The community LOVES movie nights! susan abulhawa brought a projector to Gaza when she went there and it has been a huge hit. PfP staff charge it by day, and by evening, the projector offers a small sense of normalcy and escape for people trying to survive genocide.
PfP is proud to announce the completion of the Beit Liqia playground, made possible by a generous donation from Abboud family. It sits on a 3000 sqm plot of land in Area C belonging to the Beit Liqia Municipality, with the Sports Club participating in the management and maintenance of the playground. It is used by the village and surrounding villages with a combined population of more than
Like elsewhere in the West Bank, childhood for the youth of Nabi Saleh is anything but normal. For many here, it’s not a matter of if they’ll get arrested, but when. Because of that, the adults in the village organize regular training sessions where they simulate the experience of getting arrested, detained, and interrogated to teach the children their rights and what to expect. During her hours long interrogation, Ahed remained silent refusing to even say her name. As many as 700 Palestinian children under the age of 18 from the occupied West Bank are prosicuted every year through Israli military courts. They’re not accompanied by a parent and are often interrogated without a lawyer or being informed on
“I feel like it would be better if I died with my mom. It is better. I’d rather not see this suffering and pain that I’m witnessing. I mean everyone I valued and loved is gone.” This little girl speaks to the condition of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children traumatized beyond our imaginations. “this is a child. when will this be stopped?” user pikedum writes in the comments.
PfP continues to fund relief efforts for children in Gaza. Following a $20,000 donation to the Cairo Red Crescent for medical equipment, PfP has arranged for the distribution of flour, cooking oil, and clothing for children. We are also continuing to sponsor psychological first aid for children who are experiencing unimaginable trauma. Studies show that early intervention is crucial to long term psychological outcomes, and we’re doing all we can to be a force of healing and sustenance in a time of genocide and nefarious collusion of the rich and powerful against a defenseless Indigenous society. PfP also supported a kite-making and flying psychological intervention for kids in Rafah. Your support makes meaningful initiatives like these possible. And we have been distributing kits in Southern Gaza in collaboration with Al Najat Charity. We remain grateful
PfP implemented ongoing psychological intervention for children in Mawasi Khan Younis. Here are some heartwarming photos and videos from the program, including activities for Palestinian children sponsored by PfP in the Mawasi area. We’re grateful for all your support in making this happen.
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. Holding it at night helps manage the crowd, because doing it in the daytime attracts way more children than she can manage. Free Palestine
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.
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 the process created a school, a kindergarten, and spectacular community center in the heart of Aida refugee camp, where young people could go for recreation, music, art and dance lessons, after school help, and more. He touched so many lives, and all of us are better people for having known him. We
The community LOVES movie nights! susan abulhawa brought a projector to Gaza when she went there and it has been a huge hit. PfP staff charge it by day, and by evening, the projector offers a small sense of normalcy and escape for people trying to survive genocide.
This donation, our first to PfP, is to honor the children that see beyond conflict, and remind us to be ever present.