The founders of Souriyat Across Borders were all mothers working hard to offer the best for their own children’s futures. They wanted all Syrian children to have the same opportunities.

We run Tawjihi courses, which are lessons in the subjects offered in the Jordanian school system, aimed at those approaching school leaving age, using Jordanian teachers. In 2016, approximately 500 students attended our Tawjihi programme. We regularly sponsor students, who excel in the Tawjihi, on to University. This year we have enrolled over 200 more students, and wish them good luck!

We are proud to say that we have been a partner of the British Council October 2015 in delivering the EU-funded LASER programme in Amman. Even though the British Council partners a few organisations to deliver the LASER programme, out of all those organisations, we deliver the programme to the greatest number of students and offer the greatest number of classes. More than 600 students (approximately 30 classes) have learned English and academic skills in British Council classes held at our education centre in Amman.

About 30% of our students on the LASER programme go on to take the IELTS exams, and the remainder take the Aptis exam. Around 50 of our students have also entered EU-funded online Bachelor’s degrees as part of the LASER programme.

We also run independent language classes, including French, German and English, which are delivered by native speakers who travel from all over the world to come and volunteer to teach for us. These volunteers work tirelessly with our students to bring them to a level where they can take exams, such as TOEFL. It is our cooperation with these volunteers and the Bookrah Project that set the foundation that the success of our education centre was built on. 50 of our TOEFL students have received sponsorships and are now in higher education in universities across the world, including Canada.

Aligned with the Disability Equality Programme, we also occupational skills courses for our patients. The students may be given lessons in career-relevant skills or are enrolled in apprenticeship programmes which end in secured employment. This includes training as graphic designers and mobile technicians.

We also provide a range of computer skills courses, such as ICDL, web programming, AutoCAD and Adobe Photoshop.