August Newsletter 2012

August Newsletter

2012

Administrative Changes of HSA

By the end of August, Wajdi Yaeesh, Director of HSA, volunteered to participate in an EVS program organized by CEMÉA, France. So HSA hired Mr. Ali Nobani to take his place as Director .

Human Rights Theatre project

It was a little hard for the children participating in the Human Rights Theater Project to perform during Ramadan, so they continued their rehearsals for their final performance. During an Iftar organized by the association for the unprivileged of Nablus, they presented one of their plays to over 120 people.

“Young Leaders” Training Program:

The implementation of this 2-month training program targeting youth continued during August. The participants received trainings on developing their communication and leadership skills, how to work within a team, and debating and listening skills. As an effort to support the environment; young volunteers initiated the idea of volunteering to clean the streets of Nablus before Al-Eid. A group of young volunteers and HSA staff members left together with bags, brooms and shovels and courageously cleaned several streets of Nablus.

Ramadan Charitable Iftars

For the last 9 nights of Ramadan, and with help from a generous donor and Attadamun Charitable Society, HSA offered Iftars (the meal to break the fasting) to more than 300 orphans of Nablus and their families. The Iftars were held in the courtyard of the association. For the last night of Ramadan, Iftar was served to 120 people in a local restaurant, Nablus. After eating, games and activities were organized with children and adults using hoops, face make up and music. Children were given school supplies as prizes.  For the largest dinner, the Human Right Theater Project participants presented one of their plays.

  

International delegations

Several international delegations visited Human Supporters Association, including Spanish and Italian groups.  They were taken as usual on tours of Nablus old city showing how it suffered since the 2002 invasion, and were also taken to The Balata refugee camp.  During their visit, they attended a conference on the importance and difficulty of preserving the history of the Palestinian people, given by Ala’ Abu Dheir, former Public Relations Officer of the An-Najah National University.

Spanish and French lessons

French lessons covering both beginners and intermediate levels continued. In addition, a Spanish volunteer implemented a beginner’s Spanish class this month. Students were starting to learn Spanish, and teaching new Arabic words to their teacher in return.

HSA’s Football Team

This month the football team was re-boosted. The team received funding to get new equipment, while the team started training again. Friendly competitions are being organized with teams from others cities and the team members are hoping to have broader competitions with other national or international teams.