There is a desperate need to support Syrian teenagers, who are wrestling with all the challenges common to teens while living amidst the fallout of conflict and social collapse.
That is the aim of our latest project, Awareness Pioneers, which is due to launch this year. It will be an educational programme for teens aged 13-17 in which we can nurture and deepen their life skills, promote hidden or underused talents, while boosting their confidence, physical abilities, emotional strength, and faith.
Awareness In Action
Our latest programme aimed at supporting teens in Syria is about to take a big step forward with the training of 20 course leaders.
Systemic devastation, displacement, and conflict, have created adolescences defined by extreme challenges and forced maturity in Syria.
Now, with support from Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York, and the Sir Halley Stewart Trust, in September we will train our first batch of course leaders in Latakia.
They will be instructed in all aspects of the course, ready to bring it to life and begin transforming teenage lives that have known mostly hardship.
How it Works
The programme aims to help teenagers rebuild their lives and relationships, and face their personal anxieties and traumas, by engaging with a range of activities.
We will aim to foster their sense of wellbeing, empowering them to find their place in the world while promoting sustainability, and help to rebuild a broken society.
The activities are split into four ‘tracks:’
- Personal
- Social
- Environmental
- Spiritual