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This Autumn, Interpal’s illustration competition asked aspiring artists and illustrators to contemplate what ‘Palestine is’ to them. On the final day of our competition we were delighted to receive several submissions from an orphanage located just outside of Hebron in the West Bank. The children had heard about our competition and…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbOFnIrCKq4 On our last day in Lebanon we visited a family living in Jal al-Bahr, an unofficial Palestinian refugee camp located on the Tyre coast. With no barrier to protect the camp from the harsh winds of winter, houses are destroyed and damaged year after year. Every winter, crashing waves,…
During our visit to the Al-Bared refugee camp, we were welcomed by the excited grin of two year old Yusuf. His father, a man named Ghaz rode up to us on a motorcycle. At the time of the Lebanese Civil War, (1975-1990), Ghaz was only one. The violence in the…
Our first stop was the Shatila refugee camp on the southern side of Beirut. After the glitz and glamour of the capital, the long road to the camp quickly gave way to clear signs of deprivation and severe poverty. Shatila refugee camp was set up for Palestinian refugees in 1949.…
After months of eagerly anticipating this visit, earlier this week fundraisers from Interpal’s UK offices to embark on their tour of the charity’s projects in the region. On our first morning we started the day with a visit to the Lebanon Field Office where the lovely team briefed us on…