These excursions are part of the ACCESS-MENA project's activities.

The purpose of these trips are to motivate the children and take them to places that are cultural/touristic, educational, new and where they can have fun and develop their psycho-social status.

The beneficiaries are all the children enrolled in the AVT, Literacy and Remedial classes part of the ACCESS program. Between 150 and 250 participate in each trip.

The places chosen for the children to visit are the Jeita Cave, the Jbeil Citadel and wax museum, Faraya (snow time), Beit el Din and Moussa castle, the cedars forest and the zoo. All the trips included lunch in different fast food restaurants, and the children ended their day in a Luna Park.

As per the end of May, more than 1000 children had had the chance to attend a trip.

From 29 March to 29 May, the following 12 trips had taken place:

29 March: Accelerated Vocational Training Center (South).
5 April: Ahlouna (South)
22 April: Accelerated Vocational Training and Literacy classes (Beirut)
22 April: School for working children (Bab El Tebbaneh)
28 April: Student support Association (Hasbaya, South)
29 April: Women’s advanced association (Mallouli and Kobbi), Sonnah Al Hayat (Wadi Jamous), Tall Mehyan (Akkar), Al Riyadi (Tripoli).
29 April: Ard Al Toufoula (South)
3 May: Working women and Al Ikhlas Al Ijtimaii (Bab El Tebbaneh)
5 May: Remedial classes (Beirut)
11 May: Wadi Khaled associations (North, total 6 associations)
13 May: Al Feker wal Hayat (Menyeh) and Korni (Akkar)
29 May: Al Rahma Center (Saida, South)

More trips will be taking place regularly.

Moussa Castle

Moussa Castle

Deir El Kamar

Faraya

Jeita grotto

Jeita grotto

Luna Park

Luna Park

Fast food restaurant

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