Khan Younis | خان يونس
Located across from the Khan Younis Municipality building in a central location, this playground is used daily by thousands of children.
A great deal of work and effort goes into building these playgrounds. Some are designed and manufactured locally. When equipment is purchased abroad, parts are shipped to Palestine and assembled using local labor. We transfer ownership of the equipment to a local Palestinian NGO, school, or municipality with which we contract to assume responsibility for the playground. The land is always donated. Among PfP’s stipulations for these playgrounds is that 1) girls are given equal access as boys, 2) children are not charged for use of the playground, and 3) the local partner commits to regular maintenance and cleanup to ensure the safety of the site.
Located across from the Khan Younis Municipality building in a central location, this playground is used daily by thousands of children.
2016 This playground was built in memory of Hedy Epstein, with funds collected by her friends in the United States. A survivor of Europe’s holocaust, Hedy spent her life fighting for justice, especially in Palestine. Located in the Nablus District of Palestine, this playground is situated near a school and serves approximately 6,000 children from
2016-2018 PfP partnered with SkateQilya to construct a skate ramp, buy skate equipment, and conduct ongoing workshops with children to promote skateboarding in Palestine among girls and boys of all ages. The results have been spectacular!
2019-2020 This playground actually represents four separate playground projects in a larger recreational complex that serves thousands of children in Rashidieh. These playgrounds were a collaborative effort between PfP’s UK and US Chapters which both fundraised for this beautiful public park for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. With the help of UNRWA in Lebanon, the
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.
2019 This playground was built in partnership with UNRWA at the Baraaem Kindergarten in the Mia Mieh refugee camp is located south of the city of Saida. The camp was established in 1954 and extends over an area of 54,000 sq m. The camp survived a series of major events in 1982, when the
2013 Beit Fajjar is an old industrial town outside of Bethlehem. It is the home to many rock quarries and used to be a very lucrative town that imported much of its stone to be used by marble masons in Italy. With the current restriction of movement within Palestine, most of the quarries are closed
2022 This is PfP’s second project at Jeel Al Amal School. It was funded by a Book Club in the New Jersey and Pennsylvania areas. Jeel Al Amal is a boy’s home accommodating 100 orphan Palestinian boys. They are educated at Jeel Al Amal primary co-ed school together with 250 girls. The school is located
From the legacies of our ancestors through the land that holds all our roots and all of our stories, Palestinian farmers persist in the traditions of the olive trees, and bring you the nectar of Palestine’s noble fruit so that we might also build spaces of love and play for Palestine’s children.
Grow MoreThis donation, our first to PfP, is to honor the children that see beyond conflict, and remind us to be ever present.