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. Below are just a few examples of the projects Embrace supports.

Fairhaven School - School for children with learning disabilities, Alexandria, Egypt

In the 1980s El Saray Church in Alexandria set up a school for children with learning disabilities, and Embrace has been partnering with them for most of that time. Today, around 100 children and adults, aged 4-40, attend Fairhaven school. Each student has an individual educational plan as well as learning life and self-care skills in small groups.

Pontifical Mission for Lebanon - Refugee education programme, Dbayeh Refugee Camp, Lebanon

Through the Pontifical Mission for Lebanon, Embrace currently supports a project that offers educational help to enable Palestinian refugee teenagers in Dbayeh refugee camp to complete their school education and pursue further opportunities.

SIRA School - Special education school, Bethlehem and Jericho

Run by the Swedish International Relief Association, the school provides education for children with special educational needs in Bethlehem and Jericho. Children are supported to learn in a way that enables and empowers them, with the aim to reintegrate them into mainstream schools. SIRA also provides training for parents and mainstream teachers on how to support children with learning disabilities.

Think and Do - Life School, Egypt

Think and Do works to improve the social and economic position of women in rural Upper Egyptian villages. The Embrace-supported Life Schools enable women who missed out on an education to learn to read, write, count and master a skill such as sewing or hairdressing, thereby helping them to become self-sufficient in future.