Picnic with our four schools

Our end of the year picnic with our four schools was a great occasion to see each other and share a delicious meal. Everyone participated in the meal. The topic of conversation was the political situation now that there is a unity government.

End of the year at Baram Tour El Jana school

We were not able to be at this party, but we had seen them practicing for it. The clothing was all borrowed. The Palestian dresses Mohamad from the Musaddar School lent to them and the children danced beautifully for four and five year olds. Hannan the directress is in most of the pictures with the children. The teachers from the Musaddar School also came for the occasion.

The children pictures on the stage are pictures of the party that Mohamad school gave and it is in a local place that they rented. You can see how happy the mother's are by it all. At the end of each party the five year olds received their diploma. Sabah attended both of these parties and took these pictures.

End of year party at school

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Susan Lorenzo

Baram tour El Jana Kindergarten and Zakher

Roberto, Br. Joe  and I went down in April and ended up visiting the Zahar School when they were having a party. The parents had come to see it and the teachers danced with the children. They pulled us into the dance too. It was great fun. The children were in their best cloths for the occasion, these dressy outfits were passed down from child to child and shared with the neighbors.
Sister Susan

Departure of fr. Roberto Martines

With a heavy heart we must say farewell to Fr. Roberto, a Passionist Father, as he is being sent to Colombia to serve in a parish there.

The new school of two classrooms

We are proud of our new school of two classrooms. Due to the kindness of the Missionaries of Charity who had closed two classes, gave us tables, chairs, cupboards and toys these classrooms were transformed.

Food distribution - march 2014

This month we had some extremely poor families who were mal nourished and were in need of food. Visits to the families where sick and handicapped members lived really touched us. Br. Lorenzo received a donation which allowed us to distribute food to eight families. Here are some pictures of this event.

Two day in Gaza: an eye opener! - March 10 and 11, 2014

This time Sabah and Wasel had Fr. Roberto and I busy. The first day we visited eight families all with one member who was ill and often with two or three members who were ill!

Middle Camps region - January 2014 visit

Roberto, Lorenzo and I went for a day’s visit. We went directly to the Middle Camps region and visited three schools. One was Musadder which is our biggest school. The children were busy working despite the loss of electricity, as they have it only 6 hours a day now.

Our poster

We created a poster to make known our work in Gaza. You can download it and print it!