Our Current Project:

Individual Tutoring Project

HUMANSERVE is partnering with Riverbend Reaching Out to Community and Kids Society (Riverbend ROCKS) to provide a two day/week, thirty week tutoring program that addresses learning gaps, strengthens study skills, and reinforces engagement and attachment to schools.

The Individual Tutoring Program will target vunderable children in Grades 1 – 4, and will be facilitated by four paid tutors . Each tutor will support up to 4 children. The tutoring sessions will be offered at adjacent community schools during the months of October to May.

Total Alberta-Based Project Expenditures:

HSI Funds: $16,840.00

Kindergarten & Health Education for Syrian Refugees, Year V

Project Objectives:

To improve the conditions of refugee children from Syria living in Lebanon in terms of education and psycho-sociological welfare through a special kindergarten education program and additional health/hygiene education sessions.

Activities:

Kindergarten program with a special focus on psycho-social activities for 100 children, from 4 to 6 years of age. The program will run for 9 months, from September 2022 to May 2023.

9 puppet shows (one per month) on the themes of health, social inclusion of children with disabilities and hygiene promotion. The plays will be put on for 600 children, under 18 years of age.

Purposes, Goals and Expected Results:

The Need for this Project:

Syrian refugees are finding it difficult to send their children to schools in Lebanon for various reasons:

The Lebanese government announced the possibility of accepting children at public schools but spaces are limited and therefore Syrian parents can’t find places for their children at registration time. Less than 10% of the families were able to register their children at the Lebanese official schools last year.
The curriculum in Syria is quite different from the Lebanese curriculum and therefore the Syrian children are not able to seamlessly attend Lebanese schools, especially at the elementary level.
Private schools in Lebanon are very expensive and are beyond the capacities of the refugee’s families to pay the fees.
To-date, no kindergartens have been registering children from Syria, except for one new kindergarten established in the North and Bekaa for the benefit of the refugees.

As a result, most of the families have identified the issue of education for their children as a priority to be targeted, since they are kept at home for the whole day and they are getting disengaged from the education atmosphere.

Total Overseas Project Expenditures:

HSI Funds: US$27,000.00

Our Past Projects:

Since 1993, HSI has contributed $836,445.00 to our projects and we have an additional $552,378.00 in matching grants, for a total of:

$1,388,823.00 to September, 2022

The projects listed below were made possible by generous contributions from private community-based donations and with matching grants from the International Development Program of the Wild Rose Foundation, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), and the International Development and Research Centre (IDRC - Federal).

1996 to the Present: HSI

2021/22 Syrian Family Resettlement
Edmonton, AB

HSI Funds: $ 33,544.00

2019/20 Kindergarten for Syrian Refugees, Year V - Beirut
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 41,568.00

2017/18 Kindergarten for Syrian Refugees, Year IV - Beirut
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 38,857.00

2016/17 Kindergarten for Syrian Refugees, Year III - Beirut
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 52,334.00

2015/16 Kindergarten for Syrian Refugees, Year II - Beirut
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 38,820.00

2014/15 Kindergarten for Syrian Refugees, Year I - Beirut
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 32,800.00

2013 Child & Youth Development - Southern Lebanon
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 30,723.00

2012 Person to Person (p2P) Event Management Project - Southern Lebanon
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 23,694.00

2011 Jim Jeem Cesspit - Southern Lebanon
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 36,905.00

2010 Jim Jeem Surveying & Sewage Network - Southern Lebanon
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 35,000.00

2009 Solid Waste Disposal- Southern Lebanon
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

See project photos

HSI Funds: $ 3,467.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 1,040.00
TOTAL: $ 44,477.00

2008 Hygiene Kits for Nahr El Bared Refugee Camp - Tripoli, Lebanon
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 27,300.00

2008 BioSand Water Filtration Project - Saida, Lebanon
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

See project photos

HSI Funds: $ 7,850
Wild Rose Funds: $ 7,850.00
TOTAL: $ 15,700.00

2007 Dyslexia and Slow-Learning Treatment Training in West Bank Refugee Camps

See project photos

HSI Funds: $ 20,111.00

2004 Community Health Program for Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 31,190.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 62,378.00
TOTAL: $ 93,568.00

2004 Strengthening Maternal & Child Health Care in the Palestinian Camps in Lebanon
Partner: Palestine Red Crescent Society-Lebanon Branch (PRCS/L)

HSI Funds: $ 23,689.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 25,000.00
CIDA Funds: $ 71,991.00
TOTAL: $ 120,680.00

2003 Support to Literacy Courses Through Health Education
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 10,393.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 10,743.00
CIDA Funds: $ 16,784.00
TOTAL: $ 59,056.00

2003 Chiropractic Training - Bethlehem, Palestine
Partner: Bethlehem University

HSI Funds: $ 8,345.00

2002 Introducing Population Education into School Curriculum in Lebanon
Partner: Lebanese Family Planning Association (LFPA)

HSI Funds: $ 13,650.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 14,000.00
CIDA Funds: $ 23,300.00
TOTAL: $ 50,950.00

2000 Provision of Emergency Funds for the Current Crisis in Palestine - West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestine
Partner: Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS)

HSI Funds: $ 4,500.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 4,500.00
TOTAL: $ 9,000.00

2000 Support to Health and Educational Activities of Displaced Children - Beirut, Lebanon
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 6,450.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 6,450.00
CIDA Funds: $ 25,800.00
TOTAL: $ 38,700.00

2000 Rehabilitation of Disabled in Saida Refugee Camps, Lebanon - Year III
Partner: Palestine Red Crescent Society-Lebanon Branch (PRCS/L)

HSI Funds: $ 14,000.00
CIDA Funds: $ 28,000.00
TOTAL: $ 42,000.00

1999 Schools for the Future
Partner: Ijdabrine Public Elementary School

HSI Funds: $ 6,500.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 6,500.00
TOTAL: $ 13,000.00

1998 Rehabilitation of Disabled in Saida Refugee Camps, Lebanon - Year II
Partner: Palestine Red Crescent Society-Lebanon Branch (PRCS/L)

HSI Funds: $ 6,842.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 5,275.00
CIDA Funds: $ 24,258.00
TOTAL: $ 36,345.00

1998 Public Health and Sanitation in South Lebanon
Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

HSI Funds: $ 18,310.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 10,000.00
TOTAL: $ 28,310.00

1997 Rehabilitation of Disabled in Saida Refugee Camps, Lebanon - Year I
Partner: Palestine Red Crescent Society-Lebanon Branch (PRCS/L)

HSI Funds: $ 15,000.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 15,000.00
TOTAL: $ 30,000.00

1993 - 1996: Medical Aid for Palestine Regional Office

1996 Provision of Emergency Relief Funds for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in Lebanon

Partners: Lebanese NGO Forum and the High Relief Commission (Comite Superieur de Secours)

MAP-Canada Funds: $ 24,000.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 24,000.00
TOTAL: $ 48,000.00

1995 Training in Agricultural Environmental Safety, West Bank & Gaza, Palestine

Partner: The Environmental Protection and Research Institute (EPRI)

MAP-Canada Funds: $ 17,320.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 8,572.00
CIDA Funds: $ 22,515.00
TOTAL: $ 48,407.00

1995 National Health Needs Assessment of Palestinian Refugees Living in Lebanon

Partners: Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and MAP-UK

MAP-Canada Funds: $ 22,800.00
IDRC Funds: $ 55,200.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 20,000.00
TOTAL: $ 98,000.00

1996 Drug Abuse Awareness Training Program, Lebanon

Partner: Popular Aid for Relief and Development (PARD)

MAP-Canada Funds: $ 12,200.00
Wild Rose Funds: $ 4,759.00
CIDA Funds: $ 37,463.00
TOTAL: $ 54,422.00

Coordination and Facilitation of an International Consultation Meeting on Children at Risk in the Middle East, Cypress
In cooperation with Save the Children Sweden (Rädda Barnen)

Reconstruction and Equipping of the Labour and Delivery Unit at Haifa Hospital, Beirut

Partner: Palestine Red Crescent Society-Lebanon Branch (PRCS/L)

Provision of Medical Professionals for the Purpose of Training and Systems Analysis

Partners: Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and The College of Medical Professionals - Jerusalem

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Our Current Project:

Individual Tutoring Project

Total Alberta-Based Project Expenditures:

Kindergarten & Health Education for Syrian Refugees, Year V

Project Objectives:

Activities:

Purposes, Goals and Expected Results:

The Need for this Project:

Total Overseas Project Expenditures:

Our Past Projects:

$1,388,823.00 to September, 2022

1996 to the Present: HSI

See project photos

See project photos

See also UNWRA General Fund Appeal 2008-2009

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1993 - 1996: Medical Aid for Palestine Regional Office

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