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Cyberbullying – التنّمر من خلال مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي
Cyberbullying – التنّمر من خلال مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي !تبدو مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي كسيف ذي حدّين ففي حين تلعب دورًا أساسيًا في تسهيل الاتصال بين الأطراف حول العالم، وتفعيل عمل الشركات والنشاطات الاجتماعية والفنية، وجمع وجهات النّظر حول مواضيع انسانية ومجتمعية وسياسية، تشكّل هذه المواقع خطرًا ملحوظًا ينمو يومًا بعد يوم بين أفراد .المجتمع لا سيّما […]
DOT Lebanon and the Youth Leadership Programme
Through a partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), DOT Lebanon participated in the Youth Leadership Programme (YLP), an empowering journey focused on investing in young women and men across the region as they unleash their potential to become leaders and powerful forces for change in their communities. Participants in YLP were supported in establishing […]
Raising Awareness of Breast Cancer in Lebanon
Tamador volunteers as a media committee coordinator within her community. To enhance her marketing skills she decided to participate in DOT Lebanon’s social media marketing course and later, out of curiosity, joined the Mobile Application Development course– facilitated by DOT Lebanon under the GIL Program by UNICEF– unsure of what to expect. Shortly after enrolling […]
Digitizing Classrooms, a partnership with TheirWorld
A challenge in Lebanon is that there is not a common awareness and usage of digital tools among youth, especially in schools. DOT Lebanon is working to change this. In partnership with TheirWorld and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Lebanon, the TeachUp! program was established to fill this digital-academic gap while helping […]
Conquering Disabilities
In the Bekaa area, young Maysaa, a beneficiary with special needs had been recently enrolled in the Social Media Marketing course. Coming from a deaf and mute family; Maysaa had lost her hearing senses since birth and did not have any verbal expression. Nevertheless, after defying challenges and successfully graduating from the Digital & Media […]
Home rental transparency for refugee families
Ahmad and Sami are two brilliant minds working to solve social problems in Lebanon. The two Yemeni students decided to tackle the issues of safety and security for refugees who are renting homes in their community because of their own daily struggle and experiences. Before undergoing digital training sessions, Sami had described himself as a ‘lost […]
NO TO BULLYING: Syrian Refugees create a mobile app to prevent bullying in schools
After fleeing the war in Syria and arriving in Lebanon, four refugee boys had no hope for their academic future. Then, they stumbled upon an opportunity to participate in the Generation of Innovation Leaders (GIL) program by UNICEF in Bourj Hammoud, Beirut. Still uncertain whether or not they would develop any digital skills or achieve […]
DOT Lebanon in 2017
DOT Lebanon friends and partners, 2017 has been a very impactful year for DOT Lebanon! More than 3,000 children, youth, and adults from all genders, nationalities and regions are now empowered with new livelihood, entrepreneurship, and digital skills. In 2017 we worked with over 10 donors and more than 30 implementing partners across Lebanon to bridge the gender digital divide and provide […]