Archives for Projects
Farah Is Arabic for Joy
When you were a kid, didn't you want every day to be your birthday? How about we give you the opportunity to kind of make that wish come to true…
Strengthening Human Connection
We always knew that we are all connected. Maybe it took some time (and a virus, and refugees escaping difficult circumstances), before it really sank in. What better way to…
Many smalls can make a really BIG big
It seems the older we get, the faster time passes. As we wonder where the days have gone, we also wonder what have we contributed to this world. We ask…
A Gift From Lynda to Iyas
You know, life is incredibly short. No matter how long you are lucky to live. And sometimes people live a long life, in harsh circumstances. A long life that is…
Jennifer celebrates her 80th with Gaza’s children
Jennifer has been a long-time supporter of ours. She decided to celebrate her 80th birthday with a party for children in Gaza. She sent them this message: "I always enjoyed…
Futures 500 – The 2019 Trauma Project
With your generous support, our partners on the ground in Gaza completed 5 projects in Gaza to support a total of 500 severely traumatised children aged between 7 and 14…
Supporting Gaza’s Mothers with Marketable Skills
Funds from our wonderful "Women of the Levant" calendars were slated for use in two projects. One was to continue our ongoing programme of support and therapy for Gaza's severely…
Back to school!
Sometimes we're astounded by how quickly our supporters mobilise! This was one such. We received a message from the Canaan Institute in Gaza just a few weeks before the start…
Rita’s birthday party in Gaza
One of our longest standing and most generous supporters, Anni, decided that she would buy her mum an unusual birthday present for her 75th. A party held in her honour…
Children’s Library in Ain El Hilweh Refugee Camp
Hope and Play hadn't facilitated any projects for Palestinian children in Lebanon. Not until we were contacted by Farah, who was herself a child of one of the poorest refugee…