As Christmas approaches, we watch with horror the continuing violence taking place in Gaza and the West Bank. Therefore when we received a request for help from the West Bank, we immediately said yes.

After one of the training days, the director of Ruwwad Palestine, Samer Sharif, took us on a trip through the village of Budrus. His car was having a hard time on the rocky and bumpy roads. Budrus is a beautiful and friendly village, with flowers, trees and children playing on the streets…

We conducted the first training of our new project with the volunteers team of Ruwwad Palestine, based in a small village called Budrus. The village of Budrus is famous for it's non-violent resistance.

We are spending the Christmas period in Bethlehem, Westbank. Such an interesting and historical place to spend this time of the year.  It might sound very romantic and peaceful, but in the Westbank it is not very peaceful at the moment. And it's definitely not the most beautiful time of the year, for the Palestinians we work with. Violent clashes every day, the cold effects marginalized areas and the political situation is…

Lucas and Maite have trained a group of teachers and therapists, mainly working at the Hope Flowers School in Bethlehem, Palestine.
This week we worked for six days with twelve teachers and therapists – all women -  from the Hope Flowers School in Bethlehem.