Clementia Life Center/ Vocational Program
Our Vision: To see the disadvantaged in Lebanon, from every people group, enjoying a life of economic, social, educational, and spiritual health.
Our mission: Making disciples for Jesus by providing education and relief along the gospel message to 100 Syrian refugee children and their families. Our ministry includes spiritual, social and physical care.
In 2021, we established the vocational training program for the Syrian refugee teens who were not able to continue their educational journey with us since they had to work to support their families. The vocational program is a once/week program which offers language, computer and financial skills training in addition to training in Electricity, Air Conditioning, Hairstyling and cosmetology.
CLC YEARLY UPDATE
Since 2014
2021-2022
Number of families served: 45
Total number of students: 101
Informal Education (Basic Literacy and Numeracy- BLN): the classes we offer are Bible, Arabic, English, Math, Science Arts, Music, and General Knowledge. 70 students are divided into 4 different levels and 30 teens enrolled in the vocational training program.
Curriculum: this year we collaborate with the Public Ministry of Education, as we deliver their BLN curriculum to enable learners to acquire a certificate from the ministry. We follow a hybrid approach, inclass and online lessons: learners come to the center on a weekly basis and continue studying through pre-recorded videos posted by their teachers on Facebook.
Social and Spiritual: Child protection program, psycho-social support program, medical relief, food relief, family support, mentoring phone calls, and trauma healing.
Spiritual: Home visits, follow-up with families, Bible online classes, and evangelism.
Staff: 6 teachers, 2 bus drivers, 1 food and hygiene assistant, and the executive director.
2020 - 2021
Number of families served: 45
Total number of students: 101
Informal Education: the classes we offered were Bible, Arabic, English, Math, Science Arts, Music, and General Knowledge. The students were divided into 4 different levels and a vocational class.
Online/hybrid approach: using Facebook and Youtube as teaching platforms, Whatsapp as feedback and interaction with student platform, and delivering worksheets by hand every week.
Social: Child protection program, psycho-social support program, medical relief, food relief, family support, mentoring phone calls, and trauma healing.
Spiritual: Home visits, follow-up with families, Bible online classes, and evangelism.
Staff: 6 teachers, 2 bus drivers, 1 food and hygiene assistant, and the executive director.
2019 - 2020
Number of families served: 54
Total number of students: 120
Program: the classes we offered were Bible, Arabic, English, Math, Science Arts, Music, General Knowledge, and a Psycho-Social support program. The students were divided into 4 different levels.
Extracurricular: the school year included 3 trips, 2 Christian plays, and some occasional events with gifts for the students and their families.
Staff: 6 teachers, 2 bus drivers, 1 helper, and the executive director.
2018 - 2019
Number of families served: 54
Total number of students: 120
Program: the classes we offered were Bible, Arabic, English, Math, Science Arts, Music, General Knowledge, and a Psycho-Social support program. The students were divided into 4 different levels.
Extracurricular: the school year included 3 trips, 2 Christian plays, and some occasional events with gifts for the students and their families.
Staff: 6 teachers, 2 bus drivers, 1 helper, and the executive director.
2017 - 2018
Number of families served: 34
Total number of students: 75
Program: the classes we offered were Arabic, English, Math, Arts, General knowledge, and a Psycho-Social support program. The students were divided into 4 different levels.
Staff: 5 teachers, 2 bus drivers, 1 classroom and bus assistant, 1 supervisor, and the executive director.
2016 - 2017
Number of families served: 22
Total number of students: 60
Program: the classes we offered were Arabic, English, and Math. The students were divided into 3 different levels.
Staff: 4 teachers, 2 bus drivers, 1 classroom and 1 supervisor, and the executive director.
2015 - 2016
Number of families served: 8
Total number of students: 30
Program: the classes we offered were Arabic, English, and Math. The students were divided into 2 different levels.
Staff: 3 teachers and 1 bus driver, in addition to the director.
2014 - 2015
Number of families served: 15
Total number of students: 15
Our Vision: To see the disadvantaged in Lebanon, from every people group, enjoying a life of economic, social, educational, and spiritual health.
Our mission: Making disciples for Jesus by providing education and relief along the gospel message to 100 Syrian refugee children and their families. Our ministry includes spiritual, social and physical care. In 2021, we established the vocational training program for the Syrian refugee teens who were not able to continue their educational journey with us since they had to work to support their families. The vocational program is a once/week program which offers language, computer and financial skills training in addition to training in Electricity, Air Conditioning, Hairstyling and cosmetology.
CLC Team:
Roula Karkafi, Executive Director
Kameel Debbaneh, Bible and Arabic Teacher
Armig Semerjian, Math and Arabic Teacher
Nada Asfar, Hygiene, Food and Classroom Assistant
Nadine Chabarekh, English Teacher
Jessica Atallah, Science and Music Teacher
Sara Obeid, Vocational Program Coordinator
Rabih Oueis, Bus Driver
Charbel Khoueiry, Bus Driver
Our Aims: in line with the Lebanese MEHE’s ( Ministry of Education) general aims (according to decree No. 10227, dated May 8, 1997) to fulfill the cognitive, humanistic, and psychosocial dimensions in addition to the physical and spiritual dimension of human needs.
With this, we come to acknowledge the holistic approach to education. In line with our belief to provide a holistic education, we will try to expose our students to various learning experiences to fit with their educational, social, spiritual, physical, psycho/emotional, medical, occupational, artistic, and recreational needs.
HOW
IT
STARTED
A short while after war in Syria erupted, our organization (through our local church) started helping 200 Syrian and Iraqi families with food and supplies. We discovered that many families had unschooled children and we felt the need to help them in the educational needs as well. In 2014, we started the learning centre with 15 students, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees and Lebanese children as well. Throughout the past 8 years, we have provided education to more than 300 children and relief alongside the gospel to 100 families.
Now in 2022, we serve 100 children and more than 45 families.