Children, Play and Education (EJE) organized on March 17th 2010 at Le Petit Prince, the French Palestinian school in Bethlehem a roundtable discussion on education in emergency situations facilitated by Dr. Saeda Afouneh, head of continuous education and community service center at Al-Quds Open University.
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23 Mar
Play Festival in Jericho (Palestine, April 13-15)
The organization Children, Play and Education (EJE) is preparing the second play festival (The first one was in Bethlehem in October 2009) which will held in Palestine under the slogan “Let’s all play” from the 13 to April 15, 2010 in the Spanish Garden in Jericho, in cooperation with the municipality [...]
01 Mar
A New training in rule games
Since the beginning of February 2010, Shereen and Bashir, two members of EJE, have started a new training session on rule games to a group of around 20 teachers of El Ekha school in Bethlehem.
During the first session, the teachers started by playing with games provided by EJE (for instance Abalon, Blokus, etc.). It [...]
18 Jan
Launching of the Fraternity Cup in football
On Monday, January 18th 2010, Children, Play and Education (CPE) organization, organized at Abu Ammar Sport’s Center in Bethlehem a Fraternity Soccer Tournament for children between the ages 10-12. The seven teams were selected in cooperation with partner Play and Activities Centers (PAC) in a number of refugee camps that include: Aroub, Deir Ammar, Aqbat [...]
22 Dec
Inauguration of the “Petit Prince” School
On the 18th of December 2009 the inauguration of the new French-Palestinian school “Le Petit Prince” in Bethlehem was held.
14 Dec
One week of SMILES
In partnership with “Magny Loisirs”, a French association of popular education, and sponsored by the Ambassador for Human Rights Stephane Hessel, the “RIRES” project aimed to enforce the rights of the child in the world. The central event of the project was the gathering of Bosnian, Palestinian and French children, for a week in France, [...]
02 Nov
3 days of play festival
From Thursday 22nd to Saturday 24th October 2009 the EJE team and the Palestinian organization ‘La Crèche’ invaded the place of the Nativity and the Bethlehem Peace Centre to produce the first play festival seen in Palestine. Some 200 games were presented and more than 700 people attended the event.
16 Oct
Art and resilience: Obstacles and benchmarks
Originally from Nice, Claude Garrandès did not have a life like the others. Stricken with blindness at age 12, he is now Professor of Braille, a publisher of art books for the blind, also a lawyer, a doctor in psychology, a certified psychoanalyst, a professor of economics and a social and creative artist exhibitor . [...]
16 Oct
First Play Festival in Palestine
As part of the 20th anniversary of the signing and ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, EJE will offer a range of events during the last three months of 2009. One of these is the first Play Festival held in Palestine, where EJE is pleased to invite you. It will be [...]
