Alsama Project
@alsama_project
Southampton, Englandhttps://alsamaproject.com/ Non-profit Organization ManagementOverview
About Alsama Project
Alsama was founded in 2020, as a response to the needs of 40 teenagers in Lebanon who were determined to escape child marriage or forced labour. They longed for an education in a place where no schools were open to them. The co-founders – from Syria, Britain and Germany – came together to open their first education centre in a refugee camp in Beirut, and Alsama was born.
In just four years, one centre became four, serving 880 young refugees. 90 percent of Alsama’s students, aged 12-18, arrive illiterate and innumerate. In under six months, that figure drops to zero. From Arabic to Art, English to Employability Skills, Maths to Competitive Sports, our students study a holistic curriculum that they themselves co-created.
Today, that curriculum has won international awards, and Alsama has become a disruptor in refugee education, with a transformative model that takes students from illiteracy to university readiness in just six years.
In just four years, one centre became four, serving 880 young refugees. 90 percent of Alsama’s students, aged 12-18, arrive illiterate and innumerate. In under six months, that figure drops to zero. From Arabic to Art, English to Employability Skills, Maths to Competitive Sports, our students study a holistic curriculum that they themselves co-created.
Today, that curriculum has won international awards, and Alsama has become a disruptor in refugee education, with a transformative model that takes students from illiteracy to university readiness in just six years.