MMKN honors volunteer teachers for supporting public school students

On the occasion of Teachers Day, and in the presence of the representative of the Minister of Education and Higher Education, Elias Abu Saab, “Mumken” association (MMKN) organized an celebration event, in cooperation with the Center for Civic Engagement and Community Service at AUB (CECS) to honor volunteer teachers who were involved in providing support to some 103 underprivileged public school students. President of CECS, Dr. Elie Samya, praised the leading role of MMKN in the educational sector and the organization’s unrelenting efforts to sow the seeds of responsibility in students and to protect them from failures. He called on other civic society groups to follow the lead and to contribute to strengthening citizenship. For her part, Chairperson of MMKN, Ghada Feghali, outlined on the expansion of the work in public schools so as to cover the South, North and Mount Lebanon regions and later on all communities across Lebanon wishing to cooperate with the association. Feghali also introduced the book recently launched for the purpose by the MMKN, produced in English and French languages for Middle School students and which was distributed for free to nearly 480 pupils. Also speaking on the event, was George Haddad, the representative of the Minister of Education, who referred to Abu Saab’s vision for modernization and development and expressed the support of the Ministry to MMKN’s constructive work or any other similar initiative that aims at improving education, promoting knowledge and strengthening loyalty to Lebanon. To close, Haddad congratulated the honored volunteers for their achievements. (Al Diyar, 18 March 2015)