Making a difference…
one child at a time.
We provide free individualized assistance to children with specific difficulties that impact their learning at school all over Lebanon.
CLES provides free individualized assistance to children facing specific learning difficulties at school
1800
children
supported through
one-to-one therapies
6000
diagnosis
were made in
the diagnostic center
8
centers
distributed across
Lebanon
100
professionals
work at CLES
The road to peace goes through the education of children.
Carmen Chahine Debbane
Founder and CEO
Up to 10 percent of the student population is affected by Specific Learning Disabilities (SLDs)
Together with LAL (Lebanese Alternative Learning) we have created an online web for parents who would like to know more about their children’s specific learning difficulties. The microsite is equipped with articles, informative data, and assessment questions.
Care by CLES is a program launched in December 2019 in the aftermath of the challenging economic times Lebanon has been facing.
Care by CLES aims to reduce hunger by providing food and hygiene parcels to families in need all over Lebanon. Each package includes 5 parcels of food, hygiene products, and essential items that covers a family’s necessities for up to 6 weeks.
40,000
persons received food and essentials items
204,000
bags of food and essentials items
7,000
families regularly receive a ration of five bags
In 2015, CLES designated October 10 of every year as the specific learning difficulties awareness day and has been raising awareness through conferences, TV shows, movie productions, and a music competition.
In 2015, CLES designated October 10 of every year as the specific learning difficulties awareness day and has been raising awareness through conferences, TV shows, movie productions, and a music competition.
Dance by CLES initiative was designed in partnership with the National Dance Institute (NDI) in New York as part of CLES’s mission to provide all children with an equal opportunity and promote inclusion among them, regardless of their differences and learning capacities.
Dance by CLES is based on the National Dance Institute’s award-winning pedagogy developed under the leadership of Jacques d’Amboise.
The program started in August 2017 with a mission to bring dance and the arts to private and public schools in Lebanon.

“Shu Bene Mama?”, an educational play aimed at raising awareness, with scenes that shed light on four specific learning difficulties: Dyslexia, Dysphasia, Dyspraxia and ADHD.
Since 2012, the play has been presented in:
120 public and private schools | |
5 public libraries | |
The ministry of education |
Starting in 2002, CLES has organized free annual training sessions for hundreds of teachers from public and private schools.
The training sessions cover different themes to familiarize teachers with various specific learning difficulties and are given by a professional Belgian Lebanese multidisciplinary team specialized in specific learning difficulties. The key objective of the sessions is to enable teachers to identify students with specific learning difficulties and refer them to relevant institutions that can provide the appropriate assistance.
200
Learning support
teachers trained
165
Training sessions
given at CLES
In collaboration with the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education, CLES launched “The Learning Support Classes”, a development project aimed at reducing school failure and dropouts.
As part of the project, classes are equipped with the necessary materials and technologies required to teach students with learning difficulties and provide 2-3 teachers from each school with the proper skills to help give students the required academic and educational support.
104 public schools
were equipped with
a learning support class
30000 students
supported in public schools
Our centers are open from 10AM till 6PM
Beirut - Sodeco
Sodeco Street,
Building Sodeco 1, 3rd floor
Tel: 01 611 281
beirut@cles.org
Beirut - Badaro
Ibrahim Medawar Street,
Khoukaz & Bonja Building, 1st floor
Tel: 01 380 111
badaro@cles.org
Tripoli
Damm W Farz Street,
Obeid Building, 1st floor
Tel: 06 423 430
tripoli@cles.org
Saida
Wastani Street,
Debbane Building
Tel: 07 752 273
saida@cles.org
Zouk Mekayel
Ogero Street
Menassa Building, 3rd floor
Tel: 76 356 240
zouk@cles.org
Zahle
Zahle Avenue,
Chedid Center, 2nd floor
Tel: 08 802 940
zahle@cles.org
Nabatieh
Kfar Jawz, behind Al Shark Sweets
Joud center, 1st floor
Tel: 81 637 492
nabatieh@cles.org
Semkanieh
Hasbani turn,
Sadek building, 2nd floor
Tel: 05 500 199
semkanieh@cles.org
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