Campo di volontariato
Young First Responder – Be Kind: Children summer camp
Hebron, Palestina
Voices of Resilience Workcamp is an international volunteer initiative empowering Palestinian communities in Hebron’s H2 area, one of the most restricted and occupied parts of the Old City. The program brings together volunteers from around the world to support local resilience through community empowerment and cultural exchange. Participants engage directly with residents, hear their stories, and learn about daily life under occupation, fostering empathy, solidarity, and cross-cultural understanding. The workcamp highlights the intersections of cultures, social resilience, and advocacy, offering a unique space for volunteers to gain hands-on experience in community empowerment, intercultural learning, and grassroots peacebuilding. Read more about the humanitarian situation in H2 Area in Hebron: https://www.ochaopt.org/sites/default/files/h2_spotlight_april_2019.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Il Progetto
Each year, our local partner Eid Shahin community center of the PRCS organizes summer camp for the children in the old city of Hebron (number between 150-170 children) who are exposed to loads of violence and isolation due to the occupation’s draconian security measures against that area. The occupation forces together with the illegal settlers’ militia are targeting the community at large with the aim to expel them. The army use all possible means to force people to leave their environment in order for them to occupy it and house settlers in their spaces. These measures leave very deep wounds in the children minds and their very existence. Living in fear all the time and hardly can have a normal life like any other children in the world. This community center which target the who community women, young adults and children (with focus on young women) are doing great work to sustain some kind of normal life
Attività principali
The work during the children’s summer camp will include the following activities:
· Assist in co organizing and co leading activities such as arts and crafts, sports, games, drama, and music.
· Support educational and awareness sessions (e.g., hygiene, environment, teamwork, communication)
IPYL089: Voices of Resilience: “Voices of Resilience: Supporting the steadfastness of the Palestinian community in the occupied Old city of Hebron”
· Help facilitate group activities that encourage creativity, confidence, and positive social interaction.
· Participate in environmental initiatives such as planting and community beautification
· Engage respectfully with children and community members, promoting cultural exchange
· Work as part of a diverse team of local and international volunteers
· Environmental days (planting + cleaning) inside and outside the center
· Music, theater, and drama
· Fun and entertainment with clowns
· Educational and health awareness activities (first aid / know your country / personal hygiene / communication skills / public speaking / healthy nutrition / leadership personality…)
· Art activities: free drawing, murals, handicrafts
· Take part in excursion tours and picnics with the staff and the children.
· Sports activities: tennis, football, sports competitions, chess, and brain game
We are looking for enthusiastic and responsible volunteers who:
· Clean record of dealing with children
· Enjoy working with children
· Can help with arts, sports, games, drama, or simple educational activities
· Have good communication skills (basic English required)
· Are friendly, patient, and respectful of different cultures
· Work well in a team and are flexible
· Understand the importance of child safety and appropriate behavior
· Are energetic and comfortable participating in outdoor activities
Through these activities, volunteers will:
Witness firsthand the challenges Palestinians face under occupation, including restricted mobility, checkpoints, barriers, and settler violence. Build cultural understanding and global solidarity through interaction with local residents. Learn about the Palestinian culture of resilience and steadfastness under harsh political realities.
Contribute to amplifying the Palestinian narrative of liberation, freedom,
and self-determination. Despite regional political turmoil, Hebron offers a space of hospitality, culture, and resilience, fostering an environment where volunteers can safely engage with local communities while supporting peacebuilding and intercultural
understanding.
Campo di volontariato
Young First Responder – Be Kind: Children summer camp
26 lug → 05 ago (11 giorni · 10 notti)
Dettagli
Luogo Hebron, Palestina
Area tematica EDU, KIDS
Età 18-75
Lingua English
Codice IPYL 089
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Attività formative
The afternoons will be dedicated to educational and cultural activities that will expose volunteers to Palestinian culture and history, and that will help volunteers to understand the reality of life under occupation. The program will include lectures, display of documentaries, visits to refugee camps in the Bethlehem area and tours of other places of interest. The program will provide many opportunities for interaction with locals. Volunteers will have
the opportunity to speak with Palestinian activists and to ask whatever questions they have about the situation in Palestine.
Dove alloggerai
The volunteers will be hosted at IPYL volunteers’ dormitory in Hebron. Men and women will stay in separate rooms. The dorm is about 20 minutes’ walk from the location of the work. The accommodation includes hot water, kitchen and hangout space. The place has fast internet connection and presentations equipment (the media center of IPYL is beside the flat). The volunteers will cook breakfasts, lunches and dinners by themselves (daily cooking teams to be established). Lunch might be served during the work time. Tea and coffee will be available all the time at the dorm and the hangout space.
There might be curfew for the work camp, which would be around midnight, unless we have some activities outside that night/evening.
The camp is alcohol and drugs free, volunteers can’t drink alcohol during the camp duration. The camp leaders will designate some local bars (Bethlehem only) where volunteers can drink.
Volunteers are encouraged to bring:
· Working shoes and clothes
· Clown costume and games (if possible) to play with the children
· Mosquito lotion
· Sun glasses
· Gloves
· Information about your country anything which can create international theme parties, based on food, drinks, music, dance and games that are typical from your home country.
Requisiti
Due to uncertainties in the security and safety situation in Palestine that might change any day, we will be sending the detailed Information sheet, the daily program and the arrival instructions one month before the camp starts
Organizzatore
International Palestinian Youth League (IPYL)
IPYL is an organization that empowers Palestinian youth through educational programs, intercultural learning, training, media literacy and youth leadership activities. Since its inception, IPYL has implemented hundreds of projects in a range of fields. These include 81 international voluntary work camps in Palestine and 69 in work camps in other Middle Eastern countries. The organization also carries out youth exchanges, geopolitical study trips (alternative tourism), media role in social empowerment, active citizenship and leadership, youth and women think tank groups and community meetings. For more info about IPYL, please visit https://www.ipyl.org.
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