Archives for Projects - Page 2
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…
Our Work in Gaza in The Independent
To commemorate 100 days since the bombardment of Gaza by Israel, The Independent, one of the UK's leading broadsheets, published an article by Will George, photos by Grey Hutton, of…
Gaza Children in Vice Magazine
Back in August, Hope and Play was approached by journalists Will and Grey, who wanted to go to Gaza and capture the essence and reality of children's lives there, as…
Life, Love and Laughter to 1500 Children Under Bombardment
In July of this year, working alongside our partners in Gaza, primarily the wonderful team at the Canaan Institute of New Pedagogy, our donors enabled the evacuation of 1500 children…