NASMA Learning and Resource Centre is dedicated to provide equal educational opportunities to socio-economically underprivileged children, mainly students coming from public schools or free private schools in Beirut. Our aim is to improve these kids’ self-esteem, self efficacy and their academic, creative and social skills. This purpose is served by developing and implementing a series of ongoing workshops and activities directed by qualified and committed educators supported by numerous volunteers, in a safe and rich educating environment.

Nasma: Learning and Resource Center has been running since April 2006, offering to children from low income families access to a library, multimedia facilities and a computer lab.

A large number of children in Beirut do not have access to a learning environment that is motivating or educational or enriching.

These children come from low income families and attend overpopulated, ill-equipped public and private free schools. This prevents them from being on equal footing with children from families with higher incomes attending well-equipped, private schools.

Hence, these children are deprived of equal educational opportunities to develop their mental and social abilities.

Mission
+ To provide public school students in the Ras Beirut area with free access to a variety of educational resources that are unavailable or inaccessible to low income households
+ To organize various activities in order to develop their technical, research, reading and other useful skills.