Abir's Garden Playgrounds for a Safe Place to Grow

Summary

Combatants for Peace (C4P) are building playgrounds as memorials to a child, Abir Aramin who touched so many hearts. They need your help. C4P brings their members, former Israeli and Palestinian Combatants, to meet, listen to the other, and work to end the Occupation. Through these playgrounds, C4P makes a tangible difference for Palestinian children and parents in the West Bank, speaks for the safety of all children, and introduces Palestinian children to Israelis who aren't soldiers. progress report read updates from the field

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	£8 - buys one cubic meter of sand play area (50 total)
	£18 - buys one cubic meter of gravel
	£30 - buys a stone coping for the sandpit (40 total)
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Palestinian children need safe places where they can safely leave the occupation and enter into their imagination. Moms and dads need warm places to gather with one another as their children play. The Aramin family, among the founders of Combatants for Peace, has sought to turn their tragedy and despair into care, creativity, and teamwork in memory of their daughter. The world needs to hear more from Combatants for Peace and recognize them as a force for peaceful change.

Activities

So far, C4P has built two playgrounds, each with remarkable outcomes. First, when Rebuilding Alliance brought Combatants for Peace to speak throughout the United States, they were welcomed at synagogues, mosques, and churches. Senator John Kerry met with them, said he too is a Combatant for Peace, asked to help. The first playground was built at the Anata Girl's School. Families come there long after school. The grand opening of the 2nd playground in Al Samoa Simya will happen very soon.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £5,041
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £5,764
Total Funding Goal: £10,805

Additional Documentation

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

C4P provides an opportunity for Israeli and Palestinian former combatants to add positive action to their meetings. When they work together to build for children they 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, a place families can enjoy after school. As the word spreads, we hope C4P's model will overcome the occupation and nurture children and inspire all to work for fairness, justice, and peace.

Project Message

"Combatants for Peace are working together to build a place where children can be children, where they can go to be safe, to step out of the Occupation into a world of play and creativity, to heal."
- Zohar 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

Rebuilding Alliance
178 South Boulevard
San Mateo, CA 94402
United States
(650) 325-4663
http://www.RebuildingAlliance.org

Learn more about 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 January 12, 2012.

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 Playgrounds for a Safe Place to Grow

By Rudolfo San Miguel - GlobalGiving Coordinator, January 12, 2012 11:34 AM

Hello all,

Good news. Now that we have completed the second Abir's Garden Playground Project, we are changing this project description to begin raising funds for the third one. We are now calling the project “Abir’s Garden Playground for a Safe Place to Grow.” You can read this project’s overview webpage to learn the details.

Combatants for Peace will also be setting the date of the opening ceremonies for the Al Samoa-Simya Abir's Garden Playground and choosing the location of the next playground. We will keep you up to date on these decisions.

Thank you for supporting this project and helping these playgrounds to become a reality!

Rudolfo San Miguel

GlobalGiving Coordinator

Rebuilding Alliance

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