IBDA' in Gaza-voting day and results

We organized the voting day on September 11th for IBDA' Youth Program at the University of Palestine - Gaza, where 28 initiatives were presented. Voting by the community was not feasible, due to the large number of attendants. Therefore, a local committee  was formed and they have selected 11 initiatives.

Mujawara- Women's Funds

We held a mujawara* for the women funds which lasted for three days (12-14 September 2019) in one of the most beautiful guest houses in the old city of Nablus: ...

Summer Speakers- Solidarity Talks

Dalia Association organized a series of solidarity talks, informing participants, who are friends in Solidarity with Palestine about different topics. 

The first talk, by Sam Bahour, one of the founders of the Dalia Association, discussed the economic and communications situation in Palestine, after the Oslo Accords.

On Being There: One Palestine Solidarity Tour in Focus

 Over coffee and across a table full of maps, he meticulously walked the participants through the four systems of oppression across occupied Palestine: from the siege in Gaza, to fragmentation in the West Bank, to segregation in East Jerusalem, to the experience of internally displaced Palestinian citizens in Israel’s 1948 borders. This overview laid the groundwork for tourists to understand...

Farmers' needs in Gaza

We met on Thursday, the 8th of August, with a group of Gazan farmers who work in the Access Restricted Areas (ARA)- Gaza*, in order to identify their needs, as well as the obstacles and challenges they face in that region.

 

IBDA' in Gaza-Mentoring Workshop

We held several mentoring workshops, in August,  for the participants in the IBDA' Youth program in Gaza.  They are now in the preparation phase of their project ideas for the voting day scheduled for next week.

Ibad Al Rahman- Dabkeh Training

"Reviving the Palestinian Identity" an initiative from Ibad Al Rahman school, as part of from the IBDA' in the schools-Gaza, participated in Dabkeh training from May to July.

 

Signing Grant Agreements-WSW Gaza

We signed the community grant agreement (the grant that was distributed through a community decision via voting) with the leaders of the two initiatives from the Women Supporting Women (WSW) program in Gaza.

WSW in Gaza-Voting Day

We organized the voting day on the 7th of July for the Women Supporting Women Program in Gaza (WSW), where 200 students, women, and a local committee participated in the voting on 18 project ideas.

Al Natouf Market

Usayd and his team, from the IBDA' youth program, which is supported by Drosos Foundation, organized  Al Natouf Market, which was one of the winning initiatives that the youth community voted for last April in the village of Budrus.

 

 

Dalia Association in Georgia

Rasha from Team Dalia attended a meeting for Foundations For Peace Network in May.