DOT Lebanon

Understanding the digital tools to improve teaching methods.

With the spread of the covid-19 pandemic, the shift to online education became an urgent necessity. Digital and Media Literacy became important more than ever before. And that’s what Fatima expressed after improving her level of computer proficiency with DOT Lebanon. Globally, schools have closed their doors and adopted the online learning method. In some countries, devices were distributed to teachers and students to ensure a smooth transition to the new model. However, the case in Lebanon is different. A majority of teachers don’t have the required resources nor the skills to follow this new trend, and they’re trying hard to build ...

Helping marginalized widows generate income while staying at home.

Widowed women are often marginalized and pictured as being dependent on their family-in-law. Although they try hard to reach their financial independence, they always face social and economic challenges. That’s why Mustafa decided to help them generate income while staying at home. This October, and during a Digital and Media Literacy (DML) online training course held in Nahr El Bared in the North area of Lebanon, within the Generation of Innovation Leaders (GIL) program by UNICEF, we met Mustafa, an 18-year old university student who has shown so much motivation and commitment during the sessions. Thanks to the new skills acquired in the DML program, he improved the way he studies and became able to help his classmates create ...

لا تزال فئات عديدة من المجتمع اللبناني تعاني من عدم توفر خدمات طبية تؤّمن لهم المعلومات العامة لإدارة معاملاتهم الصحيّة. لذلك قامت مجموعة من الشباب بتنفيذ تطبيق هاتفي بمثابة حل ينظّم ويساعد المريض على متابعة ملفه الطبي ومواعيده مع الأطباء والمراكز الصحيّة الأقرب إليه. في الواقع، الوصول الى دليل شامل للمعلومات في القطاع الطبّي غير متاح للكثير من الفئات المجتمعية في لبنان، لا سيما المهمّشة منها. فيصعب عليهم إيجاد أطبّاء كفوئين للحصول على معاينات أو إستشارات صحيّة، كما أنهم يعجزون في بعض الأحيان عن العثور على مركز طبّي قريب  يقصدونه في ...