Abir's Garden Playground for WestBank Kindergarten

Summary

After a little girl was killed, Israeli and Palestinian Combatants for Peace decided to build playgrounds in her memory – and the kindergarten in As Samoa has no playground. They need your help. progress report read updates from the field

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	£8 - buys one cubic meter of sand play area (50 total)
	£16 - buys one cubic meter of sand (50 total)
	£19 - buys one cubic meter of gravel
	£30 - buys a stone coping for the sandpit (40 total)
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The Aramin family chose to turn their tragedy and despair into care, creativity, and teamwork in memory of their 10 year old daughter, Abir. The Abir’s Garden Project transformed her school in East Jerusalem, bringing former combatants from both sides together to build a playground that soon became the favorite gathering place for families. Now Combatants for Peace is ready to build in As Samoa village, near Hebron with the help of their school community.

Activities

Work with C4P landscape architects on the plan. Order and receive playground structure from Europe. Hire shuttle busses to bring former combatants from all over Israel and West Bank to clear, build, and install. Feed everyone. Hold opening ceremony

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £3,853
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £1,687
Total Funding Goal: £5,540

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This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

When former combatants work together to build for children, they meet one another & begin to heal. For many villagers, this is the first time they see Israelis who come in peace. The children gain a safe place to play, families after school can enjoy

Project Message

We want to send a message to the world that if we former enemies can now sit together, work together, struggle together with words not guns then anything in the universe is possible
- Yonatan Shapira, Israeli co-founder of Combatants for Peace

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Donna Baranski-walker,
Executive Director
457 Kingsley Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94301
United States
650 325 4663
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Project Sponsor

Marketplace 2005

Organisation

The Rebuilding Alliance
235 Alma Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States
(650) 325-4663
http://www.RebuildingAlliance.org

Learn more about The Rebuilding Alliance and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Palestinian Territories and can also be found under Human Rights.

For more information about Palestinian Territories, read the Human Development Report on Palestinian Territories or the Wikipedia entry for Palestinian Territories.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 11, 2008.

Latest Update from the Field

Abir's Garden: Ready to Begin Building the New Playground

By Donna Baranski-Walker - Executive Director, The Rebuilding Alliance, February 25, 2010 09:58 AM

Dear Donors,

I am delighted to let you know that we are nearly ready to begin construction of this, the 2nd Abir’s Garden Playground. During my January visit to the West Bank and Israel, I met with both the Israeli and Palestinian Combatants for Peace coordinators to finalize our plans.

You may remember that when we began raising funds for this project in 2008, we planned to build the new playground at the Si’ir School for Girls, near Hebron. During my visit, I learned that the Si’ir Girls School had installed an outdoor stage instead of waiting for our promised playground. Bassam Aramin, co-founder of Combatants for Peace and Palestinian Coordinator, helped find a new site at another school, also near Hebron, that is in need of a playground. The landscape engineers will soon be meeting with the parents to select playground equipment and finalize the plans for the project.

“Combatants for Peace have decided to start the project in the Hebron area, in the West Bank village of Samoah – Simya. We have the perfect location, protected by a wall, and with more land. Combatants for Peace, both Palestinian and Israeli -- and internationals too -- can reach the area easily to help with construction. There are no playgrounds, no gardens in this area, so it’ll be great to build one in this village!” – Bassam Aramin, Palestinian Coordinator, Combatants for Peace

As soon as they order the playground equipment, Combatants for Peace will set the schedule for construction and bring together Israeli and Palestinian members to build. We hope you will join us there for the opening ceremony and encourage you to invite your elected officials!

Sincere thanks for all your help,

Donna

P.S Site photos coming soon, followed by schedule.

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