Posts filed under: Middle East

Mobile Expressive Therapies Program, Palestine

With a third year of funding from the Martín-Baró Fund, the Mobile Expressive Therapies Program will continue to provide support towards psychosocial wellbeing to children,... Read More

Freedom Summer Palestine, Palestine

For the past three years, Freedom Summer Palestine has offered a range of educational activities and workshops designed to enhance the creativity and leadership of... Read More

Mobile Expressive Therapies Program, Palestine

With the support of the Martín-Baró Fund, the Mobile Expressive Therapies program in 2015 provided training for 25 kindergarten teachers in the West Bank and... Read More

Freedom Summer Palestine, Palestine

The Aida refugee camp is located in the West Bank, north of Bethlehem, and has been the site of past conflicts with Israeli authorities. Its... Read More

Mobile Expressive Therapies Program, Palestine

The Mobile Expressive Therapies Program was started by Khitam Edelbi, graduate of Lesley College, in 2009. It began when she packed her car—and later her... Read More

Freedom Summer Palestine, Palestine

Freedom Summer Palestine is a grassroots organization run by young people at the Aida Refugee Camp in the West Bank of Palestine. The situation for... Read More

The Awakening, Pakistan

The Awakening is entering its third and final year of funding by the Martín-Baró Fund. It operates in the Swat district of Pakistan, under extremely... Read More

The Awakening, Pakistan

The Awakening pioneered the first Women Council in Pakistan. The women are now successfully taking part in counseling and mediation processes and fighting for their... Read More

Women’s Affairs Technical Committee, Palestine

The “Women’s Affairs Technical Committee” is a coalition of women’s organizations created around the time of the Oslo Peace Accords meetings in 1992. Their purpose... Read More

The Awakening, Pakistan

“The Awakening” envisions a progressive and sustainable society, wherein all people live peacefully and with dignity, enjoying social, political and economic equality as well as... Read More