Participation in International Events

JAI staff participate in international gatherings and events, including the Would Social Forum, the Would Council of Churches General Assembly, the World Alliance of YMCAs council meetings, the World YWCA council meetings, and so on, to communicate Palestine, present the JAI work and campaigns, and encourage participants and organizations to take positions and actions towards ending occupation.

Youth Coordinator at gathering / training in Kenya

Category: Participation in International Events
Created: 29 April 2014

Haneen Kenya2014 1Haneen Abu Saa'da, the JAI youth coordinator, has participated at the Y-Program Implementation Team (YPIT) training at the YMCA of Nairobi, Kenya, from the 23rd to the 29th of April 2014.

Haneen Kenya2014 2The training and program, coordinated and funded Y-Global (The YMCA-YWCA Norway International department) Norway, tackled the issues of: Peace Making Groups, concept, methodology and co-branding with other program’ groups; Stop Poverty Campaign: understanding Stop Poverty with response from partner; Free Palestine Campaign, where Haneen presented the situation in Palestine, with the Wall and settlements, the popular non-violent resistance of occupation with the example of the JAI joining the activities in Ush Ghrab in Beit Sahour, and the Boycott-Divestment and Sanctions Campaign (BDS).

28 participants from various YMCAs and YWCAs participated in the training, where Haneen had the chance to build friendships with.

 

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