The Second Round of Refugee Camp Project

After the great launching of the first round of refugee camp project (ReCap) last year in Palestine, it is ready to enter into the second round this August. ReCap is a project to familiarize the medical students of the situation of a refugee camp and to help the refugee children by teaching them language or other skills.

The program, usually, begins with a four-day conference and workshop in Abu Dis to familiarize the participants with the culture, politics and history of the country. Here, they know about Palestinian medical students and doctors, ask all the questions they might have and experience hands-on the situation in the Palestinian territories.

Once equipped with the new knowledge on Palestine, the group will then move to the refugee camps. The work there will mostly consist of working and playing with the children with the help of language lessons, music lessons, art therapy and drama, as well as computers and sports. The participants will also develop workshops on topics of their choice (First aid, dental hygiene etc.) to help the children of various refugee camps in the Bethlehem area.

For three days of the week the group will go to the hospitals and refugee clinics by rotation and attend morning rounds in order to observe the health care delivery and analyze the shortcomings and necessary interventions. 

Do you think you are interested in this project? In this one-month project, we are looking for energetic, enthusiastic and honest student leaders who are ready to make a difference. This is supposed to kick off on August 15th and there are different ways you can help.  

For details look on: http://www.ippnw-students.org/ReCap/ or email to: ps.recap@gmail.com.