CHF International and its
local partners launched the USAID-funded Lebanon Education Assistance for
Development (LEAD) program to be implemented in North and Mount Lebanon.
This $3.5 million LEAD program consists of an integrated set of activities
aimed at supporting quality education, while building a culture of dialogue
instead of violence at the community level.
The program’s goal is to support the
quality in the Lebanese public education by focusing special attention on
improving the physical and psychosocial environment as a means to
reinforcing social cohesion.
CHF has brought together a
partnership of outstanding organizations in the private and public sectors,
which form the LEAD Team. This team consists of CHF, Rene Moawad Foundation
– RMF, Injaz Lebanon –IL.
The LEAD program will enhance the educational environment in 55 public
schools in North and Mount Lebanon through: Minor infrastructure
improvements; Provisions of equipment and supplies that can be practically
applied to current curricula; and, Promotion of an integrated educational
environment through awareness raising campaigns and extracurricular
activities which promote tolerance, community involvement, and leadership.
