Inter-Agency Q&A on Humanitarian Assistance and Services in Lebanon
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INQAL- EDUCATION - INTER AGENCY Q&A ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES IN LEBANON INTER-AGENCY Q&A ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES IN LEBANON (INQAL) Disclaimers: The INQAL is to be utilized mainly as a mass information guide to address questions from persons of concern to humanitarian agencies in Lebanon The INQAL is to be used by all humanitarian workers in Lebanon The INQAL is also to be used for all available humanitarian hotlines in Lebanon The INQAL is a public document currently available in the Inter-Agency Information Sharing web portal page for Lebanon: http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=122 The INQAL should not be handed out to refugees If you and your organisation wish to publish the INQAL in any website, please notify the UNHCR Information Management and Mass Information Units in Lebanon: [email protected] and [email protected] Updated in October 2014 INQAL- EDUCATION - INTER AGENCY Q&A ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES IN LEBANON INTER-AGENCY Q&A ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES IN LEBANON (INQAL) EDUCATION ................................................................................................................................................... 3 FOOD ........................................................................................................................................................... 27 FOOD AND ELIGIBILITY ................................................................................................................................. 66 HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ...................................................................................................................................... 76 PROTECTION ................................................................................................................................................ 84 PUBLIC HEALTH .......................................................................................................................................... 119 SEXUAL AND GENDER BASED VIOLENCE (SGBV) .......................................................................................... 143 SHELTER .................................................................................................................................................... 152 SOCIAL COHESION AND LIVELIHOOD .......................................................................................................... 165 WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE (WASH) ............................................................................................... 171 ANNEX 1 – HUMANITARIAN HOTLINES IN LEBANON ................................................................................... 185 INQAL- EDUCATION - INTER AGENCY Q&A ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES IN LEBANON E D EDUCATION U C Table of Contents A T Q1: Why is education important for my children? ..................................................................................................... 6 I O Q2: How do I enrol my child in a public school? When does school start in Lebanon? When does it end? ............. 6 N Q3: How do I cover the school fees? .......................................................................................................................... 6 Q4: My child is 3-18 years old and is not in school. What are the available options for education in Lebanon? ..... 7 Q5: What will be required to register my children in a public school? ...................................................................... 7 Q6: What documents do I need to give to an education organisation for assistance in enroling my child in education programmes outside school? .................................................................................................................... 7 Q7: I just came from Syria and I need to get information on schools around my house to register my children, where should I go? ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 Q8: I arrived after the enrolment period for public school. Is it too late to enrol my children in school? ................ 8 Q9: When and where will the registration for 2014-2015 school year start? ........................................................... 8 Q10: My children were in public school last year. Will they be enroled this year? ................................................... 9 Q12: Do you think next year there will be more places in school for our children? ................................................ 10 Q13: Will our children automatically have a place in public school after completion of accelerated learning programmes? ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Q14: Will our children be prepared to attend formal education next year after completion of an accelerated learning programme? ............................................................................................................................................... 10 Q15: Is there any programme for our children aged 3 to 5, because they can’t enrol in 2nd shift school? ............. 11 Q16: My children passed the entrance test, but the director did not enrol my child in the school. What should I do? Whom shall I talk with? ..................................................................................................................................... 11 Q17: When is the entrance test done for the new scholastic year? ........................................................................ 11 Q18: Do you support children who are currently participating with other humanitarian organisations? .............. 12 Q19: Do you provide financial aid for families for education programmes? ........................................................... 12 Q20: Will transport be provided for education services? ........................................................................................ 12 Q21: Do schools or other education programmes teach the Syrian curriculum? .................................................... 13 Q22: Are schools taught in foreign language? ......................................................................................................... 13 Q23: Are Lebanese schools different from schools in Syria? ................................................................................... 13 3 INQAL- EDUCATION - INTER AGENCY Q&A ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES IN LEBANON E D Q24: My child has been out of school for more than one year. Can he/she go back to school? ............................ 14 U Q25: My child is working to help support the family. Can he/she go back to school? Or can they attend part time, C so they can also continue to work? .......................................................................................................................... 14 A Q26: I know of a child that is not going to school and I want to help. How can I do that? ..................................... 14 T Q27: What kind of support and services are there for children with special education needs (physically or I intellectually disabled)? ............................................................................................................................................ 15 O N Q28: My child was enroled in school and after some months, he/she dropped out (or the school no longer let them attend), what shall I do? ................................................................................................................................. 15 Q29: My child faces problems at school. Whom can I talk to? ................................................................................ 15 Q30: My child is struggling to keep up with the learning levels in formal school. How can I help him/her? .......... 16 Q31: Can you offer help to illiterate parents?.......................................................................................................... 16 Q32: Do you provide children with food during education programmes? .............................................................. 16 Q33: What will my children do once they complete their (non-formal) education programme? ........................... 17 Q34: Are you going to cover my children tuition fees as well next year? ................................................................ 17 Q35: Will our children get a formal/recognized diploma from accelerated learning programmes? ...................... 17 Q37: I/my child passed the brevet exams. What do I/my child do now? ............................................................... 18 Q38: Will our children be provided with certificates after they complete a non-formal education programme (Not public school)? .......................................................................................................................................................... 18 Q39: If my child passed the official exams, when and from where can he/she get the official certificate? ........... 19 Q40: Why in some cases are children not receiving the official certificates? .......................................................... 19 Q41: My child is enroled in a Syrian School in Lebanon. Can they get a valid certificate? ...................................... 19 Q42: Where and what do I need to submit to get my child’s previous schooling officially recognized in Lebanon? .................................................................................................................................................................................