. Read original here (in German). Merely a stone’s throw away from the Syrian border, Syrian refugees were getting through one of the hardest winters in the Lebanese town of Arsal. The hardest time of the year for those living in the...
by admin | May 18, 2018 | Child Marriage - Our Stories, Empowerment, Press Releases
Article written by Jade-Leigh Tenwick, Communications and Development Officer at SB OverSeas At twelve years old, Yosser was asked for her hand in marriage. Her life had been normal up until the disruption caused by the Syrian conflict. She had spent her childhood...
by admin | May 14, 2018 | Belgium, Education, Give Hope, Our campaigns, Press Releases
Last Thursday, SB OverSeas gathered in front of the European Commission in their #GiveHope t-shirts. Following the Syria-Brussels conference the week before, which brought together 86 delegations and over 250 NGOs to discuss how to support the future of Syria, we felt...
by admin | May 9, 2018 | Advocacy, Child Marriage - Our Stories, Empowerment, Press Releases
No one escapes war unchanged. Who can lose the past and the future at once without bearing a scar? The young and old are marked, though for most, these marks take invisible forms. Nadine wishes hers were less apparent. The burns on her hands, neck, and face tell of...
by admin | May 7, 2018 | Belgium, Emergency Aid, Events, Press Releases
Written by Emilie Le Barbanchon, Intern at SB OverSeas Two weeks ago, employees from PricewaterhouseCoopers joined the SB OverSeas team in Machelen to take part in loading the container for Lebanon as part of our ‘25 tonnes of hope’ campaign. Even if the weather was...
by admin | May 3, 2018 | Empowerment, Events, Lebanon, Press Releases
Written by Nura Jaafar, Communications Officer for SB OverSeas Lebanon On Friday the 27th of April, SB OverSeas Lebanon swapped its classrooms for the ‘Colours of Hope’ Arts and Crafts Showcase at T-Marbouta restaurant in Hamra Beirut. In light of the annual #GiveHope...