Twinning Youth Project: Presentations

The six boys and six girls who are part of the project have been working hard, getting ready to visit England. Not only are they excited about seeing Big Ben, the London Eye and possibly losing their belongings, they are all adamant about one thing: they want to share the messages they have about Palestine. 

In the last session, the Youth Project worked in their teams of four and were each given a question and created a presentation in English. They were happy to hear that people in England are ‘generally quite polite and really welcoming’ and are relieved to know that the group in London will be supportive. 

Some of the other ideas that were presented included being excited about sports and travelling the country. They’re all hoping it won’t rain but are prepared if it does happen! 

We can’t wait to get started on preparing the individual presentations about Palestine!

Drama session

Hello everyone!

On Monday I went to the first of four drama sessions in preparation for the Palestinian youth group visit. During the two hour session we played a variety of games including ice-breakers, clapping games and various other physical activities. We also took some time to reflect on the week we will be spending with the visitors from Palestine.

Sorcha - Our first drama session was very successful! The ice-breaker game allowed the group to get to know one another and find out why we all wanted to be part of the youth visit. 

Oonagh - I enjoyed my first drama session with CADFA, I look forward to the others to come.

Lucy - We thought about the importance of the sessions and how we would benefit from them. We discussed what we would learn from people living such different lives to us and how they would learn from us, which I thought was very interesting.


Eloise - It was interesting to analyse our lives living in London and compare it to what their lives are like.

Saoirse - It was fun getting to know the group and to start thinking of the sessions ahead and what we'd get out of them. it was also very interesting hearing everybody's thoughts on what its like to live in the UK and discussing the comparisons between here and Palestine.

Emma - It was fun getting to know everyone that we would be working with the next coming weeks. The things we discussed brought things into perspective with just how privileged we are and in comparison with Palestine, from what I know, their life is very different to ours. It was great listening to what people hoped to get out of this experience and I look forward to working with everyone from here and Palestine. 

The group in discussion

Ryan Soraghan 

Visiting England: the answers

Sofia in LSU school learning to go next week to Palestine

Nadine exposition 

Hello everyone!

In response to your questions:
- Keep your personal belongings at the place you're staying at incase you misplace them
- British people are generally quite polite and really welcoming!!!!
- The weather is expected to be very sunny, however bring a raincoat because English weather can be unpredictable at times
- We'll make sure you all have fun!

We're really happy you are all excited for your trip to the UK, we're looking forward to meeting you all.

Anna, Ryan and Sorcha

Drama sessions

On Monday,Dunia and I attended a Drama session with seven students from LSU school and Maria Fedelis school.
We started at 5:30 pm , and Jo and Tamsin ran the sessions.
we started by introducing ourselves and giving two facts about ourselves ,then we played the poker face game, we said three things about ourselves, two of which were correct and one that was wrong and the other students have to guess which one is the wrong one.
After that, we played the clap game, then we prepared a list for what we should talk about and what issues we should discuss regarding the student visit next month .
I think these kind of games are very useful as a way to relax , it is a great way to relieve stress, especially for the students because they have exams in a few weeks.

Nadeen Burkan

Visiting England: Questions and Ideas from Abu Dis

Checkpoint game in lsu school

Me and Dunia  went to LSU school .
I explained to the students about the life in Palestine in general and about the checkpoints particularly.
we played the checkpoints game ,the checkpoint game uses cards ,every student picks 2 cards ,one about the IDs ,and the other card about a cause and he should answer if he can cross a checkpoint according to the cause that he has or not .
I showed them the map and I explained to them how we cross the check points ,and how many hours sometimes it takes us to cross Qalandia checkpoint and Rachel checkpoint .

Nadine

The Checkpoint Game

Hello everyone!

Today the club focused on checkpoints around Palestine. Nadine informed us of her experiences at the checkpoints and explained the process of having to wait hours to be let through. She showed us some images from Qalandia and Rachel checkpoints and explained to us the difference in the green and blue identity cards. It gave us a real insight of the harsh reality of Palestinian civilian life and the daily difficulties they face. The group then went on to play the "Checkpoint game" where each player has to choose two cards, on one card it will state whether you have a blue ID or a green ID and this will determine whether you can go through the certain checkpoint you want to go to. 

Ryan - I learned a lot about how the checkpoints operate in the region. Before I was unaware of how bad checkpoints were. 

Saoirse - It was very interesting to learn about which ID allows different people to do certain things. It was surprising to find out how restricted some people's lives are, especially people with green IDs.

Nadine informing Saoirse and Ryan about the green and blue ID. 

Saoirse, Ryan and myself (Sorcha) playing the Checkpoint game

The game cards for the Checkpoint game 

Sorcha Fletcher