Sulha

Our work combines traditional Arab methods of resolving conflicts with techniques taught in international schools of conflict transformation.

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Child Protection Policy

This Child Policy has been produced by Wi’am as a practical learning tool and set of resources for that explores some of the key principles and issues relevant to child protection, as well as outlining the steps that are needed in order to implement, report, monitor and protect children from both intentional and unintentional harm. Acknowledgements Wi’am Center would like to thank CAFOD for their full support to the production of the policy.

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Educational and Cultural Tours

Learn about the Holy Land from the people who inhabit it, through our workshops and tours.

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Wi’am Code of conduct

For the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, fraud and corruption and abuse of power

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Latest News

Wi’am in Turkey- Istanbul

One of Wi’am Team, Amira, has attended “Youth Contributions for Dialogue and Change”, from 28-30/6/2012. It is the first preparatory meeting that was held by the ALF in the buildup of the next Anna Lindh Forum, that will take place in Marseille between the 4th and 7th April 2013. The meeting aimed at contributing to […]

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Wi’am in Turkey- Ankara

5 Wi’amers, Amira, Tarek, Lucas, Amanda and Kholoud have joined an intercultural project Youth & Future from 1/7/2012-10/7/2012: The Project is social integration process of the disabled and disadvantaged youngsters. The Project focused on to use the new, different and alternative methods which might take interest of youngsters. This Project includes the activities to learn, […]

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Wi’am Kids Explore North West-Bank

esterday was a long but worthwhile day for the Wi’am children as they embarked on an expedition into Northern governates of the West Bank. Staff, volunteers, and the young people arrived at Wi’am Center early: distances in the West Bank can take extra time to traverse. Since there are often no direct routes, drivers have […]

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Wi’am Kids visit the Tent of Nations

Today, July 13, we brought the kids of the summer camp to visit the Tent of Nations, a family farm to the south of Bethlehem. The family has been struggling for the last 15 years to hold onto their property in the face of Israeli settlement activity. They were offered a blank check for their […]

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Field-Trip to Taybeh & Ramallah

This week the children took a field trip that was both educational and very fun. Wi’am staff and volunteers arranged a visit to the historic village of Taybeh and the amusement park in Ramallah.   The road to Taybeh is scenic but quite long since the bus must by-pass Jerusalem on winding roads through the […]

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Summer Camp: The Fun Continues!

A full week of summer camp is coming to a close at Wi’am this Friday. Attendance has grown each day as children invite their friends. Throughout the week, the center strived to provide the campers with fruit and other snacks to keep their bodies healthy and running during the long summer days. Tuesday, everyone fled […]

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Wi’am Summer Camp Begins

The Wi’am Center opened its gates for summer camp today, the first Monday in July. Local children and youth came and were soon wearing shirts and hats reading “مخيم التسامح و العطاء و الحبة ” –the “Reconciliation, Agape, and Giving Camp”. Staff and volunteers led the children in crafts, sports, and dancing. During one craft, […]

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Children at Play

This summer, as in past summers, Wi’am will be hosting children from Monday-Friday in an interactive summer camp in which we strive to combine educational activities with fun, relaxing activities for children to unwind and let off stress. Right now we are hosting local children every Friday in a preview of the summer camp before […]

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Citizen Diplomacy during the summer

Although summer in Palestine is very hot, we consider it a special time of year. Various local produce are ready for harvesting, starting early on with lemons and almonds, going through apricots and fakous (a vegetable in the cucumber family) among others, and culminating with the legendary olive harvest after that, around September. The summer […]

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World Week for Peace in Palestine

As part of its mission to build a culture of nonviolence in Palestine, staff from the Wi’am center often participate in efforts to create an international witness to life here. This past week we attended a very important event- a solidarity service at the Cremisan Monastery for the World Week for Peace. Last week at […]

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“The work of Wi’am is on the ground, with people, as we address the urgent needs of Palestinians.”

- Zoughbi Alzoughbi, Founder and Director of Wi'am