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The reality of Palestinian refugees
       Ramallah          June 21 - July 5, 2010

Volunteer project: The project seeks to bring people of various cultures together to build bridges of understanding, reconciliation, and peace. The long term goal of the project is to prepare youth to make positive contributions to their future and society through the values of understanding, helping, contributing tolerance, and respectful coexistence. These goals are achieved through education, awareness, youth empowerment and international volunteer projects.

The participants will have the chance to discuss relevant issues about the world and particularly Palestine. They will visit historically significant sites and refugee camps, and create a positive and real impact in the community through a variety of activities related to social and youth development. Living and working together in a refugee camp in Ramallah, the participants will gain a better understanding of themselves, Palestinian social and political questions, the world around them and the continuing Palestinian struggle for freedom.

There are a number of different activities that the volunteers can participate in, which will be based in Al-Amari refugee camp in the city of Ramallah. The work program has been designed to best suit the needs of the kids and adults living in such hardship, as well as to effectively utilize the talents volunteers will bring to the project. The work will be divided into different sessions such as:
• Farming
• Painting and renovation
• Art
• Working with the disabled
• Music
• Sport

Language: English

Cultural activities: The afternoon will be used to give volunteers an intercultural learning experience, with a focus on showing the international volunteers Palestinian culture within the context of the occupation and hopes for the future. This will involve different visits in the refugee camp, tours to interesting sites, lectures, and most importantly interaction with the local people on a daily basis.
Among the other places, the volunteers will visit the apartheid wall, some community centers for women/children and some NGOs that are active in the socio-political field in Palestine. Special tours to villages and towns around the area will be organized. In addition to that, the volunteers will be watching documentaries about Palestine and the Palestinian issue and politics.

Accommodation: Al-Amari Refugee Camp

Location: Al-Amari Refugee Camp in Ramallah city, 12 km north of Jerusalem

Age range: 18 and over

Extra fee: 200 Euro
The extra fee is intended to support the hosting organization who does not have sufficient funds. It is due upon arrival on the project.

 



 

The spirit of the mystic walls
       Jerusalem          July 6 - July 17, 2010

Volunteer project: Jerusalem is a very important city not only for religious reasons, being important for all the three main monotheistic religions, but also for its strategic position as a very vital commercial crossroad.
In Jerusalem’s Old City, close to the al-Aqsa mosque and the Jewish Western Wall, is the African Quarter. The area’s inhabitants are Muslim and identify themselves as both African and Palestinian. Most of their ancestors came as pilgrims from Sudan, Nigeria, Chad and Senegal and stayed on in the Holy City.

The volunteers will be involved in different maintenance, awareness and cultural exchange activities in the Old City. The work will be divided into different sessions, such as:
• Cleaning the historical Walls of the Old City of Jerusalem
• Cleaning the corners of the Old City
• Cultural exchange through interaction with the local community (experience, dance, cultural activities)
• Organizing activities for children of the African Community

Language: English

Free time: Field visits in the areas surrounding East Jerusalem: Refugee Camp, villages, the historical Wall of East Jerusalem; meetings with Palestinians; cultural events in East Jerusalem; documentary films.

Accommodation: Volunteers will be hosted in two apartments in the African Quarter in the Old City (one for girls, one for boys).

Location: Old City Of Jerusalem

Age range: 18 and over

Extra fee: 200 Euro
The extra fee is intended to support the hosting organization who does not have sufficient funds. It is due upon arrival on the project.

 

 

Support for Palestinian refugees in the Northern West Bank
       Nablus          July 23 - August 5, 2010

Volunteer project: The peace in the Middle East remains one of the major challenges to be solved by the international community today. After years of intifada, peace agreements and ongoing occupation, young people are the part of the population most affected by the stalemate. International voluntary service is a way to express solidarity and transmit hope, energy and creativity for young people to construct their citizenship under difficult circumstances through day-by-day cooperation among people of different backgrounds. We are therefore happy to host you for two weeks in Nablus City, were you will have the possibility to make a change! Today almost half a million Palestinian refugees are living in overcrowded refugee camps in the West Bank.

The international volunteer project will be based in one of the refugee camps in the city of Nablus - the New Askar refugee camp. There are a number of different activities that volunteers are expected to help with in the New Askar refugee camp and in the city of Nablus. The work program has been designed to best suit the needs of the people living in such hard conditions, as well as to effectively utilize the talents we anticipate volunteers will bring from abroad. The work will be divided into different sessions such as:
• Farming
• Painting and renovation
• Art
• Working with the disabled
• Music
• Sport

Language: English

Cultural activities: The afternoon will be used to give volunteers an intercultural learning experience, with a focus on showing the international volunteers Palestinian culture within the context of the occupation and hopes for the future. This will involve visits to refugee camps in Bethlehem, tours of places of interest, lectures, meeting Palestinian politicians and authors and most importantly, interaction with the local people. The volunteers will be able to visit the different associations and centers in the city where they can watch documentaries about the situation in Palestine and the Middle East. The volunteers will also have the opportunity to visit other cities in the West Bank, like Ramallah, Hebron, etc.

Accommodation: Askar Refugee Camp

Location: Nablus / Askar Refugee Camp

Age range: 18 and over

Extra fee: 200 Euro
The extra fee is intended to support the hosting organization who does not have sufficient funds. It is due upon arrival on the project.

 



 

Building community and social facilities in Bethlehem
       Bethlehem          
December 14 - December 27, 2010

Volunteer project: The project seeks to bring people of various cultures together to build bridges of understanding, reconciliation, and peace. The long term goal of the project is to prepare youth to make positive contributions to their future and society through the values of understanding, helping, contributing tolerance, and respectful coexistence. These goals are achieved through education, awareness, youth empowerment and international volunteer projects.

The volunteers will work in different villages in Bethlehem and they will help the municipality of Bethlehem in achieving the projects they’re working on.
They have started to build a kindergarten, a parking, youth houses, gardens, a hospital and so on. The volunteers will work in this area along with the people from the municipality, taking up different tasks every day, such as painting, farming, cleaning, etc.

The volunteer project will be running at Christmas time in Bethlehem, the best place to celebrate Christmas in. The volunteers will have the opportunity to celebrate Christmas with the Palestinians, sharing their celebration and solidarity.

Language: English

Cultural activities: The afternoons will be used to give volunteers an intercultural learning experience, with a focus on showing them the Palestinian culture within the context of the occupation and hopes for the future. This will involve visits to refugee camps in Bethlehem, tours of places of interest, lectures, meeting Palestinian politicians and authors and most importantly, interaction with the local people. The volunteers will be able to visit the different associations and centers in the city where they can watch documentaries about the situation in Palestine and the Middle East. The volunteers will also have the opportunity to visit other cities in the West Bank, like Ramallah, Hebron, etc.

Accommodation: In a rented apartment.

Location: Bethlehem is considered a central hub of Palestinian cultural and tourism industries. The city has significant value for Christians as it is considered the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth according to the Gospels. Bethlehem is also home to one of the largest Palestinian Christian communities in the Middle East. In addition, Bethlehem has three Palestinian Refugee Camps (Dhisha, Al-Azza and Aaida). The construction of the Israeli apartheid wall has had a severely negative impact on Bethlehem politically, socially, and economically. The wall runs along the northern side of the town's built-up area, within meters of houses in 'A'ida refugee camp on the one side, and Jerusalem on the other.

Age range: 18 and over

Extra fee: 200 Euro
The extra fee is intended to support the hosting organization who does not have sufficient funds. It is due upon arrival on the project.

 

 

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