Summer camp in Denmark, August 2008 for Karama kids.
In 2007, a group of 9 young people from Karama participated in a summer camp in Denmark, together with director Yasser Al-Haj, and a volunteer from Austria. The project was a great success and an experience for a lifetime not only for the kids who participated in the trip, but also for all of the people they met in Denmark.
Again this year a group of 9 young people aged 13 to 16 are going. The group consists of 3 girls and 6 boys and again Yasser Al-haj will be the leader of the trip, and another volunteer will come to help, this time a Palestinian man.
The project is this year carried out in cooperation between Karama Palestine, Karama Scandinavia and Danish-Palestinian Friendship association. The biggest part of the funding for the project this year comes from Mellemfolkelig Samvirke (MS), one of the biggest NGOs in Denmark. The rest has been donated by private people and schools.
Two of the boys who came to Denmark last year, will this time come again, but this year as assistants. The other 7 have never been outside of the West Bank before, and some of them have never been further away from Deheishe camp, than 50 km to Ramallah.
In this very moment, the group is every day spending many hours in Karama centre, preparing for the trip. A Dutch volunteer is teaching them English. Another volunteer from Belgium does drama with them twice a week. Two of the boys have made a film about life in Deheishe, to bring and show to people in Denmark. They learn about Denmark, geography, politics, a little bit of Danish etc. And they all practice the traditional Palestinian depka dance, which they will perform with in Denmark.
The kids are excited about going, and also quite nervous. They have heard a lot about Denmark from the group which went last year and have seen photos. There are many totally new experiences awaiting them, already starting with the trip to the airport in Jordan, and flying to Denmark. They will have a busy program, including activities such as: visiting different schools, making performances and presentations about Palestine, visiting beautiful places in Denmark, visiting the Danish parliament and learning about democracy, making a short trip to Sweden and staying with Danish families for a night.
Here you can see a film which was made about last years summer camp in Denmark. It is 15 minutes long. Film about trip to Denmark 2007
The summer camp will take place from the 5th to the 28th of August. So in September you will be able to read more about the trip and see photos.
Karama Trip To Denmark 2008