A Safe Place for Kids in Deheishe Refugee Camp

Help us out! 

Dear reader and friends of Karama, 

How have you been? Hope you and your loved ones are well. 

Besides the activities going on inside Deheishe, we have been working on Karama's online presence. Our organization's website has received a full make-over and we are almost ready to launch! For the final steps, we are looking for some ONLINE volunteers who went to help out for a hours. 

Do you, or anybody in your surroundings, know about any of the following: 

- website editing in WordPress? 

- translation from English to any other language? 

- content creation for website and social media? 

If you have a few hours to spare during August and September, we would love to hear from you. 

The only prerequirements are that you have access to good internet, good PC skills and a good understanding of English. 

Hit reply, write us on Facebook or email us on volunteers@karama.org

Do hesitate to share this message with your friends, university, work place etc. etc. 

Links:

• Write Karama on Facebook
• Online Volunteering Information Page - Karama Organization

Hi friends and supporters, 

How was your start to the new year? Whether you have been celebrating achievements or reflecting on lessons learned we hope you are doing so in health and safety. 

Karama Organization in Palestine is excited to give you another news flash of some of our ongoing work and projects. Winter is often a little bit more "hybernating" than the active spring & summer months. Still, lots of work is being done by our team either through running and supporting entrepreneurial activities, administration and accounting, or community outreach in coordination with the UNRWA office. 

Some of our hard work now will lay the basis and partnerships for even more exciting work in the months to come! 

One thing we want to highlight in today's newsletter is the opening of a greenery store right in the center of the camp. In cooperation with several women from Deheishe camp, Karama has opened a small shop right at the main street of the camp. Here the women sell flowers grown in their own seedling nursery (a big greenhouse in the camp, introduced in a previous newsletter!). They also wrap up amazing gifts and sell other materials for growing flowers and vegetables in the camp. 

While our entrepreneurial activities are a very empowering and dignified way to support our women and their households, it does count on a good economic situation. The engaged women earn an income, grow their skills-set, and feel engaged in the community, instead of merely receiving aid. In Palestine however, the economy is not recovered yet from COVID19 and growth is very, very slow. For now, Karama needs to support these business activities, make initial investments and provide training and supervision for the women until they can function more independently. 

We thank you for being part of this and helping us, help these women set up their businesses! 

Warm wishes from the team, 

And drop us a line if you have any questions or suggestions! 

Links:

• Page from Karama's store on Facebook