Jusoor (Arabic for 'bridges') is an international NGO launched around 2011 by the Syrian diaspora. It builds a bridge of learning for Syrian children cut off from education by the civil war—in Lebanon, 30% of school-age Syrian refugee children have never attended school. At learning centers in Beirut and the Bekaa Valley, it provides basic education and psychosocial support to Syrian children (and vulnerable Lebanese children), bridging them into formal Lebanese schools where possible (Brevet Bridging the Gap, etc.). It also runs scholarships sending talented Syrian youth to international universities (over 700, its flagship '100 Syrian Women, 10,000 Syrian Lives') and supports youth entrepreneurship. It has educated 3,412 children and 490 university students in Lebanese schools, employed 75 refugees as teachers, now reaches about 2,000 people a year (75% refugees, 51% girls), and its total network exceeds 130,000. It is run by refugees themselves, with international leadership backing the funding.
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Jusoor: A bridge of learning for Syrian refugee children. The letter is B; certainty is medium. Unconfirmed concerns are placed under “Watching.” (As of 2026-Q3; estimate based on public information.)
Main narrative
One person’s story (N1)
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Twins Aleen and Aseel, displaced by civil war and born as refugees in Lebanon—where 30% of school-age Syrian refugees never attend school—found hope at Jusoor's learning center. Their mother Shifaa, a former university student who once dreamed of teaching, was hired by Jusoor as a teacher, and her daughters were given quality education. Aseel dreams of teaching, Aleen of painting. 'Jusoor gave not just a job but a lifeline for my daughters,' Shifaa says.
Source nature: Jusoor / P1 First-party. Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
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- An international NGO founded in 2011/2012 by the Syrian diaspora. At learning centers in Beirut/Bekaa, Lebanon, it provides refugee children basic education plus psychosocial support and bridges them into formal schools (Generation Hope for Syria). About 2,000 people a year, 75% refugees. Run by refugees.P2 Independent (IRC/RESCUE) / International Rescue Committee(RESCUE)
- It has educated 3,412 children plus 490 university students cumulatively, hired 75 refugees as teachers. University scholarships have sent over 700 to international universities ('100 Syrian Women, 10,000 Syrian Lives'); youth entrepreneurship trained 500+ and invested $150k in 2019. Total network exceeds 130,000. But it is small against the crisis's scale and grant-dependent.P2 Independent (third-party) / Circle MENA／Jusoor(GuideStar)
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- Expanding reach against the crisis's scale; measuring long-term learning/enrollment/employment outcomes after transfer; funding sustainability under Lebanon's economic crisis; connecting to Syria's return/rebuilding phase.
A second look
The plus is an effect on Syrian refugee children and youth placed in the most vulnerable position by civil war—education access, psychosocial support, transfer to formal schools, and university scholarships (People)—run by refugees themselves, emphasizing integration into formal education, with the reach and fairness of a 130,000+ network, 700+ scholarships, 75 refugee teachers hired and 51% girls. Caveats: reach is still small against a crisis of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugee children; education access and transfer are tracked, but rigorous measurement of long-term learning/life outcomes is limited; and it depends on grants. Weighing the genuine plus for an extremely vulnerable protected group, B/medium.
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How to read this assessment
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Terms: Narrative Value = an assessment (A–G) of the distance between the story an organization tells and its reality / Ceiling meter = a visualization of the reachable upper bound / Watching = unconfirmed matters not counted / Protected stakeholders = people, animals, nature, and future generations. | Generated by: AI | As of: 2026-Q3 | Back to top