Lebanese Emigrant Youth Camp 2010

For the past 10 years, the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants has organized summer camps and excursions in Lebanon for youths of Lebanese descent living abroad.  The camp is a great way for youths to get acquainted with the lands of their forefathers and to establish a binding link between Lebanon's massive ex-patriot populations and their country of origin.  

Below are details from the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants - Directorate General of Emigrants, for this year's Youth Camp (visit the page here):

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants- Directorate General of Emigrants - organizes the Tenth Lebanese Emigrant Youth Camp from July 16 to July 24, 2010. It includes a program of visits to all Lebanese regions and a stay in a summer residence near Beirut. Participation forms and the program are available in the Lebanese embassies and consulates and on our website: www.emigrants.gov.lb

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants - Directorate General of Emigrants, organizes the Tenth Emigrant Youth Camp 2010 between the 16th and the 24th of July 2010, in an attempt to promote a better relationship between young Lebanese migrants and their mother land, and to let them know better their country of origin its cultural, environmental features and tourist sites in all the Lebanese provinces, through seminars and excursions that will be offered during the camp. Participants will stay at the Ministry’s expenses; they will only pay their trip to Lebanon.

Conditions of Participation:

• Participants should be Lebanese or of Lebanese origin

• Their age should vary between 17 and 25 years

• They should be students of secondary or university level

• They must conform to the internal regulations of the camp : in terms of order, discipline and program.

• The enclosed must be filled, signed and sent to the diplomatic missions, or directly to the Directorate General of Emigrants at the following :

Fax numbers : (961)- 840924/8.

E-Mail : director@emigrants.gov.lb

• Enclose with the form two passport photographs and a photocopy of your passport.

Note: Priority is given to the first coming participants.

The General Directorate of Emigrants provides all participants with the following:

1- Residence in a school dorms in one of the Lebanese mountain summer resort; where girls stay in a separate building from the boys’ building. Those buildings are equipped with bedrooms, w.c., showers and cleaning means. The school has a variety of sports playgrounds, restaurants, theater and clinic.

2- Administrative group from the General Directorate of Emigrants organizing the whole camp.

3- Employees from the General Directorate of Emigrants meeting the participants at the Beirut International Airport and escorting them to the camp.

4- Police escort during the touristic tours and a perpetual police department inside the camp for the safety of the participants.

5- Medical team composed of doctors from different specialization staying in the camp supported by a team from the Lebanese Red Cross.

6- Professional Tour-Guides to escort the participants during their tours.

7- Personal accident insurance for all the participants inside and outside the camp.

8- Transportation in modern airconditioned comfortable buses during the excursions to visit the Lebanese archeological and natural sites, in addition to the official visits.

9- Breakfast and dinner meals in the camp’s restaurant and lunch meals in the best Lebanese restaurants during the excursions.

10- Entertainment and sports activities supervised by a team of coaches; an official opening ceremony and artistic shows in addition to a final ceremony performed by the participants.

N.B: Available on the participants expenses:

1- Local and international phone, internet, according to the official fee.

2- Laundry to fulfill the participants needs.