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August 2012 Newsletter

    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 love and wonder, The PfP Board A Playground for Deir Ammar Preschool… In Loving Memory of Cynthia Laitman We are delighted and honored to announce the completion of a playground in memory of an extraoridnary and beautiful soul, Cynthia Laitman.   The project was made possible through the love and support of her sister, Judith Laitman, her friends, and the Madison, WI chapter of Playgrounds for Palestine.   Deir Ammar is a rural village in the West Bank, west of Ramallah, with approximately 3,800 inhabitants. Just northwest of the village is the Deir Ammar refugee camp, where 2,303 refugees reside. Both the village and the

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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

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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 returning

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 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

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

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

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 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

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 Hebron, called Al Samoa-Simya.  This is the second playground built in memory of a 10-year old girl named Abir Aramin, the daughter of Bassam and Salwa Aramin.  Bassam is one of the founders of Combatants for Peace where former Israeli soldiers and Palestinians who served time in Israeli prisons both of

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.

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.

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Remembering Salah Ajarma, our beloved brother

On July 14th, Playgrounds for Palestine joined friends and family to remember Salah Ajarma, our dear friend, comrade, and brother who passed away in April 2021. Salah was an integral member of PfP and over the years he became family to all of us. He was a man of integrity, passion, and unwavering commitment to justice and his country. He dedicated his life to empowering his community, especially young people, and in

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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.