Dr. Mads Gilbert presents his recent book of photographs taken during the 2014 war on Gaza. This is the photo story that pays tribute to the courage, endurance, and almost inconceivably strong spirit of Palestinian health workers and volunteers, a spirit replicated throughout the severely tested society of Gaza during the summer war of 2014.
Video and Edited Transcript Nadia Ben-Youssef and Brad Parker Transcript No. 430 (16 April 2015) Zeina Azzam: Israel’s military assault on Gaza in the summer of 2014 resulted in the death of over 2000 Palestinians, a quarter of whom were children. This was the sixth Israeli military offensive in the … Read more
Jacob J. Nammar, author of “Born In Jerusalem, Born Palestinian,” discusses his life during the 1948 Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine.
The Atfaluna Society enrolled 60 deaf students in different vocational training courses, which took place in the ASDC Vocational Training Unit. he courses taught them how to communicate using Palestinian Sign Language.
The toy workshop at Annahda Rehabilitation Center is designed to be a productive workshop to give opportunities of training and employment for adults living with disabilities, and to provide the local community with needed wooden toys and furniture that is used in nurseries, kindergartens, schools and centers.
As a result of severe weather, a number of kindergartens in Gaza were badly damaged in December 2013. This project aimed at renovating three of these kindergartens by repairing the play areas and the water, electrical, and sewage networks of each school.
The project of the Siraj Al-Quds School and Society for the Blind and Special Needs was aimed at promoting and improving the educational, social, rehabilitative and familial role of the visually impaired, special needs, and marginalized children. The project built capacities of their mothers and the staff working with them, and supplied the school with essential stationery, furniture, assistive tools, instruments, and capacity building courses.
This project aimed to create smooth accessibility movements at three targeted kindergartens.
Advanced technology has become an important part of early education, where teachers of all grades in many countries are applying computer technology to lesson plans to prepare children for high school and college. Prior to this project, the school only had four outdated computers to share between administration, teachers, and students. The project added five more computers along with the necessary training for students and staff of the school.
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