COMMUNITY
SERVICES
Two Hostels in Beirut offer low-cost accommodation for
100 young women who are away from their home, while they
study or work in the city.
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Five
day care Centers in Chiyah, Hadath and Marjeyoun ensure
motherly attention for 300 children, from one month to three
years, who are either orphaned or both of whose parents work
for a living. They are taken in for three consecutive years
during which they are prepared for elementary education at
fees that are reasonable. Financial assistance for needy students
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Sewing
Workshops at Beirut, Bauchrieh, Hadath, Ablah and Tripoli
provide work for war widows and older women who have lost
the main family supporter through death or incapacitation
and who, with no previous skills-training and due to the limitations
of age, are not qualified for employment. They get on the
job training in sewing, embroidery and knitwear. As such,
they learn to earn in support of their families while the
marketing is ensured through the association. |
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Home
Industries have been revived in Tyre, Ablah and Tripoli
to preserve traditional products and furnish village women
with an opportunity to supplement family income. These range
from the production of orange blossom water, sherbets, and
home made jams, to making natural soap, preserving vine leaves
and drying fruits in season. Here again, these products are
marketed by the volunteers at annual bazaars and at membership
gatherings. |
Camps
for some 300 disadvantaged children, during the summer months,
are planned and carried out by teams of volunteers who design
attractive programs and provide nutritional supplements.
Orphan
Sponsorship at Hadath has received support from SCF of the
United Kingdom, and through the auspices of YWCA volunteers who
collect clothes and funds for 30 orphans living in the custody
of relatives. This humble form of assistance ensures their basic
living and schooling needs while keeping them within the security
of their extended families.
© Lebanon YWCA 2002
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