On August 9-10 and 17-18, Collège des Frères Deddeh (Tripoli) hosted two successive Summer Camp clusters of students from the English Access Microscholarship Program (Access) funded by the United States’ Department of State via the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, and provided in the country by the prominent educational NGO Teach For Lebanon. Students enter the Access program at Grade 10 (“Seconde”) level for two years; they come from public high schools from around Lebanon. Access students get 360 hours of After School Instruction, Enhancement Activities, and Intensive Sessions, which not only give them a solid foundation in the English language, but also a development of their leadership, social, and technology skills, in addition to exposure to the scholarship opportunities available through the U.S. Embassy for higher education in Lebanon and the USA. Accommodating 240 students in total from the national total of 500 Access students nationally, Collège des Frères Deddeh (Tripoli) opened its halls, classrooms and sports courts widely to their activities, and provided its buses and logistics personnel to assist Teach For Lebanon in conducting its Summer Camp smoothly.On the first day, the Access students went through a training on Social Entrepreneurship, in order for them to look at how to turn the Community Service projects they had planned and implemented in the previous months into sustainable endeavors. After dinner, the students participated in activities that included a Body Combat session, Football Game, Basketball Game, a Drawing Activity, and a Talent Show. The students enjoyed the joint activities, played music, and had fun before they were bussed to dorms in the neighboring area for their one-night sleepover. On the second day, the Access 16 students presented their community service projects in front of a jury comprised of representatives from the U.S. Embassy, Teach For Lebanon’s Board of Directors, and of Access Alumni and staff. Jury members asked the students questions about their projects and provided them with guidance and areas of improvement. Then the students were handed certificates of completion of their Community Service projects.Warm compliments were expressed to Collège Des Frères – Deddeh – (Tripoli) by Teach For Lebanon and their distinguished jury guests for its premises, as well as for the services it provided which the Access Program’s team has labeled “above and beyond expectations.”
Teach For Lebanon (TFL)U.S. Embassy Beirut
