Building playgrounds in Palestine: ‘This is their special place and refuge’
Author Susan Abulhawa (‘Mornings in Jenin’, ‘The Blue Between Sky and Water’) talks to the Guardian about her charity, Playgrounds for Palestine.
Author Susan Abulhawa (‘Mornings in Jenin’, ‘The Blue Between Sky and Water’) talks to the Guardian about her charity, Playgrounds for Palestine.
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
“After the ‘Cast lead’ attack on Gaza, PfP shared a video of the kids finally able to go outside where there still stood a (PfP) playground. It still brings tears to think about the joy of those kids swarming the playground… It really brought home the great work PfP does. “