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Baladna - Association for Arab Youth
Hello and welcome to Baladna
Before we turn to a brief report about our main achievements from 2011 to 2013
Please allow us to introduce ourselves
*Who are you?!*
We are Baladna, the first and largest organisation for Palestinian youth inside the Green Line
Baladna works mainly on raising social and political awareness and affiliation among our youth
What does this mean?
To answer, let us tell you what we've done over the past 2 years
One of our most important achievements was the research we made
to understand the problems and needs of youth in the unnatural reality we live in
1000 young men and women participated in the field study
This was followed by a conference to analyse and understand the results
The research, results and recommendations were distributed to 150 organisations both inside and outside the country
and a publication was produced with all the information and explanations, with 2000 copies printed and distributed
In 2012 and 2013 we trained 44 young men and women to become leaders in the Youth Leadership Program
The leaders formed 17 groups with 300 school students from all over the country
with each group planning and implementing a project for the benefit of their communities
The scourge of violence is spreading in our society, and we are making efforts to solve this problem
Over the last 2 years 1,100 young men and women participated in workshops of the project "Count to Ten"
7,000 campaign materials were created and distributed all over the country and online
We also produced videos against violence which were viewed by over 200,000 people
on youtube, facebook, etc.
Everyone knows that the state is trying to conscript young men and women into its civic service plan
And now everyone knows that Baladna is working to prevent this conscription
During 2012 and 2013 we produced 15,000 posters, stickers and flyers against the service and recruitment drive
Over 600 students participated in awareness workshops in schools
5 videos were produced which were viewed over 15,000 times
while a festival in Nazareth against the recruitment was attended by hundreds of male and female activists
Of course we are against the civic and the military service but we are definitely not against volunteering!
On the contrary, Baladna actively supports volunteering and giving
as shown by our new project "Giving"
Exactly, Lamis
So far we have created a database which includes all the possibilities and opportunities for volunteering
and we are connecting youth movements around the country
Now we are working on a nationwide campaign to promote volunteerism
Linking volunteers with the organisations which need them
And while on the subject, Baladna also won the Palestine Award for Volunteering!
"Our Return" is a new project which seeks to realise the dream of return in a symbolic way
Youth groups from displaced villages re-plan their village and create materials that visualise their return
keeping the memory alive and the village present in the youths' awareness
"Our Return" started this year with 80 young men and women participating, forming 5 groups
with each group producing a project illustrating return to the village
As for promoting culture, this year we brought back the debate club and the reading club
We organised alternative tours to explore Palestinian towns and their real history
In addition to film screenings and musical shows which hundreds attended
Yes, and we also brought back the Culture Forum
We have already held 6 sessions with 12 guest speakers and over 400 participants
As for alternative media we've done 6 trainings on social media use
Our youtube channel has more than 500 views a day
Our facebook pages have more than 25,000 friends
Not to mention all the likes!
And lastly, some good news
Baladna has been named a winner of the UNAOC Youth Solidarity Fund
for its new campaign against sectarian prejudice
To conclude our report, we can announce that our activities in 2012 and 2013 involved more than 5000 people
We produced and distributed more than 25,000 printed materials
And we reached over 250,000 people across the world and on facebook
Baladna - Association for Arab Youth