Linking together for human rights
The CADFA Human Rights Report for July 2018 tells of the pressures on the people around Abu Dis at this time – “During this month, apartheid was pushed on further when the Israeli Knesset gave approval to a new ‘Nation State Law’ as one of the so-called Basic Laws of Israel. Although the effort has been in this direction from the beginning, the law for the first … Read More →
Since our most recent volunteers left Abu Dis last week, lots of people have been asking when the next volunteers are coming. Have a look at our women’s blog and the Abu Dis volunteers’ blog for a taste of the experiences of the most recent people there, working with young people and women. Here is a picture of Pauline (one of the summer volunteers) in a local school. If you might … Read More →
CADFA now has dates in October 2018 for our next general visit to Palestine. The visitors will be based in Abu Dis and will have the opportunity to visit places across the West Bank and to meet a wide range of people and organisations. Our most recent visitors (July 2018) sent us photos from many contexts and (as usual) gave very positive reports about the programme. We will be inviting them to speak at … Read More →
(This photo was taken during the last Ma’an exchange in Palestine by Sohayb Megraoui) CADFA is now working hard on the next youth exchange that is part of the Erasmus+ – funded Ma’an project – The youth exchange to the UK is just weeks away. This is part of the project that has been going on for the past year (see the project blog). The previous youth exchanges have concentrated on anti-discrimination (France, … Read More →
One of our new volunteers in Abu Dis has written a moving and interesting first blog post. We are posting it below and suggest keeping an eye on the blog: abudisvolunteers.blogspot.com. The fan is gently wafting the warm air in the bedroom of the Guest house as I write. It is the end of our first full day in Abu Dis. Flo has arrived completing our group and Yas and I have returned … Read More →
