Heritage Volunteer Program

Session 1: June 25 – July 16, 2012

   ***CANCELLED***

Due to recent security problems in Tripoli, we have decided to cancel our program for summer 2012. We will hopefully offer a new program for 2013. In the meantime, if you are interested in possibly participating in such a program in the future, be sure to sign up for our blog for future updates.

Immerse yourself in Lebanese culture!

Experience Lebanon and its unique regions through volunteering, cultural and historical tours, and presentations from academic and local resources.

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Experiences

Touring

Experience cultural and heritage sites throughout Lebanon like Baalbek, Anjar, Byblos, and Beiteddine Palace, and see many of Lebanon's natural treasures like the cedars, Jeita caves, and the Lebanese Mountain Trail. Take a walking tour of Beirut, a moonlight hike from our base camp in Taanayel. All this and much, much more!!!

Learning

Learning will be integrated throughout the program. Participants will learn about Lebanese culture, religious diversity, civil society, and migration history. They will learn some basics of speaking, reading and writing Arabic. And they will learn how to dance the dabke, sing the national anthem, and make mana'ish on a saj.

Volunteering

Volunteering is an important part of our program - a chance for you to work hand in hand with others in the program as well as local Lebanese while you make a positive difference in the country. Be sure to let us know your special talents and abilities so that we can incorporate them into our volunteer opportunities.

Inspiration

Do your little bit of good where you are. It’s those bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

– Desmond Tutu

A candle loses none of its light by lighting another.

– Gibran Khalil Gibran

Tell me and I’ll forget. Show me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I’ll understand.

– Chinese Proverb

A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.

– Oliver Wendall Holmes

Be the change you want to see in the world.

– Mahatma Gandhi

Imagine what a harmonious world it could be if every single person, both young and old, shared a little of what he is good at doing.

– Quincy Jones

Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

– Mark Twain

A person’s true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.

– Muhammad

Life is like a ten-speed bike. Most of us have gears we never use.

– Charles Schultz

Four things come not back – the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity.

– Arabic Proverb