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.
2014 This playground is located in Nablus, as part of the campus of Tomorrow’s Youth Orgnization (TYO), where hundreds of Palestinian children engage in daily educational and creative programming. Approximately 800 children use this playground.
2012 Located in the Jordan Valley, Al Aqaba is an ancient Palestinian village, dating at least to the 6th century. Designated “Area C,” it has been under complete control of the Israeli military and faces frequent demotion and confiscation orders. Nearly every building in the village, including the mosque, women’s center, and kindergarten has faced demolition orders. Villagers,
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.
2020 In partnership with UNRWA, PfP provided emergency relief to children and their families who were hard hit by the pandemic.
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.
2018 Located in a kindergarten in Gaza
2015 Aqraba is a village of approximately 8200 residents, about 18 km from the ancient city of Nablus. Traditionally, Aqraba had been a rural farming village, with many olive groves and fruit trees. Israeli confiscation of land from families in this village, as well as ongoing expansion of settlements have led to some degree of urbanization
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
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 More“After the ‘Cast lead’ attack on Gaza, PfP shared a video of the kids finally able to go outside where there still stood a (PfP) playground. It still brings tears to think about the joy of those kids swarming the playground… It really brought home the great work PfP does. “