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Building Tolerance through Sports: A New Soccer Field for Christian and Muslim Children in Lebanon November 13, 2012 by Marisa Itte Soccer is the most popular sport in many countries, and for the children in Tyr, Lebanon, that is no different. However, soccer fields are few and far between, and the rare and valuable playing space can only be reserved for a fee leaving the local youth few places to gather and play. Now they have a field of their own. With funding and support from the One Community program, the Cadmous Christian School and the Islamic Charity Organization gathered local Christian, Sunni and Shia children to build a soccer field on the grounds of the school.	Catholic Priest and Sunni Sheikh Promote Inter-Faith Cooperation in Lebanon September 6, 2012 Thanks to a small grant from the One Community program, a Catholic priest and a Sunni sheikh in Saida, Lebanon joined forces to write and produce a documentary film on the issue of child labor in the community.
Diverse Faiths Build Peace in Lebanon with Renovated Center September 4, 2012 Leaders from diverse religious and political backgrounds recently gathered to celebrate the renovation of the Center of Salim Ghazal for Inter-Faith Dialogue in Lebanon.	Youth Promote Religious Tolerance Through Community Service in Lebanon April 19, 2012 by Jason Vuong Do Serving the Community: Building Religious Tolerance More than 40 religious leaders, activists and journalists in Lebanon recently came together to exchange best practices and to support one another with their recently started community projects to promote religious tolerance. IREX is pleased to give a sneak peek of three of these projects and look forward to sharing their success once the projects are completed.
Promoting Peace Through Interfaith Dialogue November 30, 2011 Youth journalist Samir Sabbagh is changing perceptions about the roles youth and religious leaders can play in promoting peace in south Lebanon. Working with the Lebanese youth organization Nahar Ashabab, Samir participates in IREX’s One Community program that provides interfaith training to religious leaders from across Lebanon and supports their interfaith community development projects.	IREX Releases 2011 Annual Report November 14, 2011 Our work today reaches and helps more people than ever before in our history. These stories highlight just a handful of the 300,000 people IREX has helped this year.
Diverse Religious Leaders Discuss Peace in Divided Communities Across Lebanon April 30, 2011 Religious leaders of various faiths in Lebanon recently put doctrinal differences aside to focus on peace and development in their communities. Although the country’s civil war ended more than two decades ago, strong divisions and episodes of violent clashes along religious lines still exist. The rare public gathering of local Sunni, Shiite and Christian leaders was a result of IREX’s One Community Project and signaled a positive step toward peace for citizens of conflict-prone cities like Baalbak, Tripoli and Tyr.	Religious Tolerance, Youth Journalists and Lebanon March 9, 2011 Lebanon’s myriad confessional and religious divisions have long been a factor preventing the country from achieving social and political stability. In recent months, political events contributed to increasing tensions in Lebanon and the region as a whole.