Through the 3EA program in Lebanon, Dubai Cares supported children in acquiring the reading, writing, and socioemotional skills they needed to mitigate the effects of adversity and thrive. The program also generated evidence on the relationship between well-being and academic outcomes, as well as developed tools to measure and evaluate such interventions in crisis-affected contexts. It tested the added value of integrating training on low-cost, targeted social-emotional learning strategies into community-based remedial support programming for Syrian children enrolled in Lebanese second-shift schools. This remedial support was delivered through the comprehensive “Learning in Healing Classrooms” (LIHC) teacher professional development program.

The program aimed to improve literacy, numeracy, and socioemotional outcomes for Syrian refugee children in Akkar and Bekaa by improving reading, math, and social-emotional outcomes for 9,040 highly vulnerable children aged 6 to 16; strengthening the capacity of 257 teachers in delivering learning within healing classrooms; and enhancing parental engagement in children's learning and protection.

The program is working towards improving the literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional outcomes for Syrian refugee children in Akkar and Bekaa by:
• Improving the reading, math and social-emotional outcomes for 4,600 highly vulnerable Syrian refugee children aged 6-16
• Strengthening the capacity of 50 teachers in learning in a healing classroom
• Improving parent engagement in children’s learning and protection