Give Palestinian Children the Gift of Education - Support our Running Team
Organised by Ajyal Foundation for EducationSupport Ajyal's awesome running team and help Palestinian and refugee children R.I.S.E.
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Ajyal has an amazing team of 25 runners who are undertaking the big challenge of running London Royal Parks Half Marathon on 8th October to support the education of Palestinian children and refugee communities.
Hear a few of our runners discuss their motivations for joining us in the videos below:
Education provided to Palestinian children and youth has been critically undermined due to decades of occupation, measures of control and restriction, recurring military attacks, settler violence, and weak national due processes.
In Palestine...
By the age of 15 nearly 25% of boys and 7% of girls drop out of school (UNCIEF, 2018).
Only 52.7% of children aged 7-14 demonstrate foundational reading skills (UNICEF, 2021).
31% of high school students fail their GCSE equivalent exams (Palsawa, 2019).
90% of children living in Gaza have been diagnosed with PTSD since the military attack of May 2021 (EuroMedMonitor, 2021).
Support our runners’ efforts and give Palestinian and refugee children the gift of education! Every donation, large to small, makes a difference!
• £30 could provide 5 books to a school library
• £45 could pay for an hour’s trainer's fee to train approx. 15 teachers
• £150 will fund a university student community project
• £500 could provide musical instruments for a kindergarten
• £1,000 could provide a smartboard for a classroom
All of Ajyal’s education projects help children R.I.S.E. by creating an educational environment that is: Respectful, Inclusive, Safe and Engaging.
Please visit our website to learn more about our projects and how we work. If you'd like more information or to donate in a different way, such as by bank transfer, don’t hesitate to reach out.