The Social Work League
The Social Work League (SWL) was founded back in 1958 with the aim of providing financial aid for university students in order to help them graduate and play their role in society. The League has helped hundreds of students throughout the years, either with their educational orientation or with the cost of their university studies. It has also become a cultural center where concerned experts give lectures to highlight all social, economic, cultural and other issues. Furthermore, the league has become one of the leading centers in the Lebanese capital because of the high credibility and openness of the speakers, the diversity of their specializations and affiliations, and the comprehensiveness of the scope of their expertise. The Social Work League has an equal respect for all political views and deals neither directly nor indirectly in political matters. Major Objectives
Article four of the League’s constitution stipulates the following as its major objectives:
1- Providing financial and moral support for university students,
2- Spreading cultural and educational awareness,
3- Cooperating with other clubs and associations.
4- Fighting ignorance and backwardness,
5- Helping the promotion of respect for personal freedoms,
6- Educating students about the code of conduct for living a civilized life. Committees:
1. Higher Education Committee:
Its main objective lies in providing loans (without interest) to needy university students with outstanding academic records, which, as mentioned above, is the primary objective of SWL. The committee, which includes a number of academicians, university professors and former presidents of the League, meticulously studies each application for grants or loans.
2. Cultural Committee:
It aims at developing discussions with the help of objective lectures and seminars that deal with controversial and important topics connected to our daily life. The committee strives at enriching individual capacities by hosting academicians and other professional lecturers.
3. The Social Committee:
This committee organizes social gatherings and gala dinners with the aim of fund-raising and promoting social interaction between the League’s members and friends.
4. Financial Committee:
It is specialized in fund-raising to guarantee the accomplishment of the League’s objectives. The major sources of financing of SWL are: members subscription fees, revenues from activities and projects, and grants from individuals and private and public associations.
5. Public Relations and Media Committee:
It strives to develop and promote the League’s external relations by instituting a network of connections that can help to widen its scope of social interactions. Furthermore, the committee follows up media coverage for the activities and publishes an annual magazine that provides information about the orientations of SWL, its accomplishments and future plans.
6. Library and Culture Committee:
It keeps record of the League’s specialized library and periodically develops it by adding the latest new books. The library contents are computerized, and it is open for research and studies.
7. Graduates’ Affairs Committee:
This committee serves as a link between new university graduates and SWL. It aims at developing and widening memberships in the League. Furthermore, this committee has been a successful link between job seekers and job suppliers by matching their respective needs and requirements. Finally, its major objective is to produce an overall survey of graduates from all universities.
8. Students’ Affairs Committee:
This committee aims at attracting university students by introducing them to SWL’s premises and activities. It serves as an actual pot for the students to interact among themselves and with members of the League. It has widened its scope of activities to include open discussions and environmental activities.
