From September 2020 until August 2021, Un Ponte Per through the project "InterCommunity: Integration through Education", financed by Otto per Mille of the Waldensian Evangelical Church - Union of Methodist and Waldensian Churches, will launch a new intervention to assist and support the Palestinian and Syrian refugee population in camps in Lebanon, by far the poorest, most marginalised and with the least opportunities for redemption.
The intervention is particularly focused on the education and welfare of minors and adolescents: it provides support to the educational centres of the local organisation Beit Aftal Assumoud, a long-standing partner of Un Ponte Per, in the Bourj el Shemali camp (Tyre). Here, non-formal education activities, sports activities, psychosocial support, "theatre of the oppressed", nutritional education and cultural activities are implemented for 130 children at risk of social marginalisation, with the aim of improving the level of psychophysical balance for each of them and creating more opportunities for interaction (and integration) between young Palestinians and Syrians and the host Lebanese community.
The programme also aims to combat school drop-outs through psychological support and sporting and educational activities, which are also geared towards promoting a healthy and balanced lifestyle and proper nutrition.
