Linking together for human rights

Beyond the Checkpoints summer project starts in Palestine.

BTC Aida

Best wishes to all the young people from 5 Palestinian villages and towns who started the Beyond the Checkpoints project today. This is the summer project run by CADFA/Dar Assadaqa which will take them to show each other their own villages and join workshops on human rights and advocacy skills. Today’s outing took them to Aida Camp in Bethlehem where they were welcomed by ArRowwad Cultural Centre and taken on … Read More →

New Horizons Summer Camp

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The second children’s summer camp at Dar Assadaqa 2019 was called New Horizons – as well as creative activities in Dar Assadaqa, the young people enjoyed outings to other part of the West Bank – Here, they were visiting Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem – an entirely new place for all of them. They visited Lajee Centre and Ar Rowwaad Centre before going to the middle of Bethlehem and seeing the sights – … Read More →

Summer camps in Abu Dis 2019

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In Palestine, it is already summer holiday time. Dar Assadaqa in Abu Dis are working hard preparing for two summer camps this summer, one starting this Saturday. (This is an old photo, as there have been summer camps at Dar Assadaqa every year since 2006). The first camp this year will have a focus on media and the second camp, called ‘new horizons’ on getting the young people out of … Read More →

Abu Dis kids enjoying the Dar Assadaqa summer camp

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In the long, hot summer holiday, any children need the opportunity for organised activities as well as the time to run around outside. The second is more difficult in Abu Dis where space is increasingly constricted (the “realities on the ground” of the Israeli occupation are pressing in – the Wall, the settlements, the checkpoints – making it a big affair to go outside of town). So local organisations often … Read More →