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Innovation made visible to everyone!
Despite living in a world where the ease of access to technology and innovation is steadily increasing, there are still a large number of crippling obstacles. Luckily, there are #DOTYouth who are daring innovators in their communities, working to implement digital practices and initiatives for better inclusion of sightless patients in society! An estimated […]
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 […]