Back to the Future Project
Phase 1: December 2016 – June 2019
Phase 2: June 2019 – June 2021
Phase 1: December 2016 – June 2019
Phase 2: June 2019 – June 2021
Hundreds of thousands of refugee children from Syria are waiting in Lebanon and Jordan for peace so that they can return to their homes. Most of them are in a hopeless situation. They live with their families in camps or houses and are especially vulnerable to exploitation, such as child trafficking and child labour. They often can not attend school. The project ‘Back to the Future’ answers the educational needs of these children to become the builders of a brighter future for Syria and the region. More than 450,000 Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and more than 240,000 in Jordan are aged between three and 18 years; 60 per cent of them are out of school. An entire generation is growing up with little reason to nurture hope in a better future. This is why education is crucial for the development of all those affected by the conflict.
Over two years (2019-2021), the project ‘Back to the Future’ aims at providing a protective and nurturing environment for over 16,955 local vulnerable and refugee children, ensuring extracurricular activities for 5,380 children, and referring 350 children at risk and/or with special needs to specialized services. In addition, it will indirectly impact 12,200 students through the upgrading 18 public schools and 4 learning centers across Lebanon. Finally, it will foster community engagement, by addressing 4,245 caregivers on matters such as educational activities and child protection.
The project responds to a number of educational barriers faced by vulnerable children in Lebanon and Jordan:
Locations of our educational activities:
In our ‘Back to the Future’ educational centers we provide (see map):
At governmental schools, we support children enrolled in schools with remedial classes, homework support and foreign language classes (BLN, HWS and FLC). In our own educational centers, we support children enrolled and not yet enrolled in schools with classes (CB-ECE, BLN, FLC and HWS).
Lebanon (last update: June 2019)
Jordan (last update: June 2019)