The IRC in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
Photo: Ned Colt/IRC
The International Rescue Committeee is currently working with Palestinian youth. In West Bank schools, we are helping to ensure Palestinian students receive the highest quality education possible through the use of our "Healing Classrooms" curriculum.
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- The IRC's innovative Healing Classrooms program trains teachers in special techniques that help them engage traumatized kids and create a secure and nurturing learning environment.
- In 2011, the IRC partnered with UK-based "Bidna Capoeira." Capoeira — a blend of music and physical activity — was taught to dozens of Palestinian children during their summer vacation.
- The IRC has also provided emergency support to hospitals in the Gaza Strip in late 2008 during fighting between Hamas and Israel.
In West Bank schools, the IRC's Healing Classrooms encourage student engagement. Students frequently work in teams of three or four to share ideas and the teacher works with each smaller group, then the class as a whole.
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