Dearest Friends and Supporters,
We hope all you are spending the holiday season with your loved ones and family members, and you are staying safe.
We come to you with this month’s newsletter to share our latest news.
Our offices were closed for two weeks in November in accordance with the national lock down imposed by the Ministry of Health.
Ongoing Soup Kitchen Project
We share with you below some highlights from our weekly Soup Kitchen. For more pictures and information, you can visit our social media platforms and our website. Thank you to all the cooking team for their relentless commitment and efforts. Thank you Grace Haddad for turning this soup kitchen into a delightful gastronomic journey. We also wish to thank Maya Najjar, Elizabeth Batal, and Vanessa Salameh.
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In the Media
We were very glad when Al Liwaa Newspaper published an article about Ayadina and about all the activities that we have been doing over the past few months.
The main focus of the article is our weekly soup kitchen, and the psychosocial activities that we have been organizing with Himaya Organization.
Here you can find the link to the full article (in Arabic).
PSS Sessions with Himaya
In spite of the two week lock down, we did not wish to halt the weekly sessions with Himaya for the children and the parents. Himaya team members managed to continue the discussions over the phone with all groups, and gave the children some videos to watch at home and some activities to carry out.
Here is a picture of one of the activities carried out by a student at home related to time management during lock down.
Competition Time!
In order to create some fun activities for the parents and the children who are stuck at home, we launched two competitions:
The first competition was for mothers who were invited to write about their daily lives amid the COVID19 pandemic and everything else that came along with it.
It also happened that the 20th of November is the World Children’s Day (UNICEF). Therefore, we decided to create another competition for our young students who were invited to draw and/or write about whatever subject. We instructed our students to focus on happy positive subjects, rather than focusing on any of the grim news we are bombarded with on a daily basis.
The deadline for both competitions is mid-December. We will be sharing news about the winners and prizes in next month’s newsletter!
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