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
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/
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
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
Sharing photos from Salah Ajarma… https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=567178920045362&set=pcb.567179050045349&type=3&theater
PfP is moving ahead with construction of a community garden and playground in loving memory of Robert S. Mallouk, through the generosity of his family and friends. The playground, located in el Bireh at al Yasmin Society will serve children of various abilities and will be accessible. Robert S. Mallouk of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania passed away on March 28, 2013 at home. Born in Brooklyn, NY, Robert was the son of the late Salim Nicholas Mallouk and Sarah Klat Mallouk. He attended Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn. Upon graduation he entered Princeton University. WWII interrupted his studies. Robert was part
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 seven women who come together each Friday with their children to eat, socialize, and pray. Every week, these wonderful women offer whatever amount they are able to give, storing the money in a piggy bank and, after a few months, choosing a charitable cause to donate it to. When Miriam heard about PfP, she was so inspired by the thought of offering Palestinian children
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 items at the local International Cultural Festival held on the University of Montana campus and through collecting donations. The raffle raised over three hundred dollars and included prizes donated from local community members such as cooking lessons from Restaurateur and local renowned chef Ray Risho, Middle Eastern dance classes from Aniysa, hummus from Samir Bitar and a gift certificate to The Silk
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
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
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.