RESILIENCE IS AN IMPORTANT KEY
PROTECT THE KEY TO YOUR PEACEFUL HEART
OUR BACKGROUND STORY
PEACE BUILDING
Our program aims at supporting children, youth and communities to develop conflict and gender sensitive strategies to promote dialogue and meeting spaces and enhance social cohesion and stability.
HUMAN RIGHTS
The program teaches children and youth about the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and inspires them to become advocates for tolerance and peace.
POSITIVE PARENTING
The program takes into account the protective social network of young people at family and community level and conducts sessions for youth that are complemented by sessions for parents
MEDIA LITERACY
Nowadays, we get most of our information from the Internet and the media. Therefore, the ability to read and analyze the content received by media has become an essential skill in the 21st century.
ANTI-BULLYING
The program is based on research on child development and the need to have a safe and healthy atmosphere and effective teaching strategies, class management and effective programs in schools.

DIRECT BENEFICIARIES

PARTNERS

INDIRECT BENEFICIARIES
THE STORIES OF SUCCESS !
I have been trained with my colleagues on Media Literacy and photo shooting techniques. During the training, I felt a lot of comfort and positivity and a participatory environment prevailed. During the project phases, I felt more serious and responsible, especially when I worked with my colleagues on rehabilitating the natural reserve in Kfar Zabad where I felt that I was contributing effectively to my community and appreciated team work. During the second phase of the project which was the TOT, I got to know youth from the areas of Qubayyat and Bireh which was a great opportunity to get to know and become close friends with youth from different backgrounds. Moreover, the TOT provided me with higher self-confidence and I started expressing my opinion in front of my family and community and felt that I was better able to get engaged in the community. This project enabled me to think critically about media messages especially that my family watches one TV station only… today, I analyze information before judging on the content.

MAJD KHATIB
14 years – Kfar Zabad
When I was selected to be part of the “New Media” project in partnership with UNESCO, I couldn’t imagine that it could be such an added value to my life, especially in dealing with students at school, in such a marginalized area. First of all, I was worried about driving to Beirut 4 to 5 hours a day back and forth. On the other hand, I had a concern about the training itself. Would be a lecture? Well, it didn’t take long before the trainers proved the opposite. The training helped me understand media in a different way, be critical, and try to highlight issues of a marginalized area such as Aita Shaab. The most important part is that this training helped me to trust youth and their abilities to be creative and change. This was reflected in the project they did.

BASSIMA QASSEM
New Media Project
I have participated with Dawaer Foundation in the project “New Media Youth” in the area of Qubayat on Media Literacy, photo shooting and production using mobile phones. This project changed my whole life!! Taking part in the production of a video with some colleagues that revealed the beauty of my village has opened so many doors and opportunities where I participated in an interview on MTV to talk about my experience. During the second phase of the project, I took part in a TOT training on Media Literacy after which I trained around 50 youth between 15 and 17 years. This was the best thing I have done in my life especially that the trainees were interested in the topic and requested to participate in similar activities. “New Media Youth” has changed my life and enabled me to join the “Association for Arab Educators” to become part of the communication committee during the first Educational Gulf Union that took place in Lebanon that has raised my self-esteem especially that I have created five videos for the union. Currently, I feel more responsibility towards my community and follow up with my colleagues at the Media Literacy Club on producing videos that reflect on the challenges in our community especially those related to youth.

ALLISAR HALLAK
22 Years Old, Bireh Akkar
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