REEL TALK with Daizy Gedeon

From Cricket to Classroom - Inside the Alsama Project in Beirut


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In Beirut, Lebanon, Syrian refugees are finding an unexpected way to heal from war and displacement: cricket.
This special audio report takes you inside Alsama Project, an education initiative founded in 2020 by former McKinsey London partner Richard Verity, German journalist and author Meike Ziervogel, and their Syrian partner Kadria Hussein.
What started as a desire to do more has grown into a powerful model of transformation.
Today, more than 1,000 students are enrolled, moving from total illiteracy to university-bound in just six years. Through education, sport, and community, they’re rebuilding confidence, discipline, and hope.
From zero to hero, this is the story of young people proving that trauma doesn’t define destiny and that the sky, AlSama, truly is the limit.
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REEL TALK with Daizy GedeonBy Daizy Gedeon