2014 After creating a park space on the property of Lajee Center in the Aida Refugee Camp, we installed this playground, which turned out to be one of two.

This project is creating a children’s ecological garden for play and learning, connecting existing infrastructure including a community garden, botanic garden, animal rehabilitation center, and compost center to an area of play! The community garden is located down the hill from the planned children’s ecological garden and playground, which includes a play complex set to be completed by the end of August 2020.

2009 This playground was built in celebration of the marriage of Heather and Armen Vartian. In lieu of wedding gifts, the couple asked their guests to make a donation toward this playground in the refugee camp where Heather had previously lived and worked.  Heather and Armen said: “We passionately care about the people of Palestine, having lived

2009 The Najdeh Association, a local NGO working with Palestinian children in refugee camps, established a preschool in Ein El-Helweh Refugee Camp in Saida, which serves a community of Palestinian refugees. The preschool serves around 90 children, ages 3 to 5, in the mornings Sundays through Thursdays and hosts youth activities on Fridays and Saturdays

The Modern Childhood School is PfP’s second school in Gaza, serving approximately 400 students from pre-K to 5th grade. This was a fully operational school prior to the genocide, but was destroyed by Israeli bombing. The principal, Gehan, along with existing teachers at the school and with funding from PfP, re-established the school in Deir

2022 This project was funded by and completed in partnerships with PfP—UK. The Madaa Creative Center was established in 2005 to serve and empower children, teenagers, and women living in Silwan.

2020   Established in 2010, the Palestinian Animal League is the only locally-run animal protection organization operating within the Occupied Palestinian Territories (oPt). PAL works with local people, particularly children, to encourage kindness, justice, and compassion for humans and animals alike.   This project seeks to create a cultural understanding and appreciation of animal welfare concepts

Playgrounds for Palestine teamed up with Pallasos en Rebeldía (Clowns in Rebellion), who volunteered through Lajee Center, to send them across the West Bank portion of Palestine to host day long events and acrobatics workshops for local children at our playgrounds.