Graduation of 245 women/men trainees from a joint refugee program in Akkar

UNHCR organized yesterday a graduation ceremony for 245 women and men trainees, of whom 75 were Lebanese and 170 Syrians, and who took part in a series of vocational workshops including beauty and hairdressing, crafts and sewing, assistant cooking chefs, ICT, English and French languages, and literacy courses.
Senior Field Coordinator at UNHCR in Akkar, Frédéric Cussigh, indicated in his keynote speech at the ceremony that these workshops were conducted in collaboration with Danish Refugees Council and Ministry of Social Affairs, with EU and Italian government financial support, and aimed at building the capacities of trainees, help them to secure employment, and assist in the social integration of displaced Syrian men and women in the Lebanese local communities. The ceremony was concluded with the distribution of certificates and the launching of a crafts exhibition. Source: Al-Mustaqbal 14 March 2014