Child in Nahr el-Bared. 
Photo: Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beirut.Child in Nahr el-Bared. Photo: Royal Norwegian Embassy in Beirut
News and events // Last updated: 02/12/2010 //

Norway has decided to make an extraordinary contribution to the refugees of Nahr el-Bared. The money - approximately USD 850,000 - is to be used to meet a shortfall in the budget for humanitarian purposes. Read the Arabic and English press releases here.

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Photo: © Zakira. Photo taken by Huda Al-Ali, 14 years old .
News and events // Last updated: 29/10/2010 //

After Lahza, a project supported by the Norwegian Embassy and executed by ZAKIRA, provides Palestinian and Lebanese youths, aged between 14 and 18, with advanced photography skills.

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Photo: Eivind Thomassen.
News and events // Last updated: 18/02/2010 //

Refugees of the Nahr Al Bared camp can finally see with their own eyes their houses being rebuilt. After more than two years of planning, clearing and backfilling the area, reconstruction is now underway.

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The Ambassador in the middle of the graduates at the ceremony for the class of 2008/2009. 
Photo: Maria Christophersen.
News and events // 20/11/2009 //

On the 19th of November 2009, Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) organized a ceremony for the 139 students graduating from the joint vocational training program class of 2008/2009.

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The opening day of the workshop held in Burj Al Shamali Palestinian camp in Tyre. 
Photo: Layal Neaimeh.
News and events // 27/07/2009 //

Twenty-two women gathered for a three day workshop organized by the National Institute for social welfare and vocational rehabilitation (Bet Atfal Al Soumoud) supported by and in close collaboration with Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA). The Embassy was invited to participate in the opening day of the workshop held in Burj Al Shamali Palestinian camp in Tyre with participants recruited from the cam...

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From the micro finance center in Rashidiyeh. 
Photo: Eivind Thomassen.
News and events // Last updated: 26/03/2010 //

Together with UNICEF, Norway helps the community help itself in the Rashidiye refugee camp.

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News and events // Last updated: 18/01/2010 //

The ambassador visits important women-help-women project in the Nahr Al-Bared camp.

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The group out in the Cedars. 
Photo: Maria Christophersen.
News and events // 20/08/2009 //

The Sustainable Democracy Centre (SDC) aims high – to promote and support child participation in public policy making through focusing on citizenship, advocacy and peace at summer schools for youth who can bring their newly obtained knowledge and skills as well as their own thoughts and ideas back to their own communities after the summer school is over.

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The teachers and trainers at the National Orthodox School, Akkar. 
Photo: Maria Christophersen.
News and events // 24/07/2009 //

Search for Common Ground (SFCG), a NGO founded in 1982, have taken a step back from their educational program where they teach students listening and problem-solving skills and are now training teachers. The project entitled "Transforming Conflict in Lebanon: A Societal Approach to Negotiation and Reconciliation" gives teachers the opportunity to partake in theoretical discussions and practical...

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