Day One At The Camp
It was my first time visiting the Gaza refugee camp, and it was a great experience. I met some of the kids who would be participating in my project, and getting to know them was great. At first they were mostly shy. They were keeping to themselves and saying one or two words. However towards the end of our meeting with them, they became more comfortable with us and they began to speak out a bit about their views and beliefs. Some were more religious than others, one kid told me that going to the dead sea was "haram." The girls were shy as well and they did not want to be photographed (that is why they are not present in the picture). Part of the first day activity was giving the kids a photograph and asking their reaction to it and seeing how they feel about it. I was astonished at some of the kids reactions to seeing how deep they were. One of the young men told me that he would love to be one of the men in the picture because he would love to die in his country's honor (the picture was of palestinian freedom fighters waving their flags infront of an Israeli tank). I was very pleased with how they viewed things and especially listening to their responses on the different types of images. My next trip down will be next week and there will be a different activity for the kids to participate in and the post will be up sometime next week! Support and spread the word!
