Vocational Education Stream

Hassan Salem, SE Factory Lebanon

Hassan Salem

SE Factory Lebanon

“I was the first cohort with SE Factory in 2019. It was an intensive course of 9-hour day, 5 days a week. I still had to work part-time, but I made it work. As hard as programming may be, learning the programming itself was the easier part. However, what I learnt is recruiters were no only looking for technical skills, but also skills needed in in the real world. How effective you are as part of a team, can you manage your time, communicate well with people, etc. We learnt what is required now in the programming industry”.

It broadened my mind, I learnt you do not need to start something from scratch when you can learn from others. I learnt to build on something that is already tested, in other words not to reinvent the wheel. It changed my mindset and how to view myself differently. I respect and listen to criticisms and different perspectives, I am not afraid of my weaknesses, on the contrary, I use it as an opportunity to learn and to continuously work on myself to improve. The Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund provided me more than an opportunity to learn, it provided me with an opportunity to grow and today I am proudly known as a Programmer. Hassan currently works in an HR Software Company in Germany. It was his first interview and he got accepted. “I never imagined I would be here. I am exposed to great experiences and technologies; I make sure not to keep this learning to myself. I share it with all my peers, so they can learn and benefit from it.

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Ahmad Mahmoud SE Factory, Lebanon

Ahmad Mahmoud

SE Factory, Lebanon

“It was almost near impossible to find a job after I graduated with a Computer and Communications Engineering degree through a scholarship. My sister who is my biggest inspiration, encouraged me to learn programming. I joined SE Factory a couple of months after my graduation. It was the best decision I made. I learnt how to code and to be a mature developer. But most importantly I learnt how to learn. We continued our learning during the pandemic, I learnt how to keep persevering and never give up, especially when it comes to education. I graduated in May 2020 and I received 8 job offers, which was overwhelming. I currently work remotely with a Software Company in France”.

I am grateful to the Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund for this amazing opportunity, I would love to see it grow in the region. Employment challenges is not only in Lebanon, itis a challenge for Arab youth across the region. This program is not about teaching a subject, they work on the whole person, I value the Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund and SE Factory that taught me how to take responsibility, not only for our own sake, but for my community. Every problem has a solution, take it a step at a time.

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FLY Program – ULYP

About ULYP

Unite Lebanon Youth Project (ULYP) was founded in 2010 with the mission to empower marginalized children, youth and women living in Lebanon today with the skills and knowledge they need to become active agents of change for a better tomorrow.

FLY Program – ULYP

Program Description

For the Livelihood of Youth (FLY) program is a one-and-a-half-year project to upskill around 150 disadvantage Lebanese and refugees’ youth who are unemployed or underemployed by engaging them in online bootcamps and obtaining certificates (AI, Automation, Web analytics, Cyber Security…etc) along with providing them with job opportunities for job applicants in digital economy.

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Digital Skills Building and Employability Program – DOT Lebanon

About DOT Lebanon

DOT Lebanon, established in Lebanon since 2010 empowers and equips youth, women, and people with special needs in marginalized communities, with the digital tools and life skills to help them create a better future for themselves while making a positive impact in their communities.

Digital Skills Building and Employability Program – DOT Lebanon

Program Description

Through the Digital Skills Building and Employability project, DOT Lebanon is aiming towards fostering the social and economic well-being of girls and boys, women, and men. This project will impact 640 of its’ beneficiaries to receive advanced and market tailored courses to strengthen skills and opportunities to access income-generating opportunities.

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Career Readiness and Support Program – DOT Jordan

About DOT Jordan

DOT Jordan was established in 2016 as a youth-led movement of daring social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their own communities.

DOT Jordan supports youth to become innovators and leaders, and to create and apply digital solutions that have a positive impact in their communities.

Career Readiness and Support Program - DOT Jordan

Program Description

Career Readiness and Support is a one-year program targeting 600 vulnerable refugees and youth in Jordan who are above 18 and do not have the qualifications to enrol in university to provide them with courses in high market demand in the digital economy leading to employment. The program also includes coaching, mentorship and employment (remote / freelance).

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Technical Training and Professional Integration – Borderless

About Borderless

Borderless is an independent Lebanese non-profit-organization with a mission to create life changing impact on the lives of vulnerable families. The NGO emerged out of existing needs within the local Lebanese communities with a central aim to serve the people. We strive to address the structural barriers to overcoming hardships in disadvantaged and at-risk communities, such as patterns of discrimination and exclusion; lack of access to essential public services; conflict and social disorder; and major public health threats.

Technical Training and Professional Integration - Borderless

Program Description

The Technical Training and Professional Integration Project is a one-year project to upskill more than 140 refugees and underprivileged Lebanese youths and adults (ages 15 – 30 years) in the Ouzai and Karantina communities in Beirut to get accredited vocational courses such as coding, cell phone repair, digital photography… etc, as to have the requirements to integrate in the job market.

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Education to Employment – NISCVT

About Beit Atfal Assumoud

The National Institution of Social Care and Vocational Training (NISCVT), also known as Beit Atfal Assumoud, is a non-governmental organization mainly working with the Palestinian community in Lebanon. The services offered by NISCVT address the needs of families through various gender-balanced projects empowering the potential and skills of children, youth and their parents or guardians. Their programs take place in ten centres, critically located inside the camps.

Program Description

The program offers more than 190 Palestinian and Syrian refugee youth with market driven vocational courses that lead to employment. The centers are in the Palestinian refugee camps. The accredited courses offered are in market demand and provide youth with an improved livelihood opportunity. Courses include video editing, Solar Energy for lighting, installation and maintenance of solar water heaters, water filtration systems, aluminum works, computer and English language, barbering, mobile maintenance, and photography.

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Connected Learning – UNHCR

About UNHCR UN Agency for Refugees 

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

Program Description 

This program aims to improve access to education in two ways. First, by facilitating access to higher education opportunities for refugee students and vulnerable Jordanians in both camp and urban settings in Jordan, with a focus on connected learning opportunities that come with recognized certification. In addition to online learning, training courses will also help provide a livelihood opportunity for qualified refugees who will become course facilitators. 300 Students engage in a blended English program implemented and accredited by Arizona State University. Second, 100 students will be exposed to market driven vocational courses that result with positive livelihood outcomes.

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Coding for Refugee Youth – Alfanar

About Alfanar

Alfanar, the region’s first venture philanthropy organisation, grew its social investments in Lebanon to support the education and employability of both vulnerable refugee and host community members. In this program, Alfanar works with two of its investees and provides them with support, and real-time monitoring support to enable them to scale their impact and enhance productivity.

Program Description  

SE Factory created a dedicated program for refugees/displaced youth after noticing the high interest among them towards SE’s coding bootcamp. With research and analysis, the program is designed to cater and meet the needs and necessities of refugees seeking to learn tech skills that would enhance their career prospects. Youth enroll in a catered Foundations of Computer Science Course that teaches them coding in Python using foundational concepts via an immensely personalized approach. Afterwards, eligible youth will be selected to join the Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp to further develop their skills and be able to kick start their career. This program aims to support more than 160 marginalized refugees in Lebanon.

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DoIT Program – DOT Lebanon

About DOT Lebanon

DOT Lebanon, established in Lebanon since 2010 empowers and equips youth, women, and people with special needs in marginalized communities, with the digital tools and life skills to help them create a better future for themselves while making a positive impact in their communities.

Program Description

Digital Opportunities Through Integrated Training (DoIT) program seeks to equip over 4,400 youth with a pathway to improved livelihoods in the digital workspace through access to recognized courses and education, and through fostering income generating opportunities to vulnerable refugee and host communities including people with special needs living in North Lebanon, South, Bekaa, Beirut and Mount Lebanon.

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