Bethlehem 1 | بيت لحم
Playgrounds for Palestine’s first playground was acquired from the American Playground Corporation and was shipped to Bethlehem after nearly one full year of preparations.
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.
Playgrounds for Palestine’s first playground was acquired from the American Playground Corporation and was shipped to Bethlehem after nearly one full year of preparations.
2020 The Talitha Kumi school is located in Beit Jala, Palestine and serves around 180 students. The school is for students from grade one to tawjihi (grade 12). Playgrounds for Palestine is helping to fund and build an outdoor playground in order to provide the children with a place to play, improve their fitness
2017 This is our second skate park project working with SkateQilya and SkatePal to create state of the art skateboarding ramps for boys and girls of all ages. We also support ongoing summer skate camps there.
2019 Al Morshid Kindergarten is located in Ein El Hilweh
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
Playgrounds for Palestine teamed up with Pallasos en Rebeldía (Clowns in Rebellion), who volunteered through Lajee Center, to send them across the West Bank portion of Palestine to host day long events and acrobatics workshops for local children at our playgrounds.
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.
2020 The Al-Shurooq School for Blind Children was established in 1981 as the educational facility of the society, with the aim of providing the blind and visually impaired with access to appropriate education and equal opportunity. They provide education, mobility training, daily life skills, and counseling service for parents and children. Children enroll in 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 MoreThis donation, our first to PfP, is to honor the children that see beyond conflict, and remind us to be ever present.