Rotary Foundation Brings Vocational Training in
JLSS to the 21st Century
& Helps in Reducing our Deficit
The long awaited equipment has finally arrived to JLSS thanks to the
Rotary Foundation. The CNC machine which brings our vocational training
to the 21st century arrived on Tuesday 4 May 2010, and the kitchen
equipment that operates on Gas arrived on Thursday 6 May 2010.

The kitchen equipment included an industrial cooker-oven and an
industrial French Fries machine. Both operate on Gas only and do not
require electricity to be used. All our other kitchen equipment require
both gas and electricity to operate. When we needed to do anything
during our regular power cuts, we had to run our huge generator that
supplies electricity to the whole school. This was costing us enormous
amounts of money on diesel bills and was very unfriendly to the
environment. Now our kitchen team can work without electricity if
necessary, and we will be able to save enormous amounts of money
and thus reduce our deficit. The amounts of money this project will save
us during the coming years are enormous.
The CNC machine project was a dream come true. When we started Dual
System vocational training, we were informed that we will need a CNC
machine in our General Mechanics Department to meet the requirements for
the third year of training. We brought this need to our friends in the
Wasserburg Rotary club and the Beirut Cosmopolitan Rotary club. Both
clubs kindly responded to our need and together provided us with the CNC
machine. They also provided us with a huge UPS system that will protect
its sophisticated electronic equipment from guaranteed damage from the
unreliable and surge-prone local power supply. All the necessary
equipment for installing the CNC machine were also sent to us with all
the tools and the specialized cabinet. Blocks of plastic and aluminum
for student exercises on the machine were also sent.
The Rotary clubs also planned, hosted, and financed
the training of the
Coordinator of our Vocational Department, Mr. Nasr Debs, in Germany.
This training was absolutely necessary for installing, operating, and
teaching colleagues and students on this CNC machine.
The Rotary Clubs that provided us with those projects are the following:
CNC
Machine:
The Rotary Foundation
RC Wasserburg
RC Beirut Cosmopolitan Rotary
Districts 1840, 2450
Gas Cooker:
RC San Mateo
RC South San Francisco
RC Beirut Cosmopolitan Rotary
District 5150
We express our most sincere gratitude to all the above mentioned clubs
of the Rotary Foundation, and we especially thank Mr. Manfred
Bonetsmüller, Mr. Peter Rink, Mr. Tony Asfour and all the wonderful
people of the Rotary Foundation who helped us realize all those dreams.
We especially thank you for not giving up on the CNC machine project
which faced enormous difficulties on every step of the way. In spite of
all the huge problems you faced, you persisted and fought against all
odds to meet our needs.
Words cannot express our gratitude to you as both projects are not
ordinary ones. They are both truly giant leaps for our school, one is
technological and the other is economical and financial.
Thank you very much and may God bless you all.