Dar Assadaqa

Dar Assadaqa (Friendship House) is one of the projects that CADFA supports in Abu Dis. This is a community centre with a focus on education. CADFA funded its renovation, and Dar Assadaqa houses the women's internet cafe funded by the women's link group. In summer 2006 and again in 2007, CADFA supported a summer projects for children with both money and volunteers. CADFA volunteers have provided help for English classes in the centre for women, girls, boys, mixed adult groups. See below for the current Dar Assadaqa programme.

• English lessons at Dar Assadaqa doc
• The new Dar Assadaqa
• Certificates of appreciation for CADFA and Dar Assadaqa from Abu Dis Boys' School
• Dar Assadaqa blog
• Dar Assadaqa starts weekly film showings for young children, March 2008 doc
• Dar Assadaqa brochure doc doc
• A message to the new Dar Assadaqa from Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association at the opening, 17th February 2008
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• Photos of CADFA's big day in Abu Dis...
• Sunday, 17th February 2008, 4pm: Special concert at the Al Quds University Theatre with the Saddaqa Trio from Camden, the Camden Dar Assadaqa Ensemble from Abu Dis, and the Al-Quds University Band. And at 6pm at the new Dar Assadaqa building in the main street near the old mosque the official opening of the new Dar Assadaqa by Baroness Jenny Tonge
• Announcement for health day for people with diabetes at the Camden Clinic on 24 Jan 08
• 21 January 2008: Painting begins in new Dar Assadaqa!
• Camden Clinic Health Day announcement December 07: A day for diabetics, including tests and medicine - important because of the difficulty for people in Abu Dis of getting to hospitals in Jerusalem.
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• Visitors to Abu Dis note the energy and enthusiasm at Dar Assadaqa
• Delegation from Dar Assadaqa returns from successful visit to London (Al Quds, 12 August 2007) doc
• The programme of activities at Dar Assadaqa, August 2007. It shows special sessions for children for music, English, dabkeh (Palestinian dance) and first aid, extra maths and physics classes for young people doing their towjehi (A-level equivalent), and fitness classes for women. Alongside this run the activities of the Dar Assadaqa summer camp including games and outings etc.
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• Announcements [Arabic] for Friendship House summer activities 2007: doc doc doc
  • (1) Youth summer camp (the second one at Dar Assadaqa, with cultural, educational and sports activities and outings, teachers from Abu Dis and volunteers from London)
  • (2) Help with school subjects - maths, physics and English
  • (3) And a special outing for women to the village of Birzeit and its swimming pool
• Puppet show at Dar Assadaqa 16th June 07
• Dar Assadaqa Dabke dance troupe and dancers from UN school at UN school party
• Friendship House boys' outing to Jericho
• Camden London and Camden Abu Dis doc
• A message from the women's class doc
• Mohamed Sabbah's picture from Abu Dis doc
• Painting Friendship House
• PHOTO GALLERY : Circus Workshop at Dar Assadaqa
• English class programme at Dar Assadaqa January doc
• About Friendship House by Nadia from the Women's Group doc
• Dar Assadaqa programme for January 2007 [Arabic & English] doc
• First Aid course at Friendship House [Arabic] doc
• 26th October 2006: Fantastic Eid event at Dar Assadaqa. British visitors and residents of Abu Dis alike were delighted by the Eid event held at Dar Assadaqa on 26th October - the product of lots of hard work by members of the Friendship House and a bright point of hope at a time of real difficulty in Palestine. Visitors were welcomed by displays of dabke and a moving play in Arabic done by the young people's theatre group, and prizes were given to the winners of the Our Town photo competition. A beautiful display of local art and crafts included old items from the area such as pottery and agricultural equipment, and also things made more recently by local women, children in schools and by Abu Dis prisoners in Israeli jails. Children at the Friendship House had worked on a clay model of old Abu Dis, with tiny copies of houses and animals. Visitors from England were given a presentation about the work of the Camden Abu Dis Friendship Association, and work from the classes at Dar Assedaqa was on display on the walls. To end a lovely evening there were big trays of makloubeh and other Palestinian food made by local people.
• Activities at Dar Assadaqa
• OCCuPAtION - writings from Friendship House:
• Flyers for "The Iron Wall" film doc doc
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