Education

Faithful to their vision, the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre continues to serve displaced children with disabilities and their caregivers in Gaza Despite all challenges, including damage to the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre’s new rehabilitation unit at Ahli Arab Hospital, the JPBC team remains unwavering in their...

In Beirut, Lebanon, the children of St. Luke’s enjoy an annual Christmas Celebration & Parade LOVE IN EVERY CORNER OF THE DIOCESEBeirut, Lebanon – St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Center (SLRC) is a boarding, day school, and rehabilitation center serving students with a wide range of cognitive...

In May 2023, Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) graduated its third class of 36 women from the Sisterhood Academy, a six-month culinary arts and small-business training program for Palestinian women. We are excited to share the inspiring journey of Suha Hussein Awad, a...

Meet Farah. Since the age of six months, Farah has been attending the Jerusalem Princess Basma Center, where she has flourished under their care. Now at the age of five, she shows confidence and displays impressive skills such as walking and running, and she fills...

The Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center in Ramallah: Not just for young people any more In 2000 Giovanni Anbar recognized the need for vocational training opportunities for Palestinian secondary students who were not succeeding in the traditional academic track. Under the auspices of the...

Thanks to Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) volunteer extraordinaire Jo Bronson of Portland, Oregon, for sharing a story and photo from this year’s high school cooking competition. Jo spends several months each year in Ramallah at ETVTC tutoring, supporting, and nurturing vocational students as well...

Almost every class of the adult culinary arts diploma program offered at the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) in Ramallah includes a few women. Some are housewives who want to supplement family income by starting a home cooking or baking business. Others, like...

“We always have our doors open to any member of the faculty who wants to take our students to new places.” — Archdeacon Samuel Barhoum, director of Christ Episcopal School When five physics students at Christ Episcopal School in Nazareth are the first students in the...

A $550,000 federal grant will add an elevator and renovate a rooftop playground, giving all children access to science classrooms, the school library and the new play area  AFEDJ has been awarded a grant from USAID’s American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) to fund an...

Leaders at Saviour’s Episcopal School in Zarqa, Jordan, and the Arab Episcopal School (AES) in Irbid, Jordan, are seeing the economic impact of the pandemic on Jordanian families. With many parents unemployed since March of 2020, families have been forced to send their children to overcrowded, low-performing public...