From the Editor, Azita Berenjian, MBA
I am delighted to introduce this first edition of the HPRT Newsletter. We intend to publish this Newsletter every quarter to disseminate new developments and to promote better awareness of scientific and field work of HPRT and its associates.
With more than twenty years of experience in marketing and communication in the asset management industry, I have come to learn the importance of communication in bringing diverse groups together to achieve a common goal. The needs of refugees experiencing trauma are very similar regardless of geographical location, ethnic, and religious background. A large component of relief programs is to learn from experiences of other groups and promote conversation amongst various communities to help create a more supportive and embracing world. At HPRT, we want to advocate for refugees in trauma, by getting the word out as widely as possible.
Many thanks to Mr. Rabih Shibli, the Director of the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service at the American University of Beirut (AUB) for sharing with us his team's work on bringing education opportunities to children refugees. In this video, Mr. Shibli talks about his innovative program of building portable schools for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon.
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