In recent weeks, we have been active in four very different places:
Lebanon and Jordan, where we delivered a Training of Trainers with a group ready to make a difference themselves. In Gaza, where we continued to support aid workers online under the most challenging of circumstances. In the Netherlands, where we brought the power of music to hundreds people working for the Central Agency for Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA).
We have had the privilege of working with aid workers operating in Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan and Lebanon. In this newsletter, we would like to share more about the hybrid training we recently conducted in the West Bank and the support group we started for aid workers in Gaza.
Read MoreAs part of a two-year project we started earlier this year with the DROSOS FOUNDATION, we’ve been providing online training for professional caregivers who are currently active in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Jordan.
Last week, more than 90 people attended our training.
Read MoreAs Christmas approaches, we watch with horror the continuing violence taking place in Gaza and the West Bank. Therefore when we received a request for help from the West Bank, we immediately said yes.
Read MoreWith the COVID-19 crisis, many daily jobs and tasks went ‘online’, which in turn forced us to ask ourselves the question: Can we somehow do our training sessions online?
Read MoreAfter one of the training days, the director of Ruwwad Palestine, Samer Sharif, took us on a trip through the village of Budrus. His car was having a hard time on the rocky and bumpy roads. Budrus is a beautiful and friendly village, with flowers, trees and children playing on the streets…
Read MoreWe conducted the first training of our new project with the volunteers team of Ruwwad Palestine, based in a small village called Budrus. The village of Budrus is famous for it's non-violent resistance.
Read MoreWe are spending the Christmas period in Bethlehem, Westbank. Such an interesting and historical place to spend this time of the year. It might sound very romantic and peaceful, but in the Westbank it is not very peaceful at the moment. And it's definitely not the most beautiful time of the year, for the Palestinians we work with. Violent clashes every day, the cold effects marginalized areas and the political situation is…
Read MoreLucas and Maite have trained a group of teachers and therapists, mainly working at the Hope Flowers School in Bethlehem, Palestine.
This week we worked for six days with twelve teachers and therapists – all women - from the Hope Flowers School in Bethlehem.
