TWO MORE DAYS! Support Education for Refugee Youth from Syria

             The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) – Bay Area chapter is calling for urgent action to help support education for refugee children from Syria In partnership with […]

            

The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) – Bay Area chapter is calling for urgent action to help support education for refugee children from Syria

In partnership with the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), PYM – Bay Area has launched an online donation drive to help raise funds for education projects and community support for children from Syria in Lebanon’s refugee camps. Our goal is to raise $11,000 to allow the Al Nakab Center for Youth Activities  in Burj el Barajneh camp to continue offering classes for refugee children from Syria for the next six months. The drive will culminate in a cultural event on March 22nd to gather as a community and raise as much money as possible for refugees from Syria. The time to act is now. You can safely send any tax-deductible contribution, no matter how big or small, online, through the MECA website today.

Learn more about our fundraising campaign here.

Donate Now

Join PYM for an evening of art, poetry, and music and learn more about the activities of Al Nakab Center. Featured artists include Palestinian poet Dinna Omar, Syrian hip hop artist Omar Offendum, Filipino hip hop artist Power Struggle and more. We will also donate 5% of proceeds to NAFCON to support our brothers and sisters in the Philippines recover from Typhoon Haiyan. Join the event on Facebook and help us spread the word!

Saturday, March 22nd, 7pm
La Peña Cultural Center 
3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley

$12 advance, $15 at the door

Come hungry and enjoy some tasty Arabic food at Reem’s Pop-Up Kitchen at La Peña Cafe Saturday night.

Al Nakab Center for Youth Activities

The funds raised will go to support the work of Al Nakab Center for Youth Activities in Burj el Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon. Al Nakab Center is entirely run by independent grassroots Palestinian and Lebanese youth organizers in Beirut and offers educational and cultural activities to Syrian and Palestinian refugee youth living in the camp, including English, Arabic and Math classes for Syrian students through its accelerated learning program.

Read more about Al Nakab Center for Youth Activities on our website, or visit their Facebook page for more info.

“At the Nakab Center we focus on the long term development of our youth from Syria currently seeking refuge in Burj el Barajneh camp, not just their immediate relief in this current time of crisis facing the Arab region. Their educational needs cannot be put off any longer, and everyone’s support is necessary no matter how near or far. In these seven short months since we have opened our doors we have witnessed real success with our accelerated learning program and continue to give our students something to look forward to and a place to feel welcomed. Their resilience is our motivation to empower our brothers and sisters from Syria for the day of return.”
– 
Nadia, co-founder of Al Nakab Center

      

For more information, please contact [email protected] or visit our website at ://www.pymusa.org/.