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.