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2014 Fundraiser

  …helping children reclaim their childhoods February 2014 Get Your Tickets for PfP’s Annual Dinner Fundraiser! Playgrounds for Palestine will hold it’s annual fundraiser dinner on March 29th, 2014,   at UPenn’s Hall of Flags in Philadelphia, PA. We are very excited to share another evening of community with our supporters, where we will show you photos from our latest builds in Palestine.   Our feature performer is Farah Siraj, a Jordanian virtuoso whose career spans three continents.  She has performed at some of the world’s most prestigious platforms, including the United Nations, Nobel Prize Hall, the World Economic Forum, MTV, Coke Studio,  Good Morning Live, MBC TV, and the Antena de Oro Awards of Spain.   The evening will also feature Afro-Brazilian …

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New Playground at Tomorrow’s Youth Organization in Nablus

Hello friends of PfP, Please check out these beautiful pictures of our new playground at Tomorrow’s Youth Organization in Nablus, Palestine. Thank you to all our team members who make the construction of these playgrounds possible through your donations and fundraising! https://www.facebook.com/tomorrowsyouth/photos/?tab=album&album_id=10152254040066563

Yoga from the Heart – to PfP

Many Thanks to Children of Gaza/ Niños de Gaza for the Yoga Workshop they held to benefit Playgrounds for Palestine! We are eternally grateful to all of the members of our fundraising team! Together we can help Palestinian children living under military occupation regain their right to play! Please check out these beautiful pictures and get inspired! Yoga workshops, crocheting parties, rainbow loom demos… the PfP fundraising opportunities are endless! https://www.facebook.com/groups/215420375258745/permalink/419984621468985/

Sports Court at Jeel Al Amar

Thanks to our generous donors, Playgrounds for Palestine was able to partner with Jeel Al Amal school in Bethany, East Jerusalem to build the school a sports court. Jeel Al Amal is a boy’s home accommodating 100 orphaned Palestinian boys. They are educated at Jeel Al Amal primary co-ed school together with 250 girls. Your support allows PfP to continue our work building playgrounds and recreation areas for Palestinian children living under military occupation. To make a donation, please visit our firstgiving page:https://www.firstgiving.com/playgroundsforpalestine And don’t forget to share our page …

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Update on Lajee Center’s PfP Playground

Hello friends of PfP, Please enjoy these pictures of the Lajee Center’s PfP playground that is being built thanks to your support, our friends at the Lajee Center, andplayground architect Sam Kornhauser, who has generously donated his time and expertise to PfP. Lajee Center (‘lajee’ means ‘refugee’ in Arabic), was established in Aida Refugee Camp in April 2000 by a group of 11 young people from the Camp who wanted to serve the community. Lajee is a community-based grassroots creative cultural centre that works with new generations of Palestinians as they continue their ongoing struggle for justice and rights for Palestine and all Palestinians. The main aim of the center is to provide refugee youth with …

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2013 Olive Oil

  Can’t see images? Click here to view in browser    From all of us at PfP  Happy Holidays!     Looking for gift to give this holiday? Consider Palestinian Olive Oil! Certified Organic, Fair Trade, and Delicious New Harvest.     This fair trade Palestinian olive oil is from Jerusalem and the West Bank. All proceeds from our olive oil sales go toward building more playgrounds and upholding The Right to Play for children in Palestine. …

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Novels that steal narratives

hi Friends. I don’t usually send out essays I publish, but hope you will forgive me for this exception. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/11/almond-tree-when-novels-distort-legacies-struggle-20131114102216116623.html Warmly, susie

November 2013 Newsletter

  Can’t see images? Click here to view in browser Dear Friends, Please forgive us for being so quiet over the past few months.  Rest assured that we have been working diligently behind the scenes to build more infrastructure of play, love, and community. Take a look…. Lajee: “It’s like a piece of paradise”  Mothers of two policital prisoners laid the first blocks to the new community play space Still under construction. When completed, Lajee will be a landscaped …

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PHOTO ALBUM | Ramadan 2026

At both the Phoenix School and the Modern Childhood School, our students participated in craft workshops to create Ramadan decorations

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This donation, our first to PfP, is to honor the children that see beyond conflict, and remind us to be ever present.