The Alwan Debate Project is a continuity of Alwan program: Education on Active and Inclusive Citizenship where students will be trained to debate about big questions such as : Identity, Religious Diversity and Common Values, Mutual understanding of Christianity and Islam, Reconciliation and Solidarity, Media literacy against hate speech, Conflict transformation, Richness in Heritage, Freedom of Religion and Belief, Non-violent communication, Faith & Science (Inter-school debate).
It will be implemented as an after-school program in 30 private and public Lebanese schools targeting 15 to 20 students from each school from various cultural and religious backgrounds. The Project will first update the Existing Alwan module and develop customized training modules on debate and data collection techniques with Senior Subject Matters Experts (SMEs). The SMEs will then train 30 educators from the 30 selected schools on the updated curriculum.