Till when?

Even when you knew a bit, it's shocking. Imagine being a Palestinian child in Jerusalem surrounded by soldiers,  settlers, racism and fear. Imagine being a parent worrying if your child is late home. Is there ONE PERSON in Palestine who doesn't know someone wounded or imprisoned by the Israeli army? Is there one person who doesn't know someone who has been KILLED?
Hiyam told us of the pressures there are on every side on Palestinians in Jerusalem  - and she told us too  of the many people with no ID, the difficulties of marriage between people with different coloured IDS,  the difficulties of movement for thousands....The conversation moved to international law and why it cannot protect the Palestinians...And Trump's favouring the Israeli claims... does this change anything or just show the issues more clearly?

Salma's day 1 in the UK

صباح يوم الخميس ١٥-٣-٢٠١٨
تم عقد اجتماع في مقر الجمعيه بلندن حيث تم مناقشة ما يلي:
١-الترحيب بالجميع وتعريف الموجودين على بعض
٢-تعريف الجميع بخطة
الاعمال القادمة وطرح البرنامج
٣-عمل بعالية كسر الجليد بين الفريق
٤-طرح التوقعات من الرحلة والتعرف على أهدافها
٥-خلال الاجتماع تم إعطاء استراحة للذهاب في نزه قريبه من المنطقة حيث تم خلالها مناقشه بعض القضايابمادة العرض لكل شخص  وطريقة العرض وتم الحصول على بعض النصائح للتعامل معها أثناء العرض بحيث تتناسب مع الجميع
ومن ثم العودة الى المقر لمناقشة خطة العمل للأيام القادمة
٦-في نهايه اليوم كان هناك غداء للجميع في المقر شكر لكل من عمل على إنجاح هذا اليوم سلمى عويس

Kifah's day 1 in Britain

اليوم الخميس 15 _ 3_ _ 2018
تحيه طيبه وبعد
تم الاجتماع في مقر جمعية كادفا وقد تم التعارف فيما بيننا وقد سررت بذلك حيث تم كسر الحاجز وقد تعودنا ععلى بعضنا البعض. ثم تحدثنا عن التوقعات من الزياره.  ثم تناقشنا في أهداف المشروع. وقد قمنا خلال البرننامج باستراحه للنزه على تله. ثم عدنا لمقر الجمعيه وتناولنا وجبة الغداء. ثم تابعنا البرنامج والمناقشه من خلال فعاليه قدمتها الأخت نانتيدا. وبنهايه اليوم قمنا بمناقشه العروض ومتى يكون وقت عرضها. ثم تناولت وجبه العشاء وذهبت للنوم عند أنيكا

شكرا لكم جميعا
كفاح عريقات

Khawla's Day 1 in England

Yesterday was a nice 👍 fruitful day 
the beginning day of our program in UK  under the umbrella of cadfa   Activities, it was wonderful to see Palestine at the central part of london, Camden, by stepping into a wonderful cafe named Palestine in which you see a Palestinian touches their 
By starting with The induction day in which we get into details and discussion with each other and through working groups  was very important and wonderful bcs:
It emphasized the feeling of my ownership of this work  and  made me more involved in this program
And in the meantime I get in touch face to face with friends far away from social media and emails
Through discussions of twinnings between 2 groups in Uk and Palestine and going through details of the  kind of public meetings and their audience and the presentations details, It gave me a good learnt lessons that could be carried with me to Palestine that  big issues like human rights could be promoted by ordinary people, women could do a lot😎
And finally ending your long working day far away from your beloved husband and kids  with a wonderful Palestinian meal like Makloba was a-nice and clever detail.

First day - in Camden

Palestinian Women Speak Out- An exciting first day of the Palestinian women's visit to the UK - organised by #CADFA and run together with our friends in Northampton, Pendleton and Tower Hamlets. It was a planning day for the rest of the visit together with British women (more friends kept coming and going all day, great to see you all). Just some of the photos. ..

Press release about the women's visit

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ftjwzvjqz3mr6jx/Press%20release%2014th%20March.docx?dl=0

Palestinian Women Speak Out!

Brilliant to have got to the beginning of our Palestinian women's visit 2018, after a long road... 2 years of fundraising by women in Camden via the Saturday stall at the Brunswick Centre and several months of meetings with our friends and partners from Northampton-Al Bireh, Pendle-Beit Leed and Tower Hamlets-Jenin, many adventures with who would come and who wouldn't ...and now our friends have got here! Here are some pictures that they sent from the airports before they left...