Dear all, I am calling the whole world to help save the educational ecosystem in Lebanon and to provide Free Education to every child, in any ways possible. If each one of us donates $10 we will surely make a positive impact.

Education in Lebanon is in devastating situation with a financial crisis, worsened by Beirut explosion, poverty, shortage of paper and ink, teachers immigration, and schools can't operate without fuel. More than 1.2 million children in Lebanon have been out of school. With no end to the crisis in sight, many families and schools have no idea how they'll manage come next term.


THE INITIATIVE
We're reaching out to friends, families and all fundraising associations to help save the educational ecosystem in Lebanon, in any ways possible, driven by our responsibility towards our youth and the coming generations to achieve the necessary social and economic standards that they deserve to live within.

To accomplish the above, our plan will tackle several areas in the educational sector. All donations will be processed and distributed digitally to overlook, manage, assess and channel all funds and donations, in an automated workflow allowing the donors to track the progress of every donation, task, program, or campaign. This will also help us to preserve our core VALUES around TRANSPARENCY and TRUST, making sure the donation will directly reach the needy.

I took the initiative out of my frustration of the level the educational sector is reaching without any personal gain. The project itself has several steps as per the below:
- Campaign 1: Offering our Digital Educational Solution for free to Schools, Teachers and Students,
- Campaign 2: Benefiting from Supermarkets’ Reward Points to pay Students’ Tuitions
- Campaign 3: Sponsoring Private Tutoring Sessions to Students for free
- Campaign 4: Offering Learning Equipments to Students and Teachers for free

Please take a moment to read it for the sake of providing a better future to our kids, hence a generation who can maintain our Lebanese identity.

FIRST MILESTONE
We will start with a first milestone of $6000 to cover the expenses of providing our Digital Educational Solution (refer to Campaign 1) to one school of 500 students. Once we reach this milestone, we will set another one and increase our reach. Everything will be audited and reports will be shared publicly with full transparency.

TIME TO ACT
No amount is small. $1 (or its equivalent in other currencies) can really make a difference. You can do it quietly, or you can share our story to help us reach out to as many people as possible.

We appreciate that it has been a rough period for most and would be extremely grateful if you could help. We have always been known as the hackers of intelligence and bright minds. We left a mark in so many areas and geographies because we are the product of a rich history and diverse civilizations as well as survivors of conflicts. But now we are losing it, we are losing it all.

TIME TO ACT & NOT TO WATCH OR COMPLAIN
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CAMPAIGNS DETAILS & PLAN
Campaign 1:
Offering our Digital Educational Solution for free to Schools, Teachers and Students
o Aim: Students to continue their academical year in a hybrid mode, without any worries on cost or any other learning disruption.
o Tools & Resources: a digital educational platform where each student and teacher will have a user account (available)
o Expenses: only $1 per month, i.e. $12 per year, to provide our educational solution to each child.
o Reach: All schools but we will take it one step at a time. We will first start with one school, offering to their students and teachers the Solution, and reporting back to the public all accomplishments, progress and cost sheets.
o Audit: Everything will be registered in the Solution so there are no ways for fraudulent acts or any high risk activities

Campaign 2:
Transforming Reward Points from Supermarkets into Paying School Tuitions
o Aim: Students and their Parents to benefit from the reward points they earn with respect to their purchases in supermarkets. Those reward points can be redeemed into school tuitions where Supermarkets will hand out cash vouchers to parents to settle their child school fees
o Tools & Resources: a digital platform to link supermarkets’ reward points to our Digital Educational Solution described in campaign 1 (available)
o Expenses: only $30,000 per year, to maintain, enhance and integrate supermarkets to our Digital Educational Platform
o Reach: All registered students/parents and Supermarkets
o Audit: Everything will be digitized and the vouchers will be directly delivered to the needy (parents) with no middle man

Campaign 3:
Offering Private Tutoring Sessions to Students for free
o Aim: Students and Teachers. Teachers to provide private sessions to students and get paid for their services. Students to benefit from additional support to their education, especially that pandemic is still running, and parents will be busy trying to survive this hard economical crises.
o Tools & Resources: a Tutoring Booking And Management platform linked to our Digital Educational Solution described in campaign 1 (available)
o Expenses: $30 per hour of private sessions; The more funds we get, the more free private sessions we can offer
o Reach: All registered students who are in need of private sessions
o Audit: Everything will be digitized and all Tutoring sessions will be managed systematically.

Campaign 4:
Offering Learning Equipments to Students and Teachers for free
o Aim: Students and Teachers.
o Tools & Resources: Learning Equipments plus Asset Management Tool, linked to our Digital Educational Solution described in campaign 1 (available)
o Expenses: work in progress
o Reach: All registered students and teachers who are in need for learning equipments for a complete learning experience.
o Audit: Everything will be digitized and all equipments will be registered in the platform and distributed directly to the needy accordingly.

Looking forward to your blessed donation.
With much gratitude,
The Support Lebanon Education Team