On the occasion of World Children's Day, the students of the University of Sciences and Arts in Lebanon, which belongs to the “Al-Mabarrat Charitable Association”, carried out a charitable initiative at Al-Rawda High School - airport road, consisting of preparing home-made foods, pastries, sweets and confectionery, which were sold to the high school's students at symbolic prices, with the proceeds going to children suffering from cancer.
870 students from the high school and the university took part in the initiative, which was accompanied by an awareness campaign about this illness, the extent of its spread among children and what it requires of the parents in perseverance, patience and tireless support.
The school's principal Mohammad Chalhoub praised “the activity of the university's students and the interaction of the high school's students”, thanking “everyone who contributed to making this humanitarian and social action a success”, and encouraging the students to “press on in carrying out more of these charitable initiatives, which can create an atmosphere of social solidarity and affirm the effectiveness of charitable work”.
For her part, the official in charge of the university students' campaign Ghada Haidar held that “this activity is an affirmation by the university and high school students of their involvement in public affairs and their carrying of the community cause, as well as of their passion for the love of giving and their hastening with confident steps towards good works - which deepens charitable work in our society and spreads the values of mercy, love and giving among its members”.
