…helping children reclaim their childhoods February 2011 Save The Date! 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 …
. . . helping children reclaim their childhoods September 2010 PfP builds its 3rd playground in Gaza for children with Down’s Syndrome Playgrounds for Palestine, in cooperation with ANERA in Gaza, was able to build a playground at the Right to Live Society in eastern Gaza in July 2010. The playground was built using recycled materials, local labor, local manufacturers, and the special local determination and steadfastness. The site of our newest …
Playgrounds for Palestine would like to extend special gratitude to the following individuals: Lowell Hartzell because over the years he has always made himself available to train PfP members on installation of playground equipment. For our most recent trip, Lowell spent at least 9 hours making calculations and instructing new board members on installation of our new playgrounds Mariam Rajab and her friends in Ottowa, a group of 7 …
Mount of Olives Arabic Language and Culture club is a student group from the University of Montana located in Missoula, Montana. The club aims at promoting cross-cultural understanding through language and culture on the University of Montana campus and in the Missoula community. Over the last few months, Mount of Olives has been working hard to fundraise for Playgrounds in Palestine. They have held various fundraisers, which have included a raffle, selling Middle Eastern Food, Photographs, Buttons and other …
Instead of asking for gifts on her 10th birthday, Julia Gambell of Yardley, PA, asked her guest to make a charitable donation. After a great slumber party on April 21st, Julia collected $100 in birthday money, which she decided to give to PfP. When asked why she decided to donate her birthday money, and why she picked PfP, Julia had this to say: “I picked PfP because for one thing, it must be so unfourtanate to have nothing to play with or nothing to play on. So, when I heard of the charity PfP I thought wow, how terrible …
“…..that letter made my day ……It is worth all the efforts that we did at the fund raising party, and makes me feel that we need to do more so we can help more and more of our children.” Palestinian Liberation Organization Refugees Affairs Department Popular Committee of Services Jenin Camp Acknowledgment Honorable, Playgrounds for Palestine In co-ordination with ANERA Popular Committee of Services – Jenin refugee camp is honored to present our deepest thanks and gratitude to Playgrounds for Palestine for the financing of the children play ground in the Jenin refugee camp, which was carried out in coordination with ANERA foundation. It has had a great impact in bringing joy …
When my dear friend and founder of Playgrounds for Palestine, Susan Abulhawa, asked me to write an article for the newsletter, I was certainly honored. Now that I am completing this task at the eleventh hour, I guess I underestimated the thought and emotion that would swell in me as I attempted to explain my motivation and actions for this charity. The Palestinian people have absolutely grabbed my attention as I have attempted to seek out the truth and broaden my view of justice in our world today. The more I learned, the more dialogues that began with my friends and family, and the more I saw from documentaries produced from around the world, I had no choice other than to decide there’s something I must do. As a small singular voice can rouse many, I decided to start to sell the …
Newsletter . . . helping children reclaim their childhoods March 14, 2010 SAVE THE DATE! PfP’s Annual Fundraiser Dinner on April 3rd! It’s that time of the year again when all of us gather in one place to share an evening of community, good food, LAUGHTER, good entertainment, and, best of all, the affirmation of our commitment to uphold the Right to Play for children in Palestine and refugee camps elsewhere. This year, we will be returning to the University of Pennsylvania’s Hall of Flags in Houston Hall, and we hope you will join us. Featuring… Philly’s very own, very funny, very entertaining Of the comedy tour, the NY Arab-American Comedy Festival, the 1001 Laughs comedy tour, and countless comedy clubs around the country …
. . . helping children reclaim their childhoods February 27, 2010 We are sending out this CALL TO ACTION to alert our supporters about a troubling development in the Oush Grab Peace Park, the site designated for a 2010 PfP playground installation. The Israeli military is trying to implement a decision to confiscate community and privately held property belonging to the community and families in the Palestinian Christian town of Beit Sahour. Included in this …
. . . helping children reclaim their childhoods February 2010 Newsletter SAVE THE DATE! PfP’s Annual Fundraiser Dinner on April 3rd! It’s that time of the year again when all of us gather in one place to share an evening of community, good food, LAUGHTER, good entertainment, and, best of all, the affirmation of our commitment to uphold the Right to Play for children in Palestine and refugee camps elsewhere. This year, we will be returning to the University of Pennsylvania’s Hall of Flags in Houston Hall, and we hope you will join …
At both the Phoenix School and the Modern Childhood School, our students participated in craft workshops to create Ramadan decorations
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.