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The program included:
• Stories / experiences / dreams and daily life sharing with Palestinian youth
• Home stays with Palestinian host families
• Passing through checkpoints together
• Witnessing the various EJ YMCA and YWCA of Palestine programs in action and during
activities in Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jericho, and Jerusalem.
• Building coalitions of YMCA-YWCA committed youth leaders and set advocacy plans
together.
Daily schedule - reports - reflection and pictures:
• 23th July 2010: Arrival.
• Day one - 24th July 2010: Icebreaking, introduction, YMCA-YWCA-JAI presentation,
fields and farmers' visits, refugee camp tour.
• Day two - 25th July 2010: Hebron day: TIPH meeting and presentation, old city tour,
glass factor visit.
• Day three - 26th July 2010: Jericho day: historic and biblical sites tour, visitpresentation-lunch
at YWCA center, swim in the Dead Sea.
• Day four - 27th July 2010: Joining OPGAI youth working camp, attending house
rebuilding key handing ceremony in Al-Khader.
• Day five - 28th July 2010: Visit university and chat with students, meet YWCA GS in
Jerusalem, session with Israeli refusals group, meeting Israeli settler, Bethlehem old city
and Church of Nativity, movie screening.
• Day six - 29th July: crossing checkpoint, the Holy Sepluchre and Aqsa Mosque and
Jerusalem old city tour, meeting the YMCA GS and briefing about YMCA program in
Jerusalem, ICAHD tour.
• Day seven - 30th July: Meeting with Badil, meeting and touring withing Ma'an news
agency, devotion at the YMCA Shepherds Grotto.
• Day eight - 31st July: Ramallah day: meeting Fatah leader, visit Mahmoud Darwish and
Arafat' graves, evaluation, future planning and cultural evening, farewell.
• 1st of August 2010: Departure.
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