Education Links

Palestinian education has suffered enormously from the pressures of Occupation. Young people in Abu Dis have lost years of schooling from closures and curfews. They have poorly resourced schools and have seen terrible things in the street - people shot and killed, family members arrested, older people humiliated, their own way blocked by the army and the Wall. However, teachers from Camden who have visited Abu Dis have been struck by the tremendous motivation to learn that these young people have.

The Education Links group includes teachers, governors and college lecturers interested in making links between the schools and colleges in Camden and in Abu Dis, with the aim of supporting education in Abu Dis and helping people in both places to understand more about each other.

The Education Links group has so far raised money to make internet connections and other computer equipment for schools; linked students and teachers via letter and email; sent books to Abu Dis; sent a number of English teachers to work as volunteers in Abu Dis. In June 2006, we raised money to bring two head teachers and a maths teacher together with four boys and four girls from schools in Abu Dis on a visit to Camden. During this visit they met school children in most of the Camden secondary schools and also visited youth clubs. Click here to see writings, photos and video from the visit.

Education links are currently working towards a teacher exchange with teachers from each side visiting each other. We are also raising money for a music teacher for Abu Dis. Let us know if you can help by making a small regular standing order.

Education links meets regularly and if you agree with our aims, we welcome your involvement. Please contact contact us.

Maths club at the UNWRA school

This was set up after the maths teacher visited maths groups in Camden schools. CADFA Education Links are currently raising money to fund this club and for other school equipment. See photos below.

• "London teachers get a taste of school life in the West Bank" [TES, 26.10.07]
• Education in Palestine report
• First day back at Abu Dis Boys' School
• Storyteller from Palestine: Sonia Nimr's visit to Hampstead School
• Attack on Abu Dis Boys' School 14th Feb 2007
• Army at school gates... doc
• Invading our house and arresting my brother doc
• UNRWA thank you letter doc
• Medical student gets 5 days to disprove terrorism claims [Jerusalem Post]
• ABU DIS WINNERS OF THE OUR TOWN COMPETITION 2006

Mohammed Abu Hillal and Diaa Abu Hillal both took photos of the Wall in Abu Dis doc

Khamees Baher used a photograph of Fadi Baher and wrote about him doc

Sa'ad Dakhlala did not put in a picture of Abu Dis but he took photographs of the school in Anata and wrote about it doc

• Report on Abu Dis children's visit to Camden doc
• Report on the Abu Dis children's visit from Al Quds newspaper [in Arabic - translation coming....] doc
• Said and Tawjehi - a 17-year-old is prevented from doing his 'A' level equivalent doc
• Education leaflet pdf doc
• School children visit leaflet pdf doc
• Writings by Abu Dis children pdf doc
• Our Town competition 2005 pdf doc
• "Messages in bottles" by Abu Dis children studying English
• Letter from employees of Dar al Tifl doc
• Right to Education website
• Right to Education (Birzeit University) website

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