Youth Links

A quote from Abu Dis, August 2007: “With the dabkeh, football, swimming, music starting in the summer camps and then going on all year, and also with the focus on child prisoners, CADFA are really making a difference for young people in Abu Dis now.”

Current Youth Links projects

CADFA youth links are working on exciting projects for young people in both Camden and Abu Dis.

Planning is beginning for a second International Youth Festival in summer 2008 when we hope to bring a group of young people over from Abu Dis.

Newsletter 1 doc

In Abu Dis, there are many youth activities at Dar Assadaqa including a group music class funded by Camden, Engish classes supported by a volunteer found by CADFA, dabkeh classes and a football team known as the Camden team. See below:

Camden Football Team - and Exciting News for Abu Dis Children doc doc

CADFA youth links welcomes your help - please get in touch with us!

Past Youth Links Projects

In Abu Dis, the second summer camp at Dar Assadaqa included many firsts for Abu Dis - a group music class funded by people in Camden, swimming classes, and a football team known as the Camden team. See above.

CADFA youth links in Camden helped to fund Summer Camps in Abu Dis for young people in summer 2006 and summer 2007 - see below for details:
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Youth in Abu Dis

Young people in Abu Dis have a difficult time living under occupation. Young people in Abu Dis have experienced things that no young person should take for granted - the army coming into their schools on a regular basis, friends being imprisoned, young people being shot. Now that Abu Dis is divided by the Separation Wall, families have been affected with unemployment soaring, and other parts of their lives have suffered badly. People going to school on the other side of the wall have had to stop. Young people are now cut off from the cinema. There is no real playground in Abu Dis. There is one sports club, though it is badly in need of renovation.

Click here for CADFA Youth Links leaflet. pdf pdf

Abu Dis Youth Camp
Abu Dis Summer Camp 2006 video - Parts 1-8

CADFA children's film project in Abu Dis
Please help the youth musicians to visit London doc
April 08: Opportunities: Young Film Makers project, help for Towjehi students, group music classes, and more... pdf
Semi-annual report on Palestinian child fatalities [Defence for Children International]
Competition for children in Abu Dis doc
Outing to a swimming pool
Kids' pictures of the Wall - 2007
Invading our house and arresting my brother doc
Letter from Abu Dis Keshafeh [Scouts] Movement doc
International Youth Day 2007 - Abu Dis Scouts [Keshafe] on a special day in Ramallah
Fadi Baher doc
CADFA has extended our photography competition for young people in both places, and we hope to use the photos to make a small book that can be used in both places.
Our Town competition 2005 doc pdf
12th July: Israel invades two Abu Dis youth centres doc
Haneen from Abu Dis Youth Club Girls' Fencing Team won first prize in a Palestinian fencing competition held in Jericho on Friday 28th April. Download the documents to find out more and click on the thumbnails to enlarge.