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SkateQilya Pushes Forward

News from SkateQuily: THANK YOU PLAYGROUNDS FOR PALESTINE!!! PfP is donating 3K to SkateQilya to cover the renovation expenses of our ramp. Can you donate $10 to get your name on it? 8 DAYS TO GO: www.igg.me/at/skateqilya

Girls on Wheels

PfP is excited to fund the renovation of the SkateQilya ramp as well as partially funding the skateboards and helmets for camp participants! Take a look at this awesome footage of GIRL ON WHEELS: In 2013, when Kenny Reed came to Palestine to help us build our skate camp, he met Rama in the village of Jayyous. Rama, who was 12 at …

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Progress on the Playground at Asira Shamaliya

✨PLAY, WHILE IT CANNOT CHANGE THE EXTERNAL REALITIES OF CHILDREN’S LIVES, CAN BE A VEHICLE FOR CHILDREN TO EXPLORE AND ENJOY THEIR DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES AND TO CREATE, EVEN FOR A BRIEF TIME, A MORE JUST WORLD WHERE EVERYONE IS AN EQUAL AND VALUED PARTICIPANT✨  

Hedy Epstein

It is with great sadness to learn that Hedy Epstein, a dear friend of Palestine, is gravely ill. All of us at Playgrounds for Palestine extend love and warmth to Hedy and her family. PfP was approached by Hedy’s closest friends who would like to dedicate a playground in celebration of Hedy’s life. Below is the text we were asked to post from her friends: Hedy …

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2016 Annual Gala

Once again, we had a spectacular dinner fundraiser. Thank you to all of our supporters and volunteers! With love, PfP  

Invite Reminder

  …helping children reclaim their childhoods March 29 2016 Dear Friends of PfP, Tickets are going fast for our annual fundraiser dinner, the evening of SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016 It’s not likely that we will be able to accommodate ticket sales at the door this year; so, if you’re planning to attend, please reserve your tickets here.   The dinner will take place at the exquisite, gorgeous space of “Material Culture” in Philly (see pictures below).  And back by popular demand, both Remi Kanazi and Farah Siraj will join us! Both artists took our breath away in past events and we feel so privileged to have them back, in the same evening no less! Remi is a spoken word artist. …

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Awesome PfP Funded Project in Jenin

So proud to support Freedom Theatre in Jenin! http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3ae37c7a5636c2013d7c8ef29&id=9403cb77a7&e=af30e2e28e

All Children Deserve to Play Safe

We all have an inner child in us. And we all understand the importance of play and what it means for children. And that was even more apparent to me as a mother. And so yeah I want Palestinian kids to have that. And they deserve it. All children deserve that. susie and Hanan, speaking from the heart of Playgrounds For Palestine vimeo.com/148377244

Save The Date Annual Dinner 2016

      …helping children reclaim their childhoods January 2016 Dear Friends of PfP, It’s that time of year again.  If you’re anywhere near Philly, mark your calendars for our annual dinner, the evening of SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2016 We are so excited about this fundraiser, as it promises to be a spectacular evening. For starters, back by popular demand, both Remi Kanazi and Farah Siraj will join us! Both artists took our breath away in past events and we feel so privileged to have them back, in the same evening no less! Remi is a spoken word artist.  His powerful, defiant, gut-punching poetry is profoundly human and it will break your heart at the same time that it provokes your own sense of power.  Farah Siraj’s ethereal voice is entrancing and enchanting in a way that will leave you haunted with a sense …

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Remembering Salah Ajarma, our beloved brother

On July 14th, Playgrounds for Palestine joined friends and family to remember Salah Ajarma, our dear friend, comrade, and brother who passed away in April 2021. Salah was an integral member of PfP and over the years he became family to all of us. He was a man of integrity, passion, and unwavering commitment to justice and his country. He dedicated his life to empowering his community, especially young people, and in the process created a school, a kindergarten, and spectacular community center in the heart of Aida refugee camp, where young people could go for recreation, music, art and dance lessons, after school help, and more. He touched so many lives, and all of us are better people for having known him. We miss him terribly, but we

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Play, while it cannot change the external realities of children’s lives, can be a vehicle for children to explore and enjoy their differences and similarities and to create, even for a brief time, a more just world where everyone is an equal and valued participant.