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Supporting Good Causes Worldwide

 

A.Dreams

West Bank, Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa, Nazareth, France, Italy – The association ‘A.Dreams’ was born in 2004 of a desire to promote the talent of all young people whatever their background, so that individuals have the opportunity to discover to world of art and to explore and develop their artistic side outside of social and economic contexts, which are not always helpful in artistic expression, via meetings and exchanges based around artistic and cultural themes.

 

Abraham Fund

Harey Yehuda, Israel - advancing coexistence and equality amongst Jews and Arabs. See the story of the Abraham Fund.

 

al-Taj for Health and Heritage

Arraba, Galilee - health and community support for Palestinian communities in Israel

 

The al-Quds Center for Dialogue and Democracy

West Bank, Jerusalem - promotes values of peace, democracy, tolerance and the culture of peace in Palestinian society and through dialogue with Israeli counterparts. Learn more about al-Quds Center.

 

Beit Al Musica

Shefamar - founded in 1999 to provide an answer for the disempowered Palestinian children and youth within Israel by providing a professional framework for teaching music and filling the void present in the Palestinian community in Israel in the areas of musical education and musical community activity.

 

Benevolent Health Association For All

Gaza, Palestine - is a non-profit, non-governmental civil organisation supervised by the Board of Directors. (BHAA) has carried out a variety of projects serving children suffering from poverty, siege and insecure living conditions. These projects involve numerous fields of life: educational, social, and health.

 

Children of Peace Friendship Project

Israel, Palestine - teaching Hebrew and Arabic to Israeli and Palestinian children

 

Children of Peace Garden

Southern Israel - iconic Children of Peace Garden is planned

 

Combatants for Peace

Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine - a group of Israeli and Palestinian individuals who were actively involved in the Israeli-Palestinian cycle of violence. The Israelis served as combat soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces and the Palestinians were involved in acts of violence in the name of Palestinian liberation. These men, who have used weapons against one another and looked at each other only through weapon sights, cooperate today to bring an end of Israeli occupation and a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Combatants for Peace initiates projects that focus specifically on the younger generation in an attempt to promote peace and mutual understanding. Among these on-going projects are the construction of playgrounds in the village of Anata in northern Jerusalem and lectures in schools throughout Israel. More info about Combatants for Peace?

 

Football 4 Peace

United Kingdom, Israel - sport-based co-existence project for Jewish and, Arab children from towns and villages in the Galilee region of Northern, Israel. The project is run in partnership between Chelsea School, University of Brighton in the UK, the British Council and the Israel Sports Authority.

 

Friends of the Bereaved Families Forum (FBFF):

Israeli Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace

United Kingdom - FBFF is a charity which works in the UK to support the Parents Circle-Families Forum - a non political organisation of bereaved families in Israel and Palestine that promotes dialogue, reconciliation and peace across the divide, developing projects that build trust, recognise joint responsibilities and affirm the shared desire for dignity and freedom as a basis for just and peaceful co-existence.

 

The Galilee Society

Shefa-Amr - the Arab National Society for Health, Research and Services – strives to achieve equitable health, environmental and socio-economic conditions for Palestinian Arabs in Israel. As the largest and longest-standing Palestinian NGO in Israel, the Galilee Society is known and trusted by the Palestinian community as an organization that works to protect minority rights, thus promoting and strengthening democratic principles of pluralism and equality in Israel.

 

Il Germoglio

Israel (Nazareth), Palestine (Jenin), Italy (Verona) - "Il Germoglio"works in partnership with the Italian Co-op. CNT (Roma) and Israeli and Palestinian's organisations.

 

Since 2005 the organisation promotes the "Flowers of Peace"project that offers to both Israeli and Palestinian adolescents the opportunity to meet in Verona, with the aim of helping them overcome psychological trauma caused by the conflict and any subsequent fear, prejudices, rejection, resentment, hatred and thirst for revenge between the two peoples.

 

The children participate to work sessions that encourage them to open up to each other, to communicate their traumatic experiences and to narrate their most painful experiences. The groups link up with local schools in Verona.

 

Hadassah UK

London, Jerusalem - Hadassah was established in 1912 to bring health to all the people of Jerusalem, when high infant mortality, abject poverty and disease plagued the city. Nearly a century later, they have grown into the largest hospital in Jerusalem and today are world famous for our ability to take our research straight from the lab to the bedside.

 

Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education

Jerusalem, Wadi Ara, Galilee and Beer Sheva Israel - promotes a new educational model of bilingual, multicultural education in Israel where Jewish and Arab children and youth study together in schools as equals. Hand in Hand's mission is to establish and promote integrated Jewish-Arab schools across the country, creating an environment that will strengthen individual and civic identity in young children, whilst building a new model of peace education and partnership between children, teachers, parents, the wider community, and ultimately promoting social change on a national level. Hand in Hand has a network of schools in Jerusalem, the Galilee, Wadi Ara and Beer Sheva and continues to expand. The schools are a model for integrated Jewish Arab education building understanding and cooperation between a new generation of children and youth fostering cooperation, dialogue and mutual respect among Arabs and Jews, aiming, within society to transform and overcome conflict.

 

Hope Flowers School

Bethlehem, West Bank - the Hope Flowers School was founded to develop attitudes and skills that foster peaceful resolutions to conflict. The school seeks to cultivate positive values within Palestinian society and to build relationships between Palestinian children and people of other cultures as a basis for creating understanding and peaceful relations worldwide. More about the Hope Flowers School.

 

House of Grace

Haifa, Israel - House of Grace is a community-based organization based in downtown Haifa, Israel. A central area of its work is operating youth empowerment projects for Haifa's Arab youth (Muslim & Christian) that live in unprecedented conditions of socioeconomic deterioration. Projects include: Sports for Youth Leadership (with Girls Netball & Boys Football Teams who have regular matches with local Jewish children), Girls Empowerment, Boys Youth At-Risk, & Arab-Jewish Coexistence Summer Camp.

 

Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information

Jerusalem - IPCRI is a joint institution of Israelis and Palestinians dedicated to the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the basis of "two-states for two peoples"solution. IPCRI recognizes the "two-states for two peoples"solution as the ultimate fulfilment of the national strategic and security interests of the two peoples. IPCRI therefore recognizes the rights of the Jewish people and the Palestinian people to fulfil their national interests within the framework of achieving national self-determination within their own states and by establishing peaceful relations between two democratic states living side-by-side.

 

The Jaffa Institute

Jaffa, Israel - Founded in 1982, the Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa "The Jaffa Institute"assists around 4,000 severely disadvantaged children aged 4-18, and their families, regardless of religious or ethnic background by providing educational, recreational and social enrichment programmes that endow children with a sense of self worth, while furnishing them with the skills needed to succeed in contemporary Israeli society.

 

Jezreel Valley Center for the Arts

Jezreel Valley, Nazareth and Yefia - groundbreaking music and dance centre teaching Arab and Jewish children from across the region, including the Tenufa school music programme which brings music studies to thousands of young children.

 

The Jerusalem Inter-Cultural Center - Jerusalem

Founded in 1999 with the intent of assisting the city's residents, from diverse identities, in becoming responsible active partners in shaping the city's future and the development of their communities. The Jerusalem Inter-Cultural Center's approach encourages cooperation and support between the different organizations that can help create a city that involves its residents. As part of its mission, the Center conducts training programs and provides professional guidance in areas associated with professional project management, community dialogue and working within multi-cultural frameworks.

 

Kings’ Academy - Jordan
King’s Academy provides a quality education and an experience unlike any available in the region. The Academy provides students with unique opportunities to excel academically, athletically and artistically, and also instils a keen sense of responsibility and maturity. Founded by King Abdullah II of Jordan, the Academy is on track to becoming recognized as one of the best independent boarding schools in the world and plans to become an active Partner of Children of Peace in the region.

 

Mar Elias Educational Institutions

Ibillin, Israel - The Mar Elias Educational Institutions (MEEI) is a consortium of six schools founded by Father Elias Chacour in Ibillin, in the Galilee region of Israel. Father Chacour was consecrated as the Archbishop of the Catholic Melkite Church in Galilee. MEEI is a Christian institution that embraces students and faculty from Christian, Muslim, Druze, and Jewish traditions who study and teach together as one community of learning and service.

 

Maof School

Beer-Sheeva, Israel - Arab-Jewish education centre that aims to provide a supportive environment, helping every child to reach their fullest potential, learning to respect the needs and feelings of those around them and caring for the community in which they live.

 

Musicians for Peace

California, USA - a global network of performing & fine artists who dedicate their work to peace, promote freedom of expression through the arts and oppose governmental repression of creativity; preserves the diverse cultures of the world through cultural exchange; support environmental, human rights, world hunger and peace education organizations with their work; and support the goals of the United Nations and other international bodies addressing global issues.

 

National Council for the Child

Israel - (NCC) is an independent, non-governmental organisation that works to protect and promote the rights and well being of all children in Israel without discrimination and without geographical, religious or economic limitations. The NCC cares for children living in Israel from birth to age 18 through advocacy, lobby, representation, research and education, and concerned solely with the children's best interest, well-being and rights.

 

 

Neve Shalom Israel - Wahat al Salaam

Shimson, Israel - cooperative, successful village of Arabs and Jews in Israel

 

One to One

UK, Israel - One to One projects in Israel supports the most vulnerable members of society - children - many of whom are exposed to trauma, violence, stress and hunger. We are working with Bedouin, Druze, Jewish and Arab children by running after school centres, cycling clubs, martial arts clubs and horse riding for children with special needs. Our positive commitment has helped over 5000 pre-school children. Funds are raised through sponsored treks in Israel, donations and grant making trusts.

 

OneVoice

Ramallah, Tel Aviv - moderate Palestinian and Israeli silent majority working for peace. More about OneVoice.

 

Palestine Children's Welfare Fund

USA, West Bank, Gaza - the group is a non-political, non-religious enterprise whose aspirations are purely humanitarian and for the purpose of emancipating the children of Palestine and the human rights of the people and children of Palestine through a process of mutual respect, conflict resolution and understanding between all communities in the region.

 

Palestinian Peace Coalition

Geneva - the Palestinian Peace Coalition-Geneva Initiative is a non-governmental Palestinian organization that works on issues of education for peace and non-violence. The PPC-GI emphasizes the ideals of "making peace our horizon"and "peace is possible". Hence, children are one of their main areas of interest. They have organised and continue to organise summer camps for Palestinian children on issues of peace education. As grassroots organization, the PPC-GI works in cooperation with Israeli counterparts (Geneva Israel) in bringing people - Palestinians and Israelis - together with two programs in this regard, one for grassroots and another for politicians.

 

The Parents Circle-Families Forum

Tel Aviv, East Jerusalem - an organization of Israeli and Palestinian Families who have all lost immediate family members in the conflict. The long-term goal of the Parents Circle-Families Forum is to build trust between both sides by initiating a process of reconciliation. To achieve this goal we work to imbue both sides with a sense of tolerance and reconciliation, rather than hatred and revenge, sharing with others our personal and painful stories. Each day through our activities and outreach, we reaffirm the sanctity of life and the need to safeguard human dignity and freedom..

 

PeaceInsight

United Kingdom - Educational and friendship programmes between Israeli and Palestinian students.

 

PeacePlayers International

Israel, International – PeacePlayers International is a non-profit organization that use basketball as conduit to unite and educate children from divided communities. Currently, PeacePlayers International runs year-round programs in Northern Ireland, South Africa, Middle East (Israel and West Bank) and Cyprus.

 

Peace Oil

Israel, West Bank – a cooperative venture of Jewish, Arab, Druze and Bedouin farmers who grow, harvest and bottle a prize winning range of extra virgin olive oil available in the UK. Profits from Peace Oil are used to support peace and reconciliation work in the Middle East. Read more about Peace Oil.

 

Peace Preschool

Jerusalem - the Peace Preschool at the Jerusalem International YMCA in Israel brings together Christian, Muslim and Jewish children in a loving and peaceful environment - since we all laugh in the same language!

 

Peres Center for Peace

Tel Aviv - active and practical initiatives in promoting peace between Arabs and Jews across the region.

 

Peres Center for Peace Medical Division

Tel Aviv - supporting research and providing initiatives for Israeli and Palestinian doctors and medical services.

 

The Peres Center for Peace, Sports Department

Tel Aviv - organising highly successful joint sports activities and programmes for Israeli's and Palestinians.

 

Physicians for Human Rights

Tel Aviv, Israel - Building on twenty years of joint concrete work by Israeli and Palestinian medical professionals and activists, we are committed to an alternative vision of Israeli and Palestinian society, based on human rights, medical ethics and social justice. Our work combines direct medical aid with advocacy for long-term policy change that will end occupation and bring health and security to both peoples.

 

· The communities we work for: Palestinians of the occupied Palestinian territory, Palestinian and Israeli prisoners and detainees, Bedouin communities in the unrecognised villages of the Negev desert, marginalised Israeli communities and undocumented people, migrants and refugees living in Israel.

· The communities we mobilise: Over 1,500 members and volunteers, including medical professionals, medical students and human rights activists.

 

The Rebuilding Alliance USA, Israel, West Bank, Africa

The Rebuilding Alliance rebuilds homes and communities in regions of war and occupation. We advocate for government policies towards these regions based on human rights and international law. Through a mutual commitment to justice, we create alliances among our supporters, partners, and those who suffer injustice and violence, yet resist through rebuilding. Our projects are symbols of hope that help rebuild shattered communities and offer people around the world immediate ways to make peace, starting with the tangible support of a family's right to a home.

 

St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group -
Gaza, West Bank, East Jerusalem
Established in 1882, St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital is the only charitable provider of crucial eye care in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. We treat patients regardless of ethnicity, religion or ability to pay. A peace orientated and Christian based organization we advocate strong interfaith relationships and our supporters include both Jewish and Muslim institutions. Last year, we treated over 25,000 children under 18 across East Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.

www.stjohneyehospital.org

 

Shani Choir of the Jezreel Valley

Jezreel Valley, Israel - Under the direction of Pnina Inbar, the choir consists of Arab, Jewish, Muslim and Christian girls and are part of the Jezreel Valley Center for the Arts.

 

Shiraa Organisation

Bethlehem, West Bank - Shiraa is a Palestinian civil development NGO working in the Bethlehem District, West Bank. Shiraa empowers groups of women, youth and labourers so that they play a greater role in creating a democratic society. To this end Shiraa raises awareness about human rights, offers free legal advice, provides vocational training and runs youth clubs for peace education, youth issues, recreational activities.

 

Steiner Schools - worldwide, UK, Israel, Egypt

Steiner education focuses upon the ideas of founder Rudolph Steiner and sees learning as interdisciplinary, integrating practical, artistic, and conceptual elements. The approach emphasises the role of the imagination, developing thinking that includes a creative as well as an analytic component. The overarching goals of this educational approach are to provide young people the basis on which to develop into free, moral and integrated individuals, to help every child fulfill his or her unique destiny, As of 2009 there were 994 independent Waldorf schools located in sixty countries throughout the world.

 

 

WESAL - Gaza

WESAL is a voluntary, non profit, non political organization. First established in 2004, the organisation strives to strengthen and empower the Palestinian people - specially mothers and children- by promoting the development of a civil society and advocating educational, health, economic and social change.

 

 

Windows - Italy, Tulkarem, Tel Aviv, Jaffa
Windows is a non-profit, joint organisation of Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians from the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Established in 1991, Windows promotes acquaintance, and understanding between both peoples, as well as empowerment of the youth with whom we work, through educational and cultural programs, media and art. Windows was established based on the conviction that educating the next generation, our children, plays a vital role in working for a just and lasting peace, democratic values and human rights, and deep mutual knowledge of the other.

 

 

Affiliates and Preferred Partners join Children of Peace by signing up to our notions of peaceful coexistence and the protection of both Israeli and Palestinian children aged 7-17 in the Gaza, Israel and the West Bank. Only affiliates are entitled to apply for funding for approved projects, participate in our volunteers programme, develop joint projects, share information, attend conferences and other activities that advance our non partisan, conflict resolution principles.