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For a yearly fee you can now become a stakeholder of Windows. You are invited to take part in decision-making processes whether you are based locally or globally and will get discounted prices for our tours, workshops, and other activities that we host.
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New groups of courageous youth
begin their long journey
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What motivates teenagers from either sides of the conflict to cross the divide? It's the realization that there is no other choice: "Some people don't like it, but many agree with me even if they prefer not to say it out loud" is a common answer. The group from Beit Ummar (north of Hebron, right picture) and the group from Tel- Aviv (left) begin their activism training with a critical tour of their communities, getting ready to the joint part of the program.
* more about Window Youth Media and Action Program in http://www.win-peace.org
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"The blog gives me a stage to express my opinions and thoughts, it enables me to share my concerns regarding the path Israel is taking"
Y. from Tel-Aviv
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Our multi-lingual blog is a great challenge: how to bring together youth from variety of backgrounds and convictions to exchange ideas in an open and safe environment?
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Thanks to the Robert Gavron Charitable Trust we can now invest more in the blog development. And while our team is working on it - it sure is interesting to read what our young journalists and their friends have to say. https://infrontofthemirroreng.wordpress.com
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Extending the impact: Training the trainers
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"I have learned to listen to opinions that are different and even contradict my own"
10th grade student
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"As a future teacher I gained a lot from the workshop both on a personal and on a professional level"
Bat-El, teachers college student
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About 180 Tel-Aviv' students had an eye opening experience through a Windows year long Pilot Program. For Windows team it was an opportunity to learn how to work within the school system, and better identify the needs of the teachers.
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In cooperation with Teachers' College students who interned at Windows over the last year, we developed a series of workshops for their fellow students. Following its success, it is now being further developed to be offered in the coming academic year to more students.
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*Series of workshops for educators: "From sharing the class space to shared life in the public sphere". A joint initiative of Hakibutsim Teachers' College students and Windows.
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Windows Resource Centre:
What do youth need to know in order to
understand the here and now?
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Apparently a lot. But what is most important? In the past year, our team and interns have been collecting the historical milestones, ideas and phenomena and organising them on our office wall. Without knowing about them it is hard to see the bigger picture of our reality. This body of knowledge will be uploaded to our website to serve as background information to all our programs.
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Having been asked more and more to share our knowledge and experience, we are developing more programs for international students. This summer we integrated 15 students from Bar-Ilan university in the development stages of such a program. Its aim is to help students develop a wide perspective - locally and globally of the situation in Israel/Palestine.
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Alternative tours that offer wide perspectives of the conflict have been part of Windows' work for many years. Our Nablus tour is now extended to include the Jordan Valley and Jewish settlements. We continue to offer South Tel Aviv-Jaffa tours through the eyes of young, local activists. Contact us for details.
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Responding to communities needs:
Windows Public Program
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Volunteering in a Beit Ummar summer camp for kids was a good opportunity for our local youth group to take responsibility to act, and for the interns who come from all over the world to experience life in the West Bank.
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"It's exciting to watch these films in an environment where they have historical and contextual meaning"
Stuart, from UK
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"Learning Arabic is my way of resisting the growing racism towards Arabs in Israel"
A. an Arabic student
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Windows' Cinema Club is a safe space to learn and share. Our interns regularly invite the local Tel Aviv-Jaffa English speaking public to watch and discuss films related to Israel/Palestine, offering a variety of points of view.
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Following a growing interest in our Arabic courses, daily lessons taught in Hebrew or English also became a very useful means of income. Thanks to our friends at "Two Flags One Land", we are now able to offer scholarships for activists wishing to study Arabic.
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"Windows is like my second home"
D. Eritrean asylum seeker, 9 years old
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Windows' Tel Aviv-Jaffa office is located on the seam between Jaffa and Tel Aviv. This is an area with many asylum seekers, some of whom joined English classes organised by The Schoolhouse at Windows in 2012. Some of these students later joined Windows, enriching its multicultural environment and expanding our team of volunteers.
Daily French courses by and for the Sudanese community (left) and a second home for the neighborhood kids whose parents work long hours (right).
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"Every day I learn more than the day before. Windows constantly inspires and motivates me to take action."
Anna from USA, intern
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Coming from China, Italy, Japan, France, Brazil, the UK, Sweden, the USA and many more countries, the desire to support justice and equality while learning about both sides of the conflict drives young adults from all over the world to join Windows' team.
Reaching around 50 interns a year that stay between 2-6 months is not anymore just a way to support Windows' work, it became a goal in itself - to educate young internationals to see a wider perspective, create valuable connections and act to promote peace that is just for all, here and everywhere.
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To everyone who has contributed to the growth of our organization in the past year: Windows for Peace UK, Robert Gavron charitable trust, Anne Frank Fond, Children of Peace, Two Flags One Future and many individuals...
To the volunteers and interns, friends and supporters, visitors and all others who show trust and solidarity in the work we do,
We truly could not have done it all without your help and support.
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