17.2.5 Does your university as a body collaborate with NGOs and/or businesses to tackle the SDGs?
DSC (Donner Sang Computer) Club of BAU
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Student-Activities-Beirut/DSC
About DSC Club
The DSC (Donner Sang Compter) Club at Beirut Arab University is dedicated to students who want to make a positive difference in their community through volunteering. Our goal is to raise awareness about blood donation and recruit new donors, as well as participate in community service activities like awareness campaigns, training sessions, and other helpful events that allow students to become active community members and positively impact society. We provide free services and outreach to the public.
Joining the Club
If you want to join the DSC Club, here's how:
- Sign Up:
Provide your information by filling out a form on our website or at one of our recruitment stands on campus. This allows us to contact you about upcoming events and training.
- Attend Training:
Before becoming an official member, you need to complete our training program. This covers the skills you need as a volunteer including blood drive best practices, interacting with donors, and more.
- Volunteer at Events:
Attend the minimum required volunteering hours. After meeting the minimum volunteer hour requirements, you'll become an official member.
- Get Official Status:
Once trained and having volunteered the required time, you'll receive your red vest identifying you as an DSC Club member ready to make an impact!
Our Activities
Blood Drives:
Participating in a blood drive is an exceptional experience where you get to meet blood donors live in action! You will be in charge of choosing the theme of the drive, setting it up, welcoming and accompanying heroes in their donation journey making sure they live an experience they would be happy to repeat!
Recruitment Stands:
Blood donors are needed every day to keep fresh blood flowing to the blood banks! Due to health conditions, travel or busy schedules, many donors find themselves unable to donate and young and healthy donors should constantly be recruited. Whether in your university or events in your neighborhood, it’s always a great time to create awareness, bust myths and engage new blood donors!
Call Center:
Our call center plays the most vital part in DSC. We receive a large number of calls for blood around the clock, seven days a week. The process of finding available donors to help people as efficiently as possible is not easy and we need all the help we can get!
Community Service:
Blood is our priority, but we are always happy to collaborate with organizations sharing our values and fighting for any rightful cause that promotes equal rights and justice. Volunteers put their time and hands to help serve the community, whenever needed, through various activities such as beach cleaning, reforestation, social relief or neighborhood reconstruction.
Continuous Learning:
Personal growth is an essential part of volunteering, and we make sure that you never stop learning! With a multidisciplinary training program going all year round, you will be offered trainings and sessions to boost your social skills, enhance your technical skills or just improve your general knowledge!
BAU Pharmacy Students Volunteering in The National Vaccination Campaign
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Pharmacy/News/BAU-Pharmacy-Students-Volunteering-in-The-National-Vaccination-Campaign
In the COVID-19 pandemic, the faculty of pharmacy at BAU continues its pivotal contribution to community services. As soon as the vaccination campaign was launched by the Ministry of Public Health at Rafic Hariri University Hospital (RHUH), pharmacy students promptly presented at the vaccination site on daily basis.
Pharmacy students had paramount aid in the preparation of Pfizer vaccines including dilution and reconstitution to be given to eligible candidates. Moreover, the pharmacy students will continue to provide their support and contribution throughout all the national vaccination campaign period in Lebanon.
Beirut Arab University students volunteer to confront the Coronavirus Comprehensive Preventive Measures in three Campuses
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Beirut-Arab-University-students-volunteer-to-confront-the-Coronavirus-Comprehensive-Preventive-Measures-in-three-Campuses
Beirut Arab University started a preventive campaign to participate in the national efforts to avoid the spread of Coronavirus in the Lebanese community and among the ten thousand students and their families.
Students from the Faculty of Medicine volunteered with the Lebanese Ministry of Health to reinforce its teams at the airport and the crossing borders. Interns and nursing students in all departments also continue their mission at Rafik Hariri University Hospital which was counted a hospital to contain Coronavirus cases. As well, some of them volunteered to work in the specialized isolation section for epidemiological cases.
The Faculty of Health Sciences launched awareness campaigns in schools where students volunteered under the supervision of specialized professors to train school students on preventive measures and urge them that these measures shall be part of their daily routine to prevent Coronavirus and other viruses.
Professor Amr Galal El-Adawi, President of the university, stressed that “the national mission of the university requires that students according to their specializations participate in the efforts to contain Coronavirus under their professors’ supervision and it shall continue to provide the necessary expertise and specializations”.
The President also held a meeting with the medical and health affairs committee to follow up the preventive measures from infectious diseases. The meeting discussed measures implemented at the university buildings. The committee also agreed to raise awareness among all students, professors and employees in all university campuses and follow up all the issues that requires public protection from all viruses especially corona virus.
In this framework, sterilization teams continue their efforts on various campuses and university buildings. As well, the students of medicine and health sciences began to communicate directly with all students to raise their awareness about prevention and distribute publications.
The Faculty of Health Sciences at Beirut Arab University – Tripoli Campus organized a public awareness seminar about “Viruses of the Era”. It consisted of four lectures delivered by Dr. Hassan Mallat “Specialist in Bacterial and Infectious Diseases”, Dr. Mona Youssef “Specialist in Bacterial and Infectious Diseases”, Dr. Sara Mina “Assistant Professor in Microbiology and Immunology” at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr. Rosie Metri “Assistant Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics” at the Faculty of Health Sciences in the presence of doctors and students.
The Dean of Faculty of Medicine Professor Naglaa Mashaal hosted Dr. Mahmoud Hassoun, Chest Diseases and Intensive Care Specialist at Rafik Hariri Governmental Hospital for a lecture about “Coronavirus”. He pointed that this virus is from the historically present virus family and it is called corona because its shape under the electronic microscope is similar to the crown. It comes from the animals but bats are the most important incubator for this virus. He also talked about the symptoms of this disease, the most vulnerable people, death toll, and the countries that the virus is spread in according to the World Health Organization.
Dr. Hassoun advised the necessity of protection from infection transmission stressing the importance to abide by the preventive measures to reduce the disease outbreak. The most important measures are washing hands with soap and water for 20 seconds, cover the mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing, consult a doctor at the appearance of the main symptoms of the disease, such as coughing, sneezing, fever, shortness of breath in addition to staying at home to avoid transmitting the infection to others.
Dr. Hassoun concluded his awareness lecture that there is no need to panic. We must be careful but not worried because despite the rapid spread of the virus, the death toll is still relatively low.
BAU Nursing Students Volunteer in The National Vaccination Campaign for COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/BAU-Nursing-Students-Volunteer-in-The-National-Vaccination-Campaign-for-COVID-19-Pandemic
In line with the mission of Beirut Arab University to serve the Lebanese Community, and based on its partnership with the health sector in Lebanon, the Nursing students at the Faculty of Health Sciences- Tripoli Branch are participating in the National COVID-19 Pandemic Vaccination Program organized by the Ministry of Public Health. Students volunteered to assist the Medical Team at providing the vaccinations at Albert Haykel Hospital; which was approved by the Ministry of Public Health as a vaccination center in North Lebanon.
The team includes a group of administrators, clinicians and nurses assigned to follow up the vaccinated individuals during and after their vaccination process. However, this students’ commitment represents one of several activities organized by the Faculty of Health Sciences since the beginning of COVID - 19 pandemic, in order to raise the awareness about the disease and assist the nursing staff, especially during the peak of the deficiency of nurses.
Furthermore, the students of the Faculty are spreading massive awareness campaigns towards the importance of vaccination, in order to encourage the citizens, for achieving the required community immunization in a short period of time.
What is worth to be noted that the students of the Nursing Department will be endorsing their voluntary support action throughout all The National Vaccination Campaign period in Lebanon.
BAU and “IRADA” Launched Free Clinics for Corona Patients
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/BAU-and-IRADA-Launched-Free-Clinics-for-Corona-Patients
The President of Beirut Arab University Professor Amr Galal El Adawi and President of the Association of Businessmen for Support and Development (IRADA) Mr. Assem Nawam opened the free field clinics for Corona patients affiliated to the BAU Health Care Center which were established in partnership by the two parties.
The clinics will provide free medical examination and follow-up to patients who do not need hospitalization and can be treated at home by a group of specialist doctors and nurses in field clinics specially established near the intersection of Sports City and Tarik Al Jadidah. They consist of seven clinics fully equipped with their facilities, and a ready ambulance for the Islamic Medical Association to transfer critical cases to Makassed Hospital and Rafik Hariri Hospital.
Beirut Arab University and IRADA had started the first phase of the community support agreement to face the Corona epidemic through the telephone clinics, which had provided support for more than 1,800 consultations and reviews through university doctors, and the second phase was completed by with opening of the clinics.
The ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Lebanon H.E. Dr. Yasser Elwi, President of the Board of Trustees of the Wakf El Bir Wal Ihasn Society Dr. Ammar Houri, Dr. Khaled Kabbani, General Manager of Social Welfare Institutions in Lebanon, Faissal Sinno President of the Islamic Philanthropic Association in Beirut , representatives of medical and social societies, Deans of Medical Faculties, the Secretary General of BAU Dr. Omar Houri, Dean of Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, and Director of Statistics Division at ESCWA, Dr. Juraj Riecan.
The Assistant Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and the Medical Director of the Health Care Center at BAU, Dr. Issam Shaarani, said that the number of patients in a medical perspective is divided into a large group, which is for patients who suffer from limited symptoms and are treated at home through the necessary instructions, while the second group is for the patients who have severe symptoms where they need a medical evaluation, and they may need to be admitted to hospital. As for the third group, they are critically ill patients and mostly need intensive care.
“The idea of establishing Corona telephone and field clinics was launched from this perspective. Telephone clinics enable the largest group to obtain medical care over the phone all day long, while those with severe symptoms can be evaluated in the field clinics and given the necessary treatments and instructions." Shaarani said.
Then Mr. Assem Nawam President of IRADA said, “What we are doing today is not just cutting the opening ribbon for an important social and health initiative for our community, but rather it is more and further away from that. In cooperation with our partners at Beirut Arab University, we are laying together the foundation stone for the future Beirut Arab University Hospital, which is the dream project that we must all work to achieve with all our strength and capabilities to establish it in this particular place so that it forms a long-awaited medical and social edifice.
Nawam added: "By opening the Corona field clinics project, we will have contributed to achieving the third goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which is to secure good health for an important segment of society, which is an act that makes us all feel honored and proud".
Professor Amr Galal El-Adawi, President of the University talked about "the importance of cooperation between institutions to serve the community in light of the pandemic that is widely spreading. The health and social situation of the human being in Lebanon has become threatening, especially since hospitals have reached their maximum capacity, and that field clinics shall contribute in facing the virus, which will provide its services freely for everybody through a medical and nursing team from BAU under the supervision of the BAU Health Care Center of the Faculty of Medicine.
The President of the University mentioned that “The graduates and students from the Faculties of Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy are in the frontlines in all the Lebanese areas doing their jobs in facing the pandemic.” He added: “The opening of the clinics is a completion of the second phase of the project according to an agreement signed between the two parties where Beirut Arab University is responsible for selecting the medical and nursing staff, manages it and handles its affairs, provided that IRADA prepares the telephone and field clinics and provide the cost of operation."
The ceremony was concluded by a field tour.
BAU Helps the Stricken Areas at the Blast through using its Mobile Dental Clinics
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/BAU-Helps-the-Stricken-Areas-at-the-Blast-through-using-its-Mobile-Dental-Clinics
The Faculty of Dentistry at Beirut Arab University moved the mobile clinic to the areas affected by port explosion especially to Karantina area. In cooperation with Beirut Municipality, forty patients were examined during the past two days. The mobile clinic is still performing its tasks and providing free consultations for patients in an initiative from Beirut Arab University to help people affected by the explosion.
BAU - Tripoli Campus Aids in Civic Engagement at Beirut Port Blast
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/BAU-Tripoli-Campus-Aids-in-Civic-Engagement-at-Beirut-Port-Blast
The Nursing Students at the Faculty of Health Sciences – Tripoli Branch have assisted in clearing debris from downtown Beirut – Al Nahar Newspaper Region and Karantina Hospital. Students of the faculty from other departments are helping “Beirut Hope” Association in packing and distributing food items to the families affected by Beirut Blast. Professor Maha Dankar, a lecturer in the Nursing Department in Tripoli, is organizing and supervising these activities and coordinating the work between students to help needy people and ensure the efficiency of their work.
BAU – The Faculty of Architecture - Design & Built Environment collaboration with UN-Habitat on Bourj Hammoud Neighborhood Damage Assessment
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/BAU-The-Faculty-of-Architecture-Design-and-Built-Environment-collaboration-with-UN-Habitat-on-Bourj-Hammoud-Neighborhood-Damage-Assessment
In response to Beirut tragic explosion, Beirut Arab University- the faculty of ArchitectureDesign & Built Environment continues to offer help and support to the community. 50 volunteers from BAU are supporting #UNHabitatLebanon by conducting damage assessment to Bourj Hammoud Neighborhood.
The first phase was dedicated to establishing a rapid survey for the damaged buildings.
Throughout two consecutive days the 13th and 14th of August 2020, 25 groups were distributed along the area to gather qualitative and quantitative information about the damages in the affected buildings.
BAU Volunteers hand in hand to clean up the wreckage
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/BAU-Volunteers-hand-in-hand-to-clean-up-the-wreckage
In frame of the Lebanese community effort and response to Beirut massive explosion that occurred on 04/08/2020. As Beirut Arab University is committed to public engagement and social responsibility during the uncertain times, several initiatives on students’ level were organized hand in hand with more than 150 proud BAU students from all faculties and majors.
After performing a damage survey on affected areas the Student Activities Department In collaboration with different BAU departments, BAU HRC, and social clubs such as the DSC, and the Lebanese Red Cross youth department organized a repair campaign that targeted damaged public schools in Beirut:
- Raml Al Zarif Mixed Public School
- Salma Sayegh Public School
- Tabaris Mixed Public School
- Basta Mixed Public School
- Omar Hamad Elementary School
- Amin Bayham Public School
- Tarik Al Jadida Public School
Ending the week on 13/08/2020 the repair of our home, Volunteers from students, administrative and academic staff members patched the wounds of our beloved BAU that suffered hefty damages.
Huge thank you to all the volunteers that made all of this possible
Together, we will rise again and will continue our duty in community service through BAU facilities.
Beirut Arab University students volunteer to confront the Coronavirus Comprehensive Preventive Measures in three Campuses
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Beirut-Arab-University-students-volunteer-to-confront-the-Coronavirus-Comprehensive-Preventive-Measures-in-three-Campuses)
Beirut Arab University started a preventive campaign to participate in the national efforts to avoid the spread of Coronavirus in the Lebanese community and among the ten thousand students and their families.
Students from the Faculty of Medicine volunteered with the Lebanese Ministry of Health to reinforce its teams at the airport and the crossing borders. Interns and nursing students in all departments also continue their mission at Rafik Hariri University Hospital which was counted a hospital to contain Coronavirus cases. As well, some of them volunteered to work in the specialized isolation section for epidemiological cases.
The Faculty of Health Sciences launched awareness campaigns in schools where students volunteered under the supervision of specialized professors to train school students on preventive measures and urge them that these measures shall be part of their daily routine to prevent Coronavirus and other viruses.
Professor Amr Galal El-Adawi, President of the university, stressed that “the national mission of the university requires that students according to their specializations participate in the efforts to contain Coronavirus under their professors’ supervision and it shall continue to provide the necessary expertise and specializations”.
The President also held a meeting with the medical and health affairs committee to follow up the preventive measures from infectious diseases. The meeting discussed measures implemented at the university buildings. The committee also agreed to raise awareness among all students, professors and employees in all university campuses and follow up all the issues that requires public protection from all viruses especially corona virus.
In this framework, sterilization teams continue their efforts on various campuses and university buildings. As well, the students of medicine and health sciences began to communicate directly with all students to raise their awareness about prevention and distribute publications.
The Faculty of Health Sciences at Beirut Arab University – Tripoli Campus organized a public awareness seminar about “Viruses of the Era”. It consisted of four lectures delivered by Dr. Hassan Mallat “Specialist in Bacterial and Infectious Diseases”, Dr. Mona Youssef “Specialist in Bacterial and Infectious Diseases”, Dr. Sara Mina “Assistant Professor in Microbiology and Immunology” at the Faculty of Health Sciences, Dr. Rosie Metri “Assistant Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics” at the Faculty of Health Sciences in the presence of doctors and students.
The Dean of Faculty of Medicine Professor Naglaa Mashaal hosted Dr. Mahmoud Hassoun, Chest Diseases and Intensive Care Specialist at Rafik Hariri Governmental Hospital for a lecture about “Coronavirus”. He pointed that this virus is from the historically present virus family and it is called corona because its shape under the electronic microscope is similar to the crown. It comes from the animals but bats are the most important incubator for this virus. He also talked about the symptoms of this disease, the most vulnerable people, death toll, and the countries that the virus is spread in according to the World Health Organization.
Dr. Hassoun advised the necessity of protection from infection transmission stressing the importance to abide by the preventive measures to reduce the disease outbreak. The most important measures are washing hands with soap and water for 20 seconds, cover the mouth and nose when sneezing or coughing, consult a doctor at the appearance of the main symptoms of the disease, such as coughing, sneezing, fever, shortness of breath in addition to staying at home to avoid transmitting the infection to others.
Dr. Hassoun concluded his awareness lecture that there is no need to panic. We must be careful but not worried because despite the rapid spread of the virus, the death toll is still relatively low.
Volunteers from the Faculty of Architecture - Design and Built Environment at BAU supporting NUSANED
https://www.bau.edu.lb/Public-Relations/News/Volunteers-from-the-Faculty-of-Architecture-Design-and-Built-Environment-at-BAU-supporting-NUSANED
In response to the Beirut explosion, the BAU community was mobilized to help NUSANED in conducting value-based needs assessment of the affected areas.
Four volunteers from the Faculty of Architecture – Design and Built Environment have been involved for the past week gathering data and supervising repair works.
NUSANED is a humanitarian, community-based and volunteer organization, supporting communities based on a non-biased and egalitarian process.
LRCYD – BAU Club Adha Kermesse
http://activities.bau.edu.lb/lrcyd-bau-club-2015-16-adha-kermesse/
The Lebanese Red Cross Youth Department, Beirut Arab University Club, as part of the Activities Department of beirut, participated in a kermesse on the occasion of Eid al-Adha in a school complex in Chhim on Saturday 26/09/2015. The activity targeted a large number of Syrian children refugees from different regions and features several activities and fun games.
LRCYD – BAU Club First Aid Training
http://activities.bau.edu.lb/lrcyd-bau-club-2015-16-first-aid-training/
The Lebanese Red Cross Youth Department, Beirut Arab University, as part of the university’s Activities Department, in cooperation with the Red Cross’s Emergency section, organized a first aid training for members of the club in the university campus in Beirut. Through this training the members acquired the basic skills in rescuing the injured as well as the ability to deal with various difficult situations.
LRCYD – BAU Club Peace Festival
http://activities.bau.edu.lb/lrcyd-bau-club-2015-16-peace-festival/
The Lebanese Red Cross Youth Department, Beirut Arab University, as part of the university’s Activities Department, participated in the annual Peace Festival, organized by the Lebanese Red Cross management in Hamra Street. The Lebanese Red Cross cooperated with Vestige D’Orient Foundation under the supervision of artist Bernard Renno and the participation of more than a dozen painters, dispersed along Hamra Street and engaged in drawing live paintings inspired by peace, Lebanon, and the environment. the live symposium was met with a great presence of passers-by who stopped to admire the paintings and take photographs. The festival continued on Sunday 30/8/2015, in its Sports Zone in Afif El Tibeh Street, under the sponsorship of the Beirut Arab University. More than 15 celebrities from different fields showed up to participate in the friendly street football match. The festival included two live performances from local bands and interviews with celebrities conducted by LBCI.
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