Life at Caritas Lebanon
Summer activities for children
Every summer, Caritas Lebanon Sectors
organize, in cooperation with volunteers
from Caritas Youth Movement, summer camps
for disfavored children to give them the
opportunity to spend a pleasant summer.
Several recreational, cultural and spiritual
activities are scheduled to offer them the
best time possible.
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Sector
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Date
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Program
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Nb of children
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Saida-Nabatieh-Zahrani
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24 - 27 July 2008
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Summer camp untitled « Know
Lebanon »
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34
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Patriarch Sfeir Center
|
3 times a week
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Psychomotor, psychology and speech
therapy sessions
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|
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Zawié -Zghorta
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25 - 28 July 2008
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Summer camp
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30
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Metn II
+ Evening Study Program
|
14 July – 07 August 2008
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Outdoor Center
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Center for Children with Specific
Needs
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14 July – 07 August 2008
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Outdoor Center
|
65
|
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Kesrwan I
|
18 - 20 July
2008
|
Summer camp
|
40
|
|
Baabda II
|
15 July 2008
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Excursion to Saida
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200
|
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Beirut
|
05 July 2008
|
International Family Day :
Pilgrimage to Mar Charbel
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Launching of a youth center in
Reyfoun
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The
« Dialog and Reconciliation Center
for the Youth » was launched on July
31, 2008. This center is located at
the Mar Sarkis and Bakhos convent (Reyfoun
- Kesrwan), in premises offered to
Caritas Lebanon by the Maronite
Patriarchate, in order to encourage
youth meetings and activities.
This convent is famous for it has
witnessed, since 1655, main phases
of the history of the Maronites. |
Secours Catholique and Caritas
Austria for a short visit to Lebanon
 |
Secretary General of Secours
Catholique, Mr. Pierre Levené along
with his delegate, Mr. Bernard
Thibaud, visited Caritas Lebanon on
the14th of July 2008. During the
meeting, cooperation between Caritas
Sisters and possible new projects,
such as setting up ways of
protecting the environment, were
discussed.
Caritas Austria’s representative,
Mr. Joseph Worm, visited the centers
for the Elderly included in the
program of support for the
Palestinian Elderly in the Beirut,
Tyre and the Bekaa refugees’ camps,
which is financed by ECHO (EU) and
executed in cooperation with Caritas
Austria.
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Sectors’ religious services
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Sector
|
Date
|
Church (Place)
|
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Bint Jbeil
|
27
July
2008
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Saint-Georges (Rmeich)
|
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Bekaa center
|
13
July
2008
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Our Lady of Annunciation (Chtaura)
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Bekaa west
|
29 June 2008
|
Mar Michaël (Rayak)
|
Two
new seminars
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As part
of Caritas Lebanon’s restructuring
plan, two new seminars were held for
Medico-Social Centers and mobile
clinics (see Health programs),
and Humanitarian Centers, during the
first week of July 2008.
On July 3 and 4, specialized teams
from Center for Children with
Specific Needs (Fghal) and Patriarch
Sfeir Center (Zahleh) met with Mr.
Denis Viénot (Secours Catholique),
Mr. Joseph Rahmeh and Mr. Toufic
Ariss (members of the Council) at
the Padova Hotel (Jisr el Bacha).
Three subjects were discussed during
this meeting: Miss Hala Raad
presented a topic called « From
learning programs to educational
planning in class », Mrs. Arwa Halawi
(Lebanese Autism Society) talked
about her personal experience and
finally, Dr. Naji Souaiby introduced
different approaches to Quality. |
A professional training center for
visually impaired persons
In respect of any human being’s
right to live in dignity, Caritas
Lebanon, Waleed Ben Talal Fondation
and the Haramoun Association
launched a new professional training
center for visually impaired
persons.
Sectors’ support activities
|
Sector
|
Activity - Place
|
Date
|
Beneficiaries
|
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Baabda I+Darouna
|
Brunch - Metropolitan Hotel (Sin el
Fil)
|
July 3rd,
2008
|
Elderly
|
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Bekaa
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Diner - Nmeir Restaurant (Zahleh)
|
June 28th, 2008
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Needy people
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Recreational
activities
for the
Elderly
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On July 9, 47 old people from the
Baadba II Sector went a beautiful
excursion: a church service at the
Church of Le Christ Roi to start the
day and then a visit of City Mall
located in Dora. The Roadster’s
restaurant invited them for lunch
and the Sea Sweet pastry shop
offered them delicious sweets!
In Bint Jbeil Sector, youngsters
attached to the Rmeich parish
prepared lunch to aver 50 people, at
the Jad wal Jaddé Club. |
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