Nuha Foundation

NUHA is an English charitable organisation (NGO) focusing on education and development. Its mission is to foster effective learning communities, by supporting existing structures. NUHA raises awareness about issues of education and development, reveals bridges around these issues, helps people improve their communication skills and supports local organisations committed to education. Our track record includes:_ 2008-2010: making several hundreds of books available in Salamieh, Syria;_ 2010: successfully designing and running four English Conversation courses for university students, civil society professionals and English language teachers, thus benefitting over forty individuals in Salamieh, Syria. This was done in conjunction with the UNDP-sponsored Telecentre and with the British Council;_ 2011: successfully designing and running a 6-month project between ten high school students in Salamieh, Syria and ten high school students in Edmonton, Canada. This was done in conjunction with the Canadian non-profit Learning Beyond Borders, with the financial support of the PYAR Foundation; and _ 2011-2013: successfully designing and running three editions of an international writing competition. In 2013, we published 63 articles by authors in 18 different countries, and our website received close to unique visitors viewing some pages._ 2013-2014: publishing resource pages on education for 20 countries and a quick reference sheet on MOOCs.