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SUMMER SCHOOL 2009 - THE ART OF
BREATHING
Call for international volunteers
AEI’s summer school
is a two-week event in the last week
of June and the first week of July
which involves about 100 Palestinian
young people (6-30 years) and women
from the Bethlehem and Ramallah
regions of Palestine in a wide
variety of programs.
We need
international volunteers to join
this program as
trainers and
organisers for sessions in arts,
sports, crafts, music and other
creative skills.
In 2009 the summer
school will deal with the
psychological consequences of the
closures imposed upon Palestinian
society. We will embrace and
celebrate the concept of “breathing”
in its mental, physical and
spiritual dimensions, as opposed to
the suffocation Palestinians feel as
a result of checkpoints, Wall and
settlements with which they are
surrounded. The results of the
sessions will show actions, feelings
and images that show the humanity
and sumud (steadfastness,
resilience) of Palestinians and
establish new bonds of friendship
with people abroad.
If you would be
interested to contribute to the
school and the theme of breathing,
and are prepared to cover your
personal costs, we will be happy to
design a series of sessions geared
to your skills and interests. You
would lead the session with the
support of a Palestinian
facilitator.
AEI will arrange for
the volunteers to have some days out
with AEI groups and visit historic
or cultural sites through our
cultural tourism programme.
In advance, we can
communicate about possible days off
and the intensity of the courses,
which is variable. In general, we
propose to have 5-10 sessions of two
hours..
Issues relating to
materials needed, equipment and
media will be dealt with in further
correspondence.
Venue
AEI-Open Windows
Youth House near the Church of
Nativity, Bethlehem, Palestine.
Dates
10 days in the last
week of June –and first week of
July, 2009
Organisation
Arab Educational
Institute (AEI-Open Windows) is a
community organisation operating in
the Bethlehem, Hebron and Ramallah
regions of the West Bank. It is
affiliated to the peace movement Pax
Christi International. For further
information, see
www.aeicenter.org
Costs
Staying with a
hosting family in Bethlehem,
including breakfast and dinner costs
30 Euro a day. Besides the
international traveling costs, there
will be some costs for traveling
from Tel Aviv airport to Bethlehem.
For more information…
Contact
Toine van Teeffelen,
development director AEI-Open
Windows
tvant@p-ol.com,
aei@p-ol.com |
