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News >Laptop Distribution Event
Jun 04,2021
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The Access program is sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, and so are these laptops. We are endlessly grateful for their generosity and support. We would also like to thank the Higher Rescue Commission, and specifically Major General Mohammad Kheir, for facilitating the customs clearance of the laptops so efficiently as to make them available to our students on time for the start of the program.
The ceremony opened with a word of welcome from Moulouk Mehrez, principal of the Zaba Zreik public high school, followed by remarks from Dr. Khaled Al-Fayed, director of high-school education at the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE); Miss Manar Hammoud, Access program coordinator at Teach For Lebanon (TFL); Salyne El Samarani, TFL’s CEO; and Major General Kheir, who also distributed laptops to each of the Access students in attendance. Finally the students were invited to come forth with words of their own. They introduced themselves and their families, and spoke of their life dreams. The anticipation, joy, and optimism they expressed moved the whole audience, and we hope echoes the feelings of the 480 Access students who were not in attendance.