Kindergarten Graduation.
In June Zahrat Al-Yasmeen Kindergarten, the school we support in the UN-run Aida refugee camp, graduated its latest class of beautiful students. There were 29 over all. 78 students attended the school during the year. This is the school’s 5th graduation.
Zahrat Al-Yasmeen is entirely supported by either tuition fees or donations from around the world. It is an amazing place. With our partners we provide high-quality kindergarten education to children from, mainly, UN run refugee camps in the West Bank. Since its inception in 2021 Zahrat Al-Yasmeen has graduated 100 students.
Training Community Health Workers
For the first time, over 2 days, the most experienced team of Community Health Workers in Health 4 Palestine (CHWs) led trainings for new CHWs. In the past this was done by international medical professionals. Now, it can be done by local Palestinian team members. This is because of their experience & professionalism.
The training was interactive & hands-on. Jalazone & Tulkarm team members met at our partner the Lajee Center’s offices in Aida camp. It included 5 CHWs from Tulkarm & Nur Shams camps, 6 CHWs & 1 administrator from Jalazone camp & 8 CHWs from Aida camp.
CHWs from Jalazone & Tulkarm/Nur Shams joined the Aida team on home visits. They met patients & learned techniques of consistent long-term care. The Tulkarm/Nur Shams team recently launched a pediatric initiative. Being able to accompany Aida’s pediatric-focused visits provided hands-on learning.
Growing More Food.
Our food program is expanding opportunities for families to grow their own food & to share with their neighbors. We are working with our local partner, the Lajee Center in the UN-run Aida camp & Boston-based Design Palestine to create 29 new rooftop gardens. These growing areas will repurpose unused rooftop spaces converting them into places of food production. Training & mentoring will help residents achieve good yields & solve problems. This is a pilot program & if successful will be offered to other refugee-camp communities in the West Bank.
Over the past 10 years, 1for3 has supported the creation of food-growing centers & training programs in 3 camps. Our impact includes 45 rooftop gardens, 4 community hydroponic rooftop gardens, 50 micro growing towers, 1 seedling garden & 1 greenhouse. Women & young people make up the core participants in our food work.
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Health
Health 4 Palestine (H4P) is our program that supports community health. In it, 28 trained community health workers (CHWs) work in 6 camps with over 570 patients. Most care focuses on treating chronic diseases, pediatric wellbaby & trauma.
Food
Over the past 10 years, we have supported the creation of food-growing centers & training programs in 3 camps. Our impact includes 45 rooftop gardens, 4 community hydroponic rooftop gardens, 50 micro growing towers,1 seedling garden, and 1 greenhouse. Women and young people make up the core participants in our food work. Our goal is to advance Palestinian food sovereignty & support healthy lifestyles.
Education
Since 2019, 1for3 has brought together Palestinian & US educators to support child-focused learning. Since 2021 they have worked to form the Zahrat Al-Yasmeen Kindergarten in the UN-run Aida refugee camp. Together, they build curricula, teaching methods & new offerings of student support. Opened in 2021 in Bethlehem, West Bank, the school kindergarten provides a great education for 75 children.