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August 2014 Newsletter

  …helping children reclaim their childhoods August 2014 NBC 10 of Philadelphia Segment on PfP NBC 10 – Philadelphia traveled to Palestine and did a story Playgrounds for Palestine. They visited the community space we built in Aida Refugee Camp and spoke to the kids and to the wonderful Salah Ajarma, Director of Lajee Center in Aida. Click HERE to watch the segment. PfP’s Palestine Director PfP would like to welcome our new Program Director in Palestine, Esperanza Shanan.  Esperanza grew up in Kobar, a village in the Ramallah district and currently lives in Ramallah.  She is fluent in Arabic, English, Spanish and Bulgarian.  She is an experienced physical therapist and community organizer.  She has an extensive history working to empower children and families in Palestine.  In particular, she has worked to advance access for children with special needs.  We are very grateful to have

June 2014 Newsletter

  …helping children reclaim their childhoods June 2014 Dr Ahmed Alkhateeb Takes PfP to the Summit of Mt Rainier! Congratulations and gratitude to Dr Ahmed Alkhateeb, a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard, and his friends for climbing Mt Rainier in support of PfP! Dr Alkhateeb and his fellow mountaineers started the climb on June 6th and reached the summit (pictured) on June 11th.  For more information and photos, click here or on the photo below. Lajee Center Grand Opening of Community Space On June 6th, Lajee Center held it’s grand opening for the community space and playground built by PfP. We are very proud of the work being done by Lajee and honored to contribute

May 2014 Newsletter

  …helping children reclaim their childhoods May 2014 Thank You For Another Wonderful Annual Fundraiser! Our annual gala was a resounding success and a beautiful evening. Our theme was “Places, People & Play”, we went over capacity with attendees, who came despite a downpour of rain and limited parking!  To see more, please watch this video montage, or see photos on our Facebook page. A huge “Thank You” to all who made the Playgrounds for Palestine fundraiser such an overwhelming success! We are

2014 Fundraiser

  …helping children reclaim their childhoods February 2014 It’s Not Too Late To Get Your Tickets for PfP’s Annual Dinner Fundraiser! Playgrounds for Palestine will hold it’s annual fundraiser dinner 5 PM on March 29th, 2014, at UPenn’s Hall of Flags in Philadelphia, PA. We are very excited to share another evening of community with our supporters, where we will show you photos from our latest builds in Palestine.   Our feature performer is Farah Siraj, a Jordanian virtuoso whose career spans three continents.  She has performed at some of the world’s most prestigious platforms, including the United Nations, Nobel

2014 Fundraiser

  …helping children reclaim their childhoods February 2014 Get Your Tickets for PfP’s Annual Dinner Fundraiser! Playgrounds for Palestine will hold it’s annual fundraiser dinner on March 29th, 2014,   at UPenn’s Hall of Flags in Philadelphia, PA. We are very excited to share another evening of community with our supporters, where we will show you photos from our latest builds in Palestine.   Our feature performer is Farah Siraj, a Jordanian virtuoso whose career spans three continents.  She has performed at some of the world’s most prestigious platforms, including the United Nations,

2013 Olive Oil

  Can’t see images? Click here to view in browser    From all of us at PfP  Happy Holidays!     Looking for gift to give this holiday? Consider Palestinian Olive Oil! Certified Organic, Fair Trade, and Delicious New Harvest.     This fair trade Palestinian olive oil is from Jerusalem and the West Bank. All proceeds from our olive oil sales go toward building more playgrounds and upholding The Right to Play for children in Palestine.   Both types of Olive Oil come either in an elegant 500 mL bottle or a 1 L tin:   RUMI: Rumi olive oil has a robust, peppery and slightly bitter flavor. The word “Rumi” in Arabic means “Roman,” indicating that these trees have been around in Palestine

November 2013 Newsletter

  Can’t see images? Click here to view in browser Dear Friends, Please forgive us for being so quiet over the past few months.  Rest assured that we have been working diligently behind the scenes to build more infrastructure of play, love, and community. Take a look…. Lajee: “It’s like a piece of paradise”  Mothers of two policital prisoners laid the first blocks to the new community play space Still under construction. When completed, Lajee will be a landscaped community space with an outdoor amphitheater, several slides, various games, several climbing structures, sandboxes, meeting centers, a storage shed, and other features, such as a mural painted by the children

thank you for a wonderful year

  …helping children reclaim their childhoods  May 2013 Thank You For Another Fabulous Event! Once again, you came and gave in the spirit of our shared commitment to children and their Right to Play.  Thank you! The evening was emceed by Sonia Rosen, with Nadim, her one-year-old son, helping out quite a bit.  Abeer Karzoun and Betsey Piette opened the event with introductory remarks in Arabic and English, followed by a delicious dinner catered by Oaklane Diner. Hanan Urick gave a wonderful presentation about her trip to Palestine and showed images of the sites we are working on now. Two awards were given this year for outstanding contributions to PfP’s mission of raising awareness of the plight of Palestinian children and to upholding their Right to Play.   Jacqueline Berry presented the first to

Reminder, PfP’s 2013 fundraiser

            …helping children reclaim their childhoods   The big day is almost here   Thank you to all of you who already purchased your tickets.     This is a final reminder for those of you who still haven’t gotten your tickets to do so at the advance sale price.  We will sell tickets at the door, but the price is slightly higher and seating is limited.   We hope to see you this Saturday when we will all gather again 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.  Our feature entertainment is none other than Philly’s

Reminder, PfP’s 2013 fundraiser

  …helping children reclaim their childhoods It’s time for PfP’s annual fundraiser fun! 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. Our feature entertainment is none other than Philly’s very own comedian, writer, musician Amer Zahr! Saturday, May 4th, UPenn Click here for more information and ticket orders  Always, Olive Oil… Fair Trade, USDA Certified Organic Palestinian Olive Oil online here. Both the Rumi and Nabali olive oils come in

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“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. “