Nablus 1 | نابلس
Playgrounds for Palestine’s Nablus playground is located in the King Faisal park, a public park that is part of the Nablus Happiness Childhood Center.
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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.
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Ramallah – Mashjar Juthour | مشجَر جذور
2014-2016 PfP partnered with Mashjar Juthour to build an amphitheater and we continue to work with this excellent organization on some of their projects. Mashjar Juthor is a “natural reserve that provides much needed space for cultivating the trees of Palestine while also reminding local communities of their very basic and necessary relationship to nature”.
Budrus | بٌدرُس
2013 Budrus is a village of about 1500 people. They have a UN school with a single set of swings for use by the kindergarten children. The children of Budrus spend most of their days inside or playing on the streets. Funds for this playground were raised by the “Midsummer Night’s Dream” team- they held
Gaza, COVID-19 Relief
2020 In partnership with UNRWA, PfP provided emergency relief to children and their families who were hard hit by the pandemic.
Al Somoa-Simya 2 | السموع
2008 Abir’s Garden, was built in a very small village on the southern-most edge of the West Bank, south of Hebron, called Al Samoa-Simya. This is the second playground to be built in memory of a 10-year old girl named Abir Aramin, who was shot and killed by an Israeli sniper. Abir was the daughter
Al Aqaba | العقبة
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,
Aida 3 | مخيم عايده
2016 This is the second playground (in addition to the park itself) we built at the Lajee Center inside the Aida Refugee Camp in the Bethlehem District, Palestine. Lajee Center’s work with children so inspired us that we decided to partner with them permanently to oversee our installations in other locations. In particular, Salah Ajarma’s
Silwad | سلواد
2009 Silwad, located north of Ramallah, is home to approximately 8,000 Palestinians. Most of its population relies on farming and agriculture to support their families and its climate makes it suitable for growing its famous olive and fig trees. Playgrounds for Palestine installed this playground in collaboration with Maysoon’s Kids, a children’s center in Silwad.
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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.
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