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For Palestinian Refugees, PROJECT FOR PEACE: “I HAVE A DREAM” IN THE DHEISHA AND JALAZONE REFUGEE CAMPS HAMMAD B. HAMMAD & ROD P. SOLAIMANI OBJECTIVE: For Palestinian refugees, "home" at the refugee camp has been the front of the conflict with Israel. There is no separation between the private and the public in the camps. Homes are locations of battles, shootings, demolitions, and trainings. This leads many Palestinian refugees to pursue violence as a means of will serve the youth of the Dheisha and Jalazone refugee ﻣﺨﻴﻢ ﻋﻨﺪي ﺣﻠﻢ resistance. Camp “I Have a Dream” or camps, near Bethlehem and Ramallah respectively, with a week of seminars and workshops that teach alternative methods of activism, civic engagement, and non-violent resistance. The programs are targeted towards 10-15 year olds, a demographic that is out of school for the summer, largely unemployable, living in their most formative years, and the leaders of tomorrow. The summer camps will combine a series of workshops ranging from leadership in sports, led by Peace Players International and Basketball PAL, to online activism, led by facilitators and bloggers from Soliya Connect, to college prep seminars by counselors from Bir Zeit University, to self-expression through art and photography, to demos in non-violence protest. BACKGROUND: A Palestinian intellectual more than one hundred years ago described the Palestinian- Israeli conflict as one that will shape the future of the world. Few issues generate as much passion and emotion as this one, and have as much global significance. The nature and history of the conflict has led both Palestinians and Israelis to reach a level of misunderstanding unconducive to peace. At the heart of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and one of the issues that has stalled peace talks between the parties, is the status and future of the approximately 7 Million Palestinian refugees. According to the Oxford Forced Migration Review, the failure to address the Palestinian refugee crisis "represents perhaps the gravest shortcoming of the UN since its foundation." Today, the young generation and future leaders of tomorrow are growing up in an environment that is not beneficial to hope or peace. Rather, they live in despicable conditions in crowded refugee camps. The younger group we seek to engage has never seen "Palestine," and though they are not the ones that fled, they have inherited their refugee identity by birth. However, there is hope. The younger generation is more interested in peace, and, by witnessing globalization and modernization through satellite television—many young Palestinian refugees do not want to be kept on the sidelines. Instead, they want to shape the future by developing the skills necessary for long lasting peace to exist. The purpose of our project is twofold: to reach out and instill hope in young Palestinians in two different refugee camps, and provide positive outlets and methods for their ambitions to come to fruition. From the hope and empowerment instilled by local role models, leaders, coaches, and organizations, a positive future becomes more achievable. Once the youth are given a voice and are able to lead their lives, in the true sense of the word, the seed for peace with Israel will be planted. PLAN OF ACTION: Camp “I Have a Dream” is structured as a comprehensive five-day program that will be held for four consecutive weeks, two in Dheisha and two in Jalazone, June 15th – July 10th 2008. Workshops will run from approximately 10am-2pm, Sunday through Thursday. We are coordinating with Maysoon’s Kids and the Institute for International Assistance and Solidarity to recruit 15-25 prospective youth from local schools, between the ages of 10 and 15, for each of the four 5-day sessions. DAY 1: Orientation will be organized through a sports development workshop sponsored by Peace Players International and Basketball PAL volunteers. Palestinian coaches of both sexes (as the need may arise for a separate girl’s group) will demonstrate how basketball can build community involvement, hone leadership skills, and bridge social divides. We intend to support the sustainability of these ideals by donating four basketball hoops, balls, and pumps to each camp’s community center on day one. Participants will all receive jerseys with their orientation supplies and the residents of Dheisha will attend the workshop at the ﻋﻨﺪي ﺣﻠﻢ only wood-surface court in Palestine, which was recently built in Bethlehem. All will be welcome and encouraged to play pick-up games with camp counselors in the evenings, just for fun. DAY 2: The Soliya Connect program will host a facilitation skills workshop in Arabic through an online classroom. Soliya uses the latest in “social media” technologies to develop a global network of young adults and empowering them to bridge the divide between the "West" and the "Arab & Muslim World. We are both Soliya alumni, as well as trained facilitators, and can attest to the positive impact the program is having on youth around the world. Since there are a limited number of computers, campers will rotate into a “Blogging as Social Activism” workshop run by a local Palestinian studying Information Technologies in the U.S. We are serious supporters of this cause, believing that through blogging, refugee youth will be able to claim their narratives and engage in reflection, allowing them to move forward while recognizing the past. Most importantly, blogging gives a voice to the voiceless, a voice that is heard and responded to with comments and threads that connect one individual’s narrative with countless others. Taking cues from the State Department’s Digital Outreach Team, we will maintain contact with campers through their blog entries; and work to have them featured by Soliya. To keep these voices alive we are donating two Dell Inspiron desktop computers with Arabic-English keyboards and Logitech web-cams to each camp’s community center. DAY 3: Campers will rotate between two workshops: Non-violent protest with Ahmad al-Azzeh of the Institute for International Assistance and Solidarity and college counseling sessions in conjunction with representatives from Bir Zeit University. We will explore alternative methods of political and civic engagement in an effort to counter the apathy that has led many Palestinian youth to radicalism. We believe that connecting refugee youth with local role models and leaders from our generation is the key to lasting change. The campers in Jalazone will take a special trip to Bir Zeit’s campus. Secondary education counseling will focus on preparation and admissions, as well as effectively seeking out and applying for multiple sources of funding. We will cater to the younger campers by emphasizing the feasibility, appropriateness and need of such ambitions in life. DAY 4: An entire day of our camp is dedicated to arts for social change. We will be distributing disposable cameras to all the campers on day 1 with their orientation supplies and encouraging them to capture their day to day existence in 24 photographs. We will collect the rolls on day 3 and print the pictures that evening. On day four, campers will share their favorites and discuss different modes and means of creative self-expression to affect change in a workshop sponsored by photographer colleagues of Ambassador Schneider. We will enlarge a number of their overall favorites and post them as an exhibit in the camp community center. On the last day, participants will receive another camera in their "social activist survival backpacks" to continue photographing their lives in the camps. Also, in addition to a possible painting seminar, art supplies will be donated to the camp community centers to encourage participants to explore various outlets of expression. DAY 5: The last day of camp will be a field trip to Ramallah for Dheisha residents and to Bethlehem for Jalazone residents. Permission slips will be handed out on day one. Parents, teachers, and older siblings will supervise as chaperones. The trip chiefly serves as a culmination to the camp and a celebration for the campers. It is a rare chance for them to briefly escape the confines of their camps, apply what they’ve learned, and explore a different facet of Palestinian culture and life. We will provide roundtrip transportation. Upon their return, campers will receive a “Social Activist Survival Kit” to aid in making their dreams into realities. FUTURE IMPACT: We believe in this project and its capacity to instill hope and teach practical skills, which serve as a catalyst for change. By partnering with existing organizations and young leaders within the community leaders, the camp will facilitate and cultivate relationships and ties among local youth and social activists that are essential for education and buttress the sustainability and impact of the lessons, skills, values, and philosophies addressed in daily hands-on workshops. If the aforementioned Palestinian intellectual was right, and the Palestinian- Israeli conflict will shape the future of the world. Then we sincerely hope that this project will contribute to making that future one of lasting peace. PROJECT FOR PEACE: “I HAVE A DREAM” IN THE DHEISHA AND JALAZONE REFUGEE CAMPS .
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