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.
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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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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.
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.
Silwan | سلوان
2010 This is a park located in Wadi Hilweh, in the Silwan neighborhood of East Jerusalem. The community of Wadi Hilwah, Silwan has been working to design and construct a sports/playing field and a playground on two of the last remaining parcels of open land their their village. In cooperation with MECA (Middle East Children’s
Aqraba | عقربا
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
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
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
Women’s Union Kindergarten at Burj el Shamali | برج إلشمالي
2019 This playground was funded by PfP-UK, our sister organization in the United Kingdom. The Rashidieh refugee camp is located on the coast of Lebanon, south of the city of Tyre. According to the UNRWA, there are 34,584 people registered in the camp as of June 2018. There are four schools in Rashidieh serving more
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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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