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Live well to serve better: Lebanese youth volunteer to serve the community after Beirut blast
The immediate and massive mobilization of youth volunteers to clean up destroyed houses and to provide food and basic needs to the affected families in the following days of the devastating August Beirut Blast has been a symbol of hope of the country to rise again from the worsening politico 鈥揺conomic critical situations. 2 months after, 鈥淟ive well to serve Better鈥 initiative was launched jointly by UNESCO and the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (SSVPLB) in Bourj Hamoud, on 18 Oct 2020. It was designed to address some fatigue of youth volunteers in frontline and aims to enhance their skills on self-care and resilience to better serve the communities in distress and in need. A group of 100 youth volunteers will benefit from the psychosocial support session and training of their regular house visits of affected families in distress.
