Saturday, 24 February 2018

Naba and Mays tow new volunteers at Dar Assadaqa




Last week I visited Dar Assadaqa in Abu Dis with my friend Mays, both of us are students at Alquds University and interested to become volunteers for Dar Assadaqa, we met with Ali and Hassan to of the youth leaders at DS who introduce us about what things and activities they are doing with the young people at the place and they expanded the need of communication and outreach with the partner in Camden using the social media, blogs and other mean to be apple to send a clear message about the life of youth in Palestine and what they are facing under the Israeli occupation. The activities we will be carrying out as volunteers are to disseminate information about the Palestinian cause, the events and problems that occur inside the country on CADFA youth Blog. Through our conversation with them, we became aware of what they are doing. These activities include teaching schoolchildren to protect themselves when confrontations occur between the Palestinian side and the Israeli side.
Ali and Hassan added  that the confrontations occur a lot in the area of Abu Dis, so it is their duty as residents of this town to teach children what to do when confrontations They also teach them first-aid highways when there are fainting or injuries And also in spite of the tragedy that we live as a Palestinian people, but this does not prevent us from going on trips in our country Palestine and making the town's children happy These images confirm the events taking place in Dar Assadaqa center.
Other activities by Ali and Hassan is Dabkeh, drama and work on the films of recording ,These activities have attracted a great deal of interest, with a total of thirty participants and volunteers The most important activities are recreational trips by virtue of the pressure experienced by the Palestinian people, as well as the participants and volunteers in Palestinian places


Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Life under occupation - Chaos out of nothing



Thirty young people enjoying themselves and working seriously as part of the Dar Assadaqa Winter Camp (a mid-year holiday project) -and out of the blue, an interaction with the Israeli army that left three of the kids hurt – one hit by a jeep, one hurt his leg running away, and a girl with asthma who was affected by tear gas.

In the middle of this morning, four Israeli army jeeps appeared in the middle of Abu Dis, and one stopped by the front door of Dar Assadaqa while the others went to the nearby Abu Dis Youth Club. There was no obvious reason, and they didn’t stay long - they threw many tear gas cans, including one to the shop next to Dar Assadaqa which affected the young people there, who scattered from Dar Assadaqa (and one was hit by one of the jeeps). The soldiers pointed their guns at local people and then went away. 
The first picture here is one of today's  Winter Camp groups working on some drama. 
The second picture, taken after the incident with the army happened, because when they came, there was panic and no time for photos.  You can see tear gas In the distance, as the army jeeps are heading back to the military camp, but they have given everyone the message: they come into town whenever they want to.

Life under occupation - Chaos out of nothing



Thirty young people enjoying themselves and working seriously as part of the Dar Assadaqa Winter Camp (a mid-year holiday project) -and out of the blue, an interaction with the Israeli army that left three of the young people hurt – one hit by a jeep, one hurt his leg running away, and a girl with
asthma who was affected by tear gas.
In the middle of this morning, four Israeli army jeeps appeared in the middle of Abu Dis, and one stopped by the front door of Dar Assadaqa while the others went to the nearby Abu Dis Youth Club. There was no obvious reason, and they didn’t stay long - they threw many tear gas cans, including one to the shop next to Dar Assadaqa which affected the young people there, who scattered from Dar Assadaqa (and one was hit by one of the jeeps). The soldiers pointed their guns at local people and then went away.
The first picture here is one of today's groups working on some drama. The second picture taken after the incident with the army happened, because when they came, there was panic (no time for photos). In the distance, there is tear gas and the army jeeps are heading back to the military camp, but they have given everyone the message: they come into town whenever they want to.

Monday, 15 January 2018

Great reports from the Dar Assadaqa 'Winter camp'

Young people in Abu Dis, Palestine live squashed between the Israeli security wall, vast Israeli settlements and a serious military checkpoint. Their lives are dominated by travel restrictions, army invasions to the schools, imprisonments and shootings of young people. It is terrible to see the pressure increasing on the young people - though it is also inspiring to see their continuing strength

and energy and love to laugh!
Last year, Dar Assadaqa Community Centre in Abu Dis began a project "A Voice for Young Palestinians" - a human rights media programme for young people and women, aiming to upskill young people and women in media; to enable them to describe through different media their experience of the human rights situation in Palestine and the daily violations that are happening; to help them to build international links with young people and women – using the twinning links between Camden and Abu Dis - so they can disseminate this material internationally.
Year one got off to a good start. School students and university students worked on media and human rights projects and linked with young people in Britain to tell their stories.
During the year, the pressure on the young people of Abu Dis continued to be very bad (see CADFA's human rights reports). The Israeli army frequently stopped school classes with tear gas, arrested and even wounded children - and then two youths from the town were killed.
We want to work as hard as we can for the rights of the young people of Abu Dis to live a normal life, free of daily human rights violations. We know that this work increases their optimism and brings hope - which is very important. We are seeking funding to increase resources for the young people and step these courses up this year.

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

المخيم الشتوي لدار الصداقة كانون ثاني 2018



  مع بدأ العطلة الشتوية لمدارس أبوديس تفرغ عدد من مشاركي مشروع معاً للعمل كمتطوعين في دار الصداقة وتحديداً مع أندية التوأمة الشبابية حيث تم وضع برنامج عمل تضمن في البداية مخيم شتوي نشاطي شمل أكثر من 40 مشارك كانوا كلهم من مدارس أبوديس الثانوية فعلى مدار العطلة الشتوية نفذت المجموعة عدة نشاطات ترفيهية وتعليمية شملت رحلات وفرز لفرق دبكة وتمثل مسرحي ودورات خاصة بصناعة الأفلام وبناء الشخصية للتحدث للجمهور، بعد العطلة وفور عودة لطلاب الى مدارسهم استمر برنامج العمل بلقاءات دورية أسبوعية وتعمل اليوم ثلاث مجموعات طلابية في نادي التوأمة بواقع ثلاث لقاءات أسبوعية. مع مدربين متخصصين في الدراما وصناعة الأفلام التسجيلية والدبكة الشعبية ويشارك قرابه 30 طالب وطالبة من مدارس أبوديس هذا بالإضافة الى جولات ترفيهية محلية والى مواقع فلسطينية مختلفة.


Wednesday, 22 November 2017

مشاركة شباب دار الصداقة الى باريس


·       مع مطلع شهر تشرين أول الماضي وضمن مشروع معا للتبادل الشبابي شاركت دار الصداقة في الزيارة التبادلية الثانية للمشروع الى مدينة باريس الفرنسية حيث مثل دار الصداقة في التبادل عشرة شباب بالاضافة الى منسق دار الصداقة في زيارة استمرت لمدة عشر أيام تعرف المشاريكن فيها على المؤسسة الفرنسية الشريكة فيما التحق بالزيارة مجموعة شبابية من لندن، وكان لنا فرصه التعرف على البلد وعلى طبيعة حياة الشباب فيها والتحديات التي تواجههم.


Wednesday, 1 November 2017

تقرير عن زيارة فرنسا


كانت زيارة فرنسا جزء من مشروع معا الذي يضم  تبادلات بين فرنسا و فلسطين و بريطانيا و كانت زيارة فرنسا احدى تبادلات هذا المشروع و الذي كان هدفها او موضوعها الاساسي العنصرية بحيث اننا زرنا متحف خاص بالعنصرية (musée de l'homme paris) و تعرفنا فيه على كتير من اشكال للعنصرية في انحاء العالم مثل الاحداث الي كانت في جنوب افريقيا و كمان قمنا بسؤال العديد من الاشخاص غير فرنسين الاصل مثل جزائرين و تونسين مصرين عن اذا كان هناك عنصرية بفرنسا او تعرضوا  للعنصرية و كانت هناك اجوبة مختلفة و بنفس الوقت سألنا فرنسين الاصل اذا بشوفوا ان فرنسا من الدول التي تمارس العنصرية و ايضا في هذه الزيارة قمنا بتعريف الناس على فلسطين و على ماذا يحدث في فلسطين و عن معاناة الفلسطيني بشكل خاص بحيث ان فلسطين من اكتررالدول التي  تعاني من العنصرية و ايضا على صعيدي  الشخصي تعلمت من زيارة فرنسا اولا  التعرف على ثقافات   و ثانيا  تطوير من لغتي الانجليزية  و تعلم اللغة  الفرنسية و ثالثا تطوير من مهارات  التكلم و الاختلاط مع الناس و خاصة من ثقافة و لغة مختلفة و كمان زرنا العديد من الاماكن المعروفة بفرنسا مثل برج ايفل و الذي يعد من اهم الاماكن الاثرية في العالم و متحف LOUVER و الذي يعد من اهم المتحاف بالعالم و يحتوي على لوحة الموناليزا و يوجد بالمتحف جزء خاص للعرب و المسلمين و ايضا زرنا  قوس النصر انا برائي  ان هذه زيارة كانت جدا مفيدة على الصعيد الشخصي بحيث انها اعطتني الفرصة بالتعامل مع شباب من ثقافات و لغات مختلفة   في النهاية بوصي بزيادة من هذه التبادلات او المشاريع لانها تفتح  للشباب الفرص في تطوير من مهارات الاتصال و التواصل و التعرف على ثقافات مختلفة و التواصل معهم