The ongoing occupation of Palestine came to a new escalation in October 2023. The past 7 months the unceasing violence in Gaza, the massive loss of life and infrastructure have continued to intensify. At the same time, the situation in the West Bank is additionally intensifying; violence, closures, demolitions and loss of live are happening […]
Ending the summer well! The last few days, Karama Organization has organized a special summer camp for the kids between 6 and 12 years old. Sunny days and inspiring activities, to build a young generation of kind leaders for Palestine and our planet. The camp includes many recreational, educational and community service activities. Where the […]
Let’s introduce us to these amazing entrepreneurial women! Karama has selected these motivated women from Arroub camp (Hebron) and Deheishe camp (Bethlehem) to help them grow their own small business projects. Karama designed a support package for the women: financial training, social media & marketing training, branding support, packaging and labeling, and purchase of raw […]
Karama recently closed the four-year long food security and women’s empowerment project that was funded by the European Union. Over the last four years, 220 women have successfully set up a greenhouse, supported their household food security, and found support in the weekly meetings and regular social events. It also supported six small businesses set […]
Last week (May 2022) Karama was honoured to participate in the virtual UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development! Karama organized a virtual booth and a live session with one of our wonderful participants discussing her successes with the greenhouse. A great opportunity to show the world our refugee camps are more than grey […]
Working in a refugee camp is demanding and challenging, the success of your stay will depend on your amount of love, patience and your willingness to understand the culture and the political situation. Here, the people face restricted access and limited privileges to health care, they live in a tough environment and are not recognized […]
I am Lisa, a 22 years old girl from France. I am currently studying Politics and International Relations in France. I arrived in Palestine two weeks ago, in order to work in Karama organization. I was really interested in participating to an interesting and constructive project during my free time, as well as to learn […]
I am Floor, a 23 year old girl from Belgium, and I am currently taking a master’s program in Developmental Studies in Brussels. In April 2011 I came to Palestine for the first time. I had been closely following the Palestinian situation for about 7 years and last year I had enough of only reading […]
I’ve been to Aida twice now, most recently during the late afternoon last week and originally two weeks before. My first experience in Aida was earlier in the day and much longer in duration, offering me more detailed information about its history and landmarks. We saw the typical camp structures, inexpensive concrete with rough facades […]
My name is Tina and I come from Sweden . I have been in Karama now for almost one month and I would like to share my experience so far. When I first arrived I did not really know what to expect. I do not think that it is possible to fully prepare for an experience […]
