Social is a work done by trained people with the goal of alleviating the situations of these humans in a community suffering from social deprivation, it’s far a profession concerned with supporting people, families, groups, and communities to enhance their individual and collective well-being. It aims to assist people to increase their skills and their ability to use their personal resources and those of the community to solve problems. one of the essential social work voluntary organization that is making a huge impact on the society in Lebanon is the Lebanese red cross that plays a very important role in helping people that are in need.
The Lebanese red cross gathers lots of volunteers qualified to offer services for the most vulnerable and needy people of the Lebanese society. it is considered the largest national humanitarian organization. The Lebanese red cross has developed its work and activities to meet national needs for more than 70 years (since 1945). today, the activities include: Dissemination of the International Humanitarian law (IHL), youth summer clubs, annual child festival, remedial courses, environmental activities, training the youth to non-violence, prisons and juvenile center programs, rest houses visits, celebration of the International Volunteers Day, income generating activities (fund-raising campaigns, seasonal cards, car wash, paper manufacturing…) and recruitment of volunteers. a group of trained specialists supervises the implementation of these activities.
are responsible for training the youth (between ages five to twelve) on correct health and environmental behavior, following a healthy diet and prevention against domestic accidents by using the “from children to parents method”. This activity is considered an opportunity to recruit new volunteers. All that is achieved through activities, games, and songs stressing the importance of cooperation, respect, patriotism, children’s rights, self-expression, abiding by the rules, public and personal hygiene, and respect for the capacities of others. The volunteers of the Society organize various awareness programs, including those on the environment. They aim to introduce the Lebanese community to the various environmental components and its effect on our daily life. They seek, in collaboration with interested municipalities and associations, to spread right environmental behavior, mainly among the youth, through organizing workshops, seminars, national and local campaigns, warning of the environmental risks in the area and the world, such as climate change and water issues. The LRC also cares for raising awareness in society, mainly among the youth, about AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases.
It prepares trainees and consultants to transfer awareness and education through same aged people and organizing national campaigns, seminars, workshops, flyers and other direct and indirect means. Aiming to decrease the number of pedestrian and car accidents victims, especially among the youth, the volunteers organize various campaigns in colleges and universities, in particular, and the local community, in general. through the use of audio and visual devices, the volunteers focus on the dissemination of traffic safety and sense of responsibility, warning of the risk of violating traffic laws. in addition, the LRC organizes and participates in the national health campaigns aimed at raising awareness on avoiding diseases, epidemics, and viruses, in order to build a good and healthy community.
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