LBI001 - Special School

Duration: Minimum 6 weeks.
Project Tasks: - Assist with different projects: "Awareness and Acceptance Program", where local school children visit the residents to exchange in sport and recreational activities, outings, etc; "Welfare Wheat Program", working with peasants with special needs in their villages (and those in Palestinian refugee camps) encouraging them to plant four kinds of crops, the seeds are given to 23000 needy people through various welfare organisations; and the "Winter Sweater Program", a workshop where knitted sweaters are made to be sold to other organisations.
- Other vocational training programs include culinary, laundry, gardening and home-care training
- To assist in the school (children no younger than 12 years) with limited programs (only for short periods every day).
- Additional activities can include teaching spoken English, music and handicrafts.
Who Can Participate?: IVP/SIVP.
Placement Costs: You may be requested to assist with food costs (about US$40 per week). Volunteers will have free accommodation at the project site.
Visa Requirements: It is the responsibility of all participants to obtain any necessary visas.
Note: The Kanzat Al-Shita (The Winter Sweater Program) is now ten years 'in the making' and achieved the making of 88,763 sweaters in these ten years. Yes, eighty eight thousand, seven hundred and sixty three sweaters have been made by these disadvantaged people at the school and then donated to sixty nine welfare centres spread all over Lebanon.
These centres are responsible for over 21,034 people with 16,461 orphans, 2,749 seniors, 1,674 people with special needs and 150 juvenile delinquents in the community.
Each sweater was sponsored by a donation of US$15 that was received from all over the world.
IVI is not responsible for the fund raising but the IVvolunteers did help to play a part in the special school where it all happened and every one enjoyed their experience for which they too can be a little bit proud of such success.