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Newsletter   . . . helping children reclaim their childhood  April 2012 Sustaining Play Into Another Decade. Thank You! We kicked off this beautiful Philadelphia spring with our fabulous fundraiser on Saturday 31 March at University of Pennsylvania’s Houston Hall.  Thank you again to everyone who came out to support the event and helped create such a warm and generous atmosphere – the spirit of familiarity, family, unity, and solidarity with Palestinian children that this event brings to our community is becoming legendary and we look forward to bringing that lovely feeling back for …

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PfP tickets for this weekend are still available!

Newsletter   . . . helping children reclaim their childhood  March 2012  SAVE THE DATE!  PfP’s Annual Fundraiser Dinner on March 31st! Get Your Tickets Now: March 31st for Our 11th Annual Fundraising Dinner  It’s that time of the year again when all of us gather in one place to share an evening of community, delicious food, LAUGHTER, good entertainment, and, best of all, the affirmation of our commitment to uphold the Right to Play for children in in Palestine and refugee camps elsewhere. This year, we will be …

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Please Join Us For PfP’s Annual Dinner!

  . . . helping children reclaim their childhood  March 2012 Invite  SAVE THE DATE!  PfP’s Annual Fundraiser Dinner on March 31st! Get Your Tickets Now: March 31st for Our 11th Annual Fundraising Dinner  It’s that time of the year again when all of us gather in one place to share an evening of community, delicious food, LAUGHTER, good entertainment, and, best of all, the affirmation of our commitment to uphold the Right to Play for children in in Palestine and refugee camps elsewhere. This year, we will …

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Get Your Tickets Now for PfP’s Annual Dinner!

Newsletter   . . . helping children reclaim their childhood  February 2012  SAVE THE DATE!  PfP’s Annual Fundraiser Dinner on March 31st! Get Your Tickets Now: March 31st for Our 11th Annual Fundraising Dinner  It’s that time of the year again when all of us gather in one place to share an evening of community, delicious food, LAUGHTER, good entertainment, and, best of all, the affirmation of our commitment to uphold the Right to Play for children in in Palestine and refugee camps elsewhere. This year, we will be returning to the University of Pennsylvania’s Bodeck Lounge in Houston Hall, and we hope you will join us. Our keynote speaker will be the Fabulous Suad Amiry, author of bestsellers “Sharon And My Mother-In-Law: Ramallah Diaries” and “Nothing To Lose But Your Life”. Suad was a speaker at the historic TEDxRamallah event.  She resides in Ramallah, where …

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PfP Project Demolished in Silwan – Please Act!

PfP Project demolished in SilwanPlease Act now! Dear Friends of PfP and Friends of Children, click image to see photos click image to see video We must share some bad news that has a terrible impact on Palestinian children. On Monday, February 12th, 2012, Israeli bulldozers arrived before sunrise and without warning to the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem to demolish a newly completed community facility. The “cultural café” was built with funds from Playgrounds for Palestine and California-based Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA). The Jerusalem Municipality and the National Parks Authority carried out the demolition with Israeli police officers closing off the street and preventing nearby families from leaving their homes …

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Save the Date!! March 31st, 2012

  . . . helping children reclaim their childhood  January 2012  SAVE THE DATE!  PfP’s Annual Fundraiser Dinner on March 31st! Save the Date: March 31st for Our 11th Annual Fundraising Dinner  It’s that time of the year again when all of us gather in one place to share an evening of community, delicious food, LAUGHTER, good entertainment, and, best …

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December 2011 Newsletter

    December 2011 Thank you for everything you do to support PfP.  We greatly value and appreciate you. Below you will find the latest update on our activities to uphold the Right to Play and bring joy to children. Wishing you a wonderful holiday! PfP Board Playgrounds for Palestine is Proud to Announce Completion of “Abir’s Garden” Playground Our most recently completed playground, Abir’s Garden, was built in a small village on the southern-most edge of the West Bank, south of …

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Recent visit to Nahr el Bared

This was the first opportunity PfP had to visit the playground since its establishment in 2009. PfP founder, Susan Abulhawa, was delighted to report back that the playground looks great and the kids are getting great use out of it. Susan took the opportunity, while in Lebanon, to visit the camp and spend some time with the kids at Nahr el Bared. It was then she noticed that there is a tremendous need for youth facilities and activities and Nahr el Bared remains horribly impoverished. But thankfully due to the generosity of PfP and MECA supporters, Susan was heartened to see so many smiles because of the playground Playgrounds for Palestine had built!

Only 2 weeks to go!

        …helping children reclaim their childhoods May 2011  Only 2 weeks to go! Saturday May 21, 2011 – Celebrating A Decade Of Play On Saturday, May 21st, Playgrounds for Palestine will be celebrating its 10th year anniversary.   We have several wonderful surprises to unveil and we sincerely hope you will join us for this special ocassion. The evening entertainment will feature Spoken Word Poet Remi Kanazi and renowned Dabke Troupe, Faris el Layl. We will bring you messages from the children whose lives you have touched so profoundly over the years. As always, you’ll find delicious Arabic food, good friends, and a meaningful and fun way to spend your evening. Where: UPenn Houston Hall, Bodeck Lounge, 3417 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA When: Saturday, May 21st from 5:30pm to 9:30 It’s a family event, of course.  For more information or to …

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Join Us to Celebrate a Decade of Play!

        April 2011  Get Your Tickets Now! Saturday May 21, 2011 – Celebrating A Decade Of Play Our annual gala this years will be a very special one.   On Saturday May 21st, 2011 Playgrounds for Palestine will celebrate its 10th year anniversary.  In honor of a decade of bringing play and smiles to Palestinian children, we plan to build ten more playgrounds.   Ten playgrounds for ten years.   Playgrounds for Palestine is a nonprofit registered 501(c)3 organization that operates with an all volunteer staff, minimal overhead, your generosity, and a lot of love.  You can count on seeing old friends, eating good food, a fantastic silent auction, and a very special feature entertainment, including the renowned Spoken Word Poet, Remi Kanazi, and a Faris El-Layl Dabke Troupe.    Please mark your calendars and plan to join us. For more information, click here.    For …

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Phoenix Elementary in Gaza

We are excited to announce the launch of an initiative we’ve been working on for a while. PfP established a school in Gaza for grades 1-5. We’re in our third week now of operation and it’s amazing. The school is a mixture of traditional and non-traditional learning. The first few days were focused on getting to know each other, consulting with children about what they want to get out of the school, how they want to decorate the space, and assessing their skills and abilities. It was decided to name the school: Phoenix Elementary. مدرسةالعنقاء As you can see, the kids were over the moon to be in a classroom after their lives were turned upside down. Grades 1-4 are focused on Arabic, English, math, and science, while grade 5 (along with anyone in grade 4 who wants) will solely focus on literature, where they

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Play, while it cannot change the external realities of children’s lives, can be a vehicle for children to explore and enjoy their differences and similarities and to create, even for a brief time, a more just world where everyone is an equal and valued participant.