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“There is a common spirit in all of us; a desire to volunteer
that pushes us forward. We owe this spirit to IC” Dima
Khouri ’95.
Volunteering has many intangible benefits for our students;
aside from character building, it provides them with the
ability to give back to their society, break down barriers of
misunderstanding and fear, explore personal issues, and
even have fun.
That is why this year
community service has
become a graduation
requirement for our sec-
ondary students.
A list of 14 Non-
Governmental
Organizations (NGOs)
working in a variety of
different fields was com-
piled and presented to
students so that they
could choose an organi-
zation to volunteer with. Students of 6th and 1ère are
required to volunteer for a minimum of 30 hours; for 7th
and Terminal the requirement is for 25 after-school hours.
Students in these classes are offered a chance to volunteer
with one of the following NGOs: Offre Joie, Oum El Nour,
Palestinian Association for Social and Cultural work,
Paradis D’enfants, St Jude Children’s Cancer Center, Youth
Association for Social Awareness (YASA), Youth Association
for the Blind (YAB), Al Ra3i Al Saleh, ASSABIL association,
Association for Volunteer Seervices (AVS), Dar Al Amal,
Green Line association, Mar Mansour, and Mouvement
Social. Over the years, students have participated in diverse
projects and activities depending on their skills and inter-
ests, and activities ranged from environmental protection
awareness, to tutoring at Palestinian Camps and other insti-
tutions, to mural painting and human rights promotion.
Thanks are due for the efforts of our community service
team: Mrs. Samra Zein El-Abidine, and Ms. Wadiha Khoury,
Mrs. Feryal Irani, Mrs. Patricia Hamra, and Mrs. Rindala
Abdel Baki, who facilitate communication with different
community service groups, assign themes for each
class, provide guidance throughout the planning
stage, supervise the activities, follow up with the
NGOs, monitor the progress of students, and help
solve conflicts and disagreement, whether from the
side of the students or from the host NGOs.
“Through the community service program this
year, we have seen IC students grow to become
responsible towards others and their communi-
ty, sensitive towards the specific disabilities or
backgrounds of others, and creative in finding
ways to communicate with youth that they
would rarely interact with outside this program.”
Mrs. Rindala Abdel Baki.
Students collected goods to offer juveniles in Lebanese prisons.
Assisting the blind, and deaf youth with homework.
IC students designed and created original and educational board games
for orphans and disabled children and organized a game day
to play with them
IC students enthusiastically tutoring orphans in diffrent school subjects.
Community Service at IC