OUR EDUCATION PROJECTS

EDUCATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST

We believe education is the key to tackling poverty and creating hope for the future. Investing in education is one of the most powerful and effective ways to lift people out of poverty. We help to support education projects run by Christians in the Middle East so the children and adults can gain the skills to create their own, independent future.

LATEST UPDATES FROM OUR EDUCATION PROJECTS

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I wanted to give deaf people like myself a chance to succeed
I wanted to give deaf people like myself a chance to succeed

Dr Hussein Ismail, the founder and director of Embrace’s partner the Learning Centre for the Deaf in Lebanon, tells us of the work of the centre, the impact of the recent war, and the importance of his Christian faith.

The Women Overcoming Gender-Based Violence in Syria
The Women Overcoming Gender-Based Violence in Syria

Meet Ayla and Samya. Ayla runs her own beauty salon, while Samya has started a hairdressing business from her home in Homs. Both businesses are still in their infancy but the fact they exist at all is a testament to the women’s bravery, resilience and hard work. Both Ayla and Samya are survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV)…

Lessons amid the sound of airstrikes: Keeping education services running in Lebanon
Lessons amid the sound of airstrikes: Keeping education services running in Lebanon

Our partner Tahaddi run an education centre in an informal settlement on the edge of Beirut. Since the start of the war, life for the children and the staff has been turned upside down. But despite the challenges, lessons are continuing…

A summer to remember for refugee children in Lebanon 
A summer to remember for refugee children in Lebanon 

From beekeeping and river swimming to science projects and crafts, our Lebanese partners tell us about the activities they have run this summer to help refugee children get away from the grim reality of their day-to-day life.

PERSONAL STORIES FROM OUR EDUCATION PROJECTS

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Extraordinary Mothers: Refusing to give up on education
Extraordinary Mothers: Refusing to give up on education

In the second in our series of stories featuring extraordinary mothers we meet Auset. Like many women in rural Egypt, gender discrimination meant Auset was not able to access adequate education as a child. This left her isolated, limited in what she could do and struggling against inequality.

Giving deaf children in Lebanon the best start in life
Giving deaf children in Lebanon the best start in life

10-month-old Layla is the youngest child enrolled at the Learning Centre for the Deaf’s Early Intervention Programme…

Overcoming cancer in an informal settlement in Beirut
Overcoming cancer in an informal settlement in Beirut

“Without Tahaddi’s help and God’s grace, my children wouldn’t have an education, and I might have succumbed to cancer.”