Draft:Alsama Project

Alsama Project
Founded	2020
Founders	Meike Ziervogel, Kadria Hussein, Richard Verity, Mohammad Khier
Type	Non-profit organisation
Focus	Education and sport for displaced youth
Headquarters	Beirut, Lebanon

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Declined by Pythoncoder 5 months ago. Last edited by Pythoncoder 5 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Submission declined on 6 December 2025 by Fermiboson (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for organizations and companies. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:

provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, excluding routine coverage like product launches, staff appointments, or financial reports and listings in databases or listicles;
are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
are independent: not connected to the subject, such as press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

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Declined by Fermiboson 8 months ago.

Submission declined on 4 August 2025 by MediaKyle (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for organizations and companies. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:

provide significant coverage: discuss the subject in detail, excluding routine coverage like product launches, staff appointments, or financial reports and listings in databases or listicles;
are reliable: from reputable outlets with editorial oversight;
are independent: not connected to the subject, such as press releases, the subject's own website, or sponsored content.

Please add references that meet all three of these criteria. If none exist, the subject is not yet suitable for Wikipedia.

Declined by MediaKyle 12 months ago.

Submission declined on 7 July 2025 by Old-AgedKid (talk).

This draft is not adequately supported by reliable sources. Wikipedia's verifiability policy requires that all content be supported by reliable sources.

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Declined by Old-AgedKid 13 months ago.

Comment: Sources are mostly primary. 5 and 6 might be usable but seem to be passing mention. Would like more evidence of specific mentions of the program. Do not resubmit without changes. Fermiboson (talk) 23:35, 6 December 2025 (UTC)

Alsama Project is a non-profit organisation established in 2020 that provides accelerated secondary education and sport programmes for displaced and refugee youth in Lebanon. It operates primarily in the Shatila and Bourj el-Barajneh refugee camps in Beirut.

History

Alsama Project was founded in 2020 to provide structured education opportunities for adolescents who had previously been out of formal schooling due to conflict and displacement.

The organisation has been reported on by international media outlets including Al Jazeera, The Independent, The Guardian, ESPNcricinfo, Prospect, and Positive News in coverage relating to education and sport initiatives in Lebanese refugee camps.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Education programme

The organisation delivers an accelerated secondary education curriculum for displaced youth. Reporting in The New Arab and The Big Issue has highlighted the organisation’s role in supporting out-of-school adolescents in Lebanon.^[4]^[5]

Sport programme

Alsama Project operates a cricket programme in Beirut refugee camps. The initiative has been described in coverage by Prospect and Positive News as part of broader reporting on sport initiatives supporting displaced communities.^[6]^[7]

Legal status

Alsama Project is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom and operates programmes in Lebanon.

↑ "Cricket: Unlikely sport helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
↑ "Cricket in Shatila refugee camp". The Independent. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
↑ "They fled war in Syria and found cricket in Lebanon". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
↑ "How Syrian children are being shut out of Lebanon's classrooms". The New Arab. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
↑ "Alsama Project: refugees and education". The Big Issue. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
↑ "How cricket is changing children's lives in Lebanon". Prospect. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
↑ "Refugee camp cricket initiative". Positive News. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

[1] "Cricket: Unlikely sport helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

[2] "Cricket in Shatila refugee camp". The Independent. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

[3] "They fled war in Syria and found cricket in Lebanon". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

[4] "How Syrian children are being shut out of Lebanon's classrooms". The New Arab. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

[5] "Alsama Project: refugees and education". The Big Issue. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

[6] "How cricket is changing children's lives in Lebanon". Prospect. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

[7] "Refugee camp cricket initiative". Positive News. Retrieved 24 February 2026.

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