Draft:Alsama Project

  • Comment: Sources are mostly primary. 5 and 6 might be usable but seem to be passing mention. Would like more evidence of specific mentions of the program. Do not resubmit without changes. Fermiboson (talk) 23:35, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Alsama Project
Founded2020
FoundersMeike Ziervogel, Kadria Hussein, Richard Verity, Mohammad Khier
TypeNon-profit organisation
FocusEducation and sport for displaced youth
HeadquartersBeirut, Lebanon

Alsama Project is a non-profit organisation established in 2020 that provides accelerated secondary education and sport programmes for displaced and refugee youth in Lebanon. It operates primarily in the Shatila and Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camps in Beirut.

History

Alsama Project was founded in 2020 to provide structured education opportunities for adolescents who had previously been out of formal schooling due to conflict and displacement.

The organisation has been reported on by international media outlets including Al Jazeera, The Independent, The Guardian, ESPNcricinfo, Prospect, and Positive News in coverage relating to education and sport initiatives in Lebanese refugee camps.[1][2][3]

Education programme

The organisation delivers an accelerated secondary education curriculum for displaced youth. Reporting in The New Arab and The Big Issue has highlighted the organisation’s role in supporting out-of-school adolescents in Lebanon.[4][5]

Sport programme

Alsama Project operates a cricket programme in Beirut refugee camps. The initiative has been described in coverage by Prospect and Positive News as part of broader reporting on sport initiatives supporting displaced communities.[6][7]

Alsama Project is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom and operates programmes in Lebanon.

  1. ^ "Cricket: Unlikely sport helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Cricket in Shatila refugee camp". The Independent. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  3. ^ "They fled war in Syria and found cricket in Lebanon". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  4. ^ "How Syrian children are being shut out of Lebanon's classrooms". The New Arab. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Alsama Project: refugees and education". The Big Issue. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  6. ^ "How cricket is changing children's lives in Lebanon". Prospect. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Refugee camp cricket initiative". Positive News. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

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