US Ambassador Dorothy C. Shea on Friday attended the inauguration of the Pop-Up Spaces program in Sidon. This one year-long program, which is implemented by Tatweer Baladna, aims to empower youth and young professionals in Southern and Northern Lebanon, and the Bekaa through civic education and social entrepreneurship training and hands-on activities.

“Pop-Up American spaces demonstrate to our friends, the Lebanese people, that wherever you are in this time of great economic difficulty, we're not going to let that stop us from popping up and meeting you wherever you are,” said Ambassador Shea during the event.

“To the youth who will be participating in the training programs and the activities that we will foster through this Pop-Up, I thank you for your commitment and for your engagement, and I'm excited to see what you guys are going to do with the skills that you further develop through this program," she concluded.