On behalf of all of us at PfP, we would like to wish you a blessed Ramadan. Whether you’re Muslim or otherwise, we hope this cherished month will surround you in the warmth of love, family, friends, good health, healing, joy, restored appreciation for life, and an enhanced sense of your personal power to affect
Throughout this impossibly difficult year, all of us at PfP would like to thank you for making our work possible. Your commitment to the rights of Palestinian children is more essential now than ever as we support our brothers and sisters in Gaza while they rebuild. Your kindness this past year has supported: The Pheonix School of Gaza The Beit Liqia Plauground – West Bank The Al Freir School – West Bank Uplifting activities for patients in the hospitals, Women’s Clinic, Hospital assistance for children – Gaza Movie Nights in Gaza Eid Day and Harvest Day – Gaza Psychological first aid – Gaza Meal Distributions, new mother financial assistance – Gaza Medical aid, hygiene kits, baby formula, and more Ms. Gharam’s Heritage Class Fun days, kites, and toys with Al Najat If you gave to Palestine Writes, your donation will show here as well. These funds were used to
PfP sponsored an ongoing kitchen in Rafah to feed several hundred families per day throughout the month of Ramadan. PfP created a hakawatiyyeh tent for after Iftar storytelling. With PfP’s support, Safaa, a former schoolteacher, is bringing joy to children in the camps with regular activities like puzzles, crafts, coloring, and story time. PfP working with local Palestinian organizations dedicated to uplifting children in need through food distribution and aid. We are grateful for all your support. Another PfP funded initiative by Safaa, a former school teacher. After the activity, she treated the children and captured these moments in photos.
These last few weeks have changed me. I will never be the same. I will never forget the children. I will never forget the heroes. I will never forget the horror. I will neve be the same. I am Gaza. I am Palestine.
From NBC News: The following article on SkateQilya, a project sponsored by PfP, appeared on NBC online SEP 2 2017, 5:30 AM ET Skateboarding Camp Helps Palestinians See Beyond West Bank Walls by PETRA CAHILL and LAWAHEZ JABARI Abdullah Milhem takes to the air on a ramp at SkateQilya in the West Bank. Adam Abel / NBC News QALQILYA, West Bank — Residents in this Palestinian city never see the sunset; Israel’s imposing security wall blocks the view towards the west, and much else. Now, a skateboarding summer camp in Qalqilya is helping kids to see a new horizon. “When you get on the skateboard, you don’t think about all the problems you have. All you’re focused on is that you have to stay
PfP is excited to fund the renovation of the SkateQilya ramp as well as partially funding the skateboards and helmets for camp participants! Take a look at this awesome footage of GIRL ON WHEELS: In 2013, when Kenny Reed came to Palestine to help us build our skate camp, he met Rama in the village of Jayyous. Rama, who was 12 at
Philadelphia Fox News featured a story on its news programming about Playgrounds for Palestine in May 2002, after founder susan abulhawa traveled to Jenin just after a major invasion of a refugee camp by Israeli occupation forces.
On behalf of all of us at PfP, we would like to wish you a blessed Ramadan. Whether you’re Muslim or otherwise, we hope this cherished month will surround you in the warmth of love, family, friends, good health, healing, joy, restored appreciation for life, and an enhanced sense of your personal power to affect change in
My contribution makes me happy for the cause, and is inspired by my friends, Holly and Scudder, who are getting married.